That's about a shot every 10 miles, or 16 Km. US or metric, we can all relate to the size of a Good shot.
I much prefer the Tennessee shot when it comes to Jack Daniels. Not everything is bigger in Texas! LOL
Okay, I'll give you the metric argument, but why spell "tire" as "tyre?" Even the forum spell checker kicked that one back.
As I said in an earlier post. It is what I am used to. I was taught proper English as a child and it stuck with me through adulthood.
Yes, Google is great for math and conversions. However, that's such a pedestrian conversion. Wouldn't you rather know 50 mpg in hogsheads per chain?
Do you encounter a lot of confusion in your day to day life when you refer to a truck as a lorry, the trunk of a vehicle as the boot, bandages as plasters, a pharmacist as a chemist, an antique jewelry box as a casket, etc? Do you feign confusion when others use the proper American English words for these and other situations?
I do use typical American terms. I am after American. My use of proper English only refers to spelling. My Grandmother, Grandfather and Father knew that using terms like lorry, boot and the such would tend to confuse people here since we do have different terms, but when one spells colour everyone who speaks any form of English will know what that word means. Likewise with tyre anyone who speaks any form of English knows what that word means. I could go on and on, but I am sure you get the point.
Stop your pompous BS. Anybody who goes around Tennessee blowing such hot air about "proper English" is looking to get tarred and feathered.
People sometimes accuse me of being pompous. You'll always catch me wandering around wild lands chattering like a chipmunk and hurling Latin names at every plant in sight. Some people just do not understand the language of botany and why it is important to use the scientific nomenclature that it relies so heavily upon. Pompous? Me? LOL
Have you thought about the redundancy in units that are quoted as volume per distance. Volume is a cubic measure and distance is a linear measure so together they reduce to a square measure. i.e. we can quote consumption in square inches or square millimetres etc. Imagine a vehicle traveling down the road leaving behind the image of a thin ribbon of used fuel. The cross sectional area of that ribbon (in square inches or square millimetres) represents the fuel used. You know it makes sense . . . . .
The Imperial gallon is 4 Imperial quarts of 40 Imperial fluid ounces. Quart stands for quarter. Imperial and US fluid ounces are different too.
Have a 2013 Tacoma v6 4x2: I thought I'd try an experiment to see what the MPG was with the tires high at 45 psi for a few tanks, and then try them at a lower psi for a few to see if there is any change in the MPG. 21.2 MPG average for the first 3 tanks. And yes, it is a stiff ride at 45 psi. - Spindifferent
instead of go metric which is commendable (where do you live ???) you could have let yourself a few hours to figure this. What car companies doing is having lower inflated tires giving you a little bit more "cushioned ride" a little bit more grip and a little better breaking .... sacrificing on fuel economy loosing MPG (of for you higher L/100kim) and by every observation over many different tire(s) lower tire life whatever that is measured in "metric" even the president of the USA said to check you tires to save "gas" .... cheers (mm)
Love this "proper" english ... you must put some attribute ... so you are using your grandfather's proper english which is based 1890 ??? at that time there was NO tyre !!! dude TN is no longer part of british anything probably never have been ... my US history is not soo gooood ...
