Fuel container

[old man emu]

After having grown up with MPG, it would have been much clearer to simply go KPL. I can get 700 kms out of an alleged 55 litres in my car. That's 7.8 l/100km. But when I top up with 25 litres, I like to know that I have increased my range by 25 x (700/55) = 25 x 12.7 = 318 kms. If I want a quick estimate, I can use a factor of 12 or even easier, 10.

[kgwilson]

I don't have to do any calculations. The car tells me what the range is at any time & will adjust it based on driving habits..

[spacesailor]

A lot of 4X4 drivers get caught out, when 'sand driving ' .

You may achieve 10 litres per 100 kilometres  !.  Normally. 

But , on sand you may double that to 20 litres per 100 kilometres. 

And then your car stops in half the time it , or distance . Leaving a long walk to the servo .

spacesailor

[Neil_S]

On 04/05/2023 at 4:53 PM, skippydiesel said:

I believe the British Isles  & Canada are a "hodgepodge" of metric/imperial. Like Australia they started well down the metric track but lost impetus before finishing.

 

Our parochial cousin's, the Yanks - best say no more ( I am concerned about buying something as complex as a nuclear sub/weapon systems - how will a metric submariners cop).

Yep - when I lived in the UK I remember at the timber yard buying 2 metres of 4" by 2" wood, and buying petrol in litres while distances were still in miles, and roadsigns in miles per hour......

[facthunter]

It's not easy when it's mixed. US galls and Imperial Galls. I don't know the conversion there. Fuel onload in Litres and Load sheet in Lbs.  Nev