Re: [ST] July Rider

[Neil Lindsey <Neil.Lindsey@xxxxxxx>]

Errr Steve, are you sure you haven't got that backwards?

Since the UK gallon is larger, your vehicle will go further than with a
US gallon.  In other words, mpg numbers are always higher when using UK
gallons (compared to US gallons).

It was a nice idea though, certainly worth considering.

Actually I expect that the onboard computer is set to country-specific
units of measurement anyway, but who knows, maybe it was set up wrong to
begin with.  I'd think that if you're going to go to the trouble of
providing on-the-fly mileage computations, you'd surely be capable of
dealing with the right units.

Neil


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Lawler" <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] July Rider


> In a previous email, simonb stated:
> > As a matter of interest MCN (UK) rated the new Sprint (05) as 38mpg
the
> > same as the old one, and would therefore have a longer tank range
> > because the petrol tank was 2 litres bigger.
>
> Hmmm. Maybe the reason for the low mileage is the use of UK gallons as
> opposed to US gallons. 1 G(UK) = 1.20095 G(US). Therefore, 38 MPG(UK)
=
> 45.6361 MPG(US). QED
>
> -- 
> Steve Lawler
> Verona, NJ, USA
>
> 2001 Sprint ST "Blue Devil"
>
> "She told me that her Dad was loaded, I said 'In that case I'll have a
> rum and coca-cola.'"
>             --Jarvis Cocker (Pulp, "Common People")
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