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Date:         Thu, 3 Nov 94 8:50:19 EST
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From:         wigley@server.uwindsor.ca (Neil Wigley)
Subject:      RE: fuel mileageWOW!!

> 
> Average around town in  Imperial Gallons   18mpg
> Highway in Imperial gallons - 24 mpg
> Bestever 25mpg
> 
> (The difference between a US gallon and an Imperial gallon is that an
> imperial gallon is =4.6 litres and an US gallon=4 litres (1 litre = 1US
> quart right?) ;) DC 
> 


No, the difference is that one US gallon is 3.785 litres; the ratio of
Imperial to US gallon is 1.200. Remember, Canadian ounces are smaller, which
is why a '40 ouncer' is not 1.25 US quarts. It's less (about 4%).


So at 1.200 x 24, you're getting 28.8 mpg in US terms. WOW!!


Neil Wigley
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