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Cougyr
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posted 04 July 2005 08:13 PM

Like most Canadians, I'm lost when it comes to figuring out my fuel economy. Dou any of you know of a site with a converter that I can plug in my litres and kilometres and get miles/imperial gallon? I don't want American gallons, I want Canadian. Sorry to be picky.

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Hephaestion
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posted 04 July 2005 08:22 PM

Do you have a Mac, Coug? 'Coz I have a *great* desk accessory called "Macverter" that is JUST the ticket. If you have a pee cee, though, sorry but I can't help.

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Anchoress
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posted 04 July 2005 08:28 PM

Fuel Converter

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Cougyr
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posted 05 July 2005 01:05 AM

Thanks. The converter that Anchoress posted worked.

The feature that I'd like to see on every dashboard is an indicator that shows fuel consumption rate. I mean that it should display how much fuel I am using right now. I've heard of this as an after market gizmo, but only seen one sold as standard equipment on a new vehicle, the Toyota Prius. I suspect that a display like this would change the way I drive by simply showing me where I waste fuel.

[ 05 July 2005: Message edited by: Cougyr ]

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Hawkins
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posted 05 July 2005 01:13 AM

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Cougyr
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posted 26 August 2005 07:54 PM

I found a nice simple easy to use calculator. Just enter km's travelled and litres and calculate. Fuel Economy Calculator. Thanks to the New Zealander who put this up.

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DrConway
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posted 26 August 2005 10:00 PM

If you're like me and you're a masochist who wants to work out the unitary conversions yourself, going from miles per gallon to liters per 100 klicks goes as follows:

miles / gal * (1 gal / 3.785 L) * (1.609 km / mile) = km / L

Take the reciprocal and multiply by 1 / 100, which yields L / km * (1 km / .01 km)

The last factor is dimensionless, but forces it from L/km to L/100 km.

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