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2nd March 2013, 11:38 PM #1
Don't think it is possible.
Hi all,
We have a 5 yr. old Nissan Tiida, running like a dream.
107000K's. 1 set of Tyres, 1 Battery, that's it.
I like to do the Miles Per Gallon on the car, rather than the Litres per 100K's. just can't get my old head around it.
So I put in the K's & multiply by 4.54609 & divide by Fuel.
Sounds right ???.
This car, then is supposed to be doing 62.39 MPG. Not in a blue fit.
The other way is to put in K's, multiply by 2.84 & divide by Fuel, = 38 MPG, a lot more like it, but I suspect that is still wrong.
Does anybody do this like I like too.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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3rd March 2013, 12:46 AM #2
km's need to be converted to miles so DIVIDE by 1.61
L's need to be converted to Gallons so DIVIDE by 4.55
Then divide the Miles by the Gallons.
OR
km/L * 0.137 will get you to Miles per gallon
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3rd March 2013, 05:04 AM #3
We did a run across to SA last year in SWMBO's Tiida. About 1200km's each way, used the cruise control to sit on 100kph all the way, very nice feature. Did a comparison there and back too, premium there, regular back. To make the use of premium worthwhile, I was hoping for 10% better consumption to balance the extra cost. The result though, standard won on consumption by about 5%.
Not exactly a scientific study, but food for thought.
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3rd March 2013, 01:21 PM #4
Issatree
There are a few calculators on the net available. I plugged in "fuel consumption conversion" and got a whole page of them. This one might suit you,but there are many others.
Online Conversion - Fuel Consumption Conversion
To go from L/Km to MPG just multiply by 2.84. MPG means something to me too, while L/100Km is a bit like swearing in a foreign language.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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3rd March 2013, 01:40 PM #5
Issatree has his answer so I can hijack the thread.
I grew up as we were changing to metric and can mostly work in both worlds if forced - so I don't find it an issue. But it is a lot easier to estimate fuel stops for a trip using L/100k. Especially as we buy fuel in litres and most odometers (by now) are in kms. Try it using just a map or roadsign and no pencil and paper/calculator.
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