metric tools - not so dumb question?

[Huw Powell]

>  I think both our gallons and miles are slightly different to the US ones,
> which always results in US cars seeming to get less MPG than us. No doubt
> someone can supply a comparison between the two.

The miles are the same length, but the Imperial gallon (shouldn't that 
be the name of the US gallon now??) is larger than the, what, SAE? 
gallon.  The British, as a result, get more beer in their pints than 
Americans do...

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Huw Powell

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