Wednesday, January 2, 2008

A fuel efficiency nightmare

Alex turns to me and asks, "What kind of fuel efficiency does a Hummer get anyway?" Right when I'm about to answer, he suggests, "27 or 28 liters per 100 km?"

Oh... right... metric measurements.

Don't be caught with egg on your face like I almost was!

Convert between mpg and liters/100 km by doing the following. Take 235 and divide by one measurement to get the other. For example, if I get 20 mpg in my Mustang GT, I get 235/20 = ~12 liters per 100 km. At least it's not 27 or 28 liters!

I forgot to take a picture today, but it took 90 euros to fill up the van with diesel gas. Gas was 1.30€ per liter. That's $7.25/gal!

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