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Miles Per Gallon

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DVad3r

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So can anyone tell me why there are different gallon ratings for the US, Canada, and England?

How much liters of fuel am I getting from a pump in the US when I put 1 gallon in?

How many liters is the Canadian gallon?

What about the UK one?

Which car ratings use which gallons to determine fuel economy?

I'm confuzzled 😀
 
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Originally posted by: Fayd
uh...google has this wonderful thing called google conversion...
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Yea I know, but I have no clue anymore which gallon is which, it says a US gallon is 2.6 liters which makes no sense at all.
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Originally posted by: oiprocs
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Naw cause, if you go to the US Cadillac site, and the Canadian one, an example of a car has 13/20 MPG for the US and 18/28 for the Canadian.
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For that big a difference you are obviously comparing different engine models.
 
Canadian gallons are imperial gallons, which are larger than US gallons. They also probably have different methods of measuring MPG.
 
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
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why can't the US just use litres like everyone else?
 
Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
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why can't the US just use litres like everyone else?
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Yea that too 🙂
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
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yes, and if you had looked at the cadillac website it specifically states "imperial gal." on the mpg specs. It also gives you the liter equivalent as it gives you the tank size in both liters and gallons.
 
Originally posted by: DEMO24
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
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yes, and if you had looked at the cadillac website it specifically states "imperial gal." on the mpg specs. It also gives you the liter equivalent as it gives you the tank size in both liters and gallons.
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Yea I know I'm special.
 
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Originally posted by: Fayd
uh...google has this wonderful thing called google conversion...
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Yea I know, but I have no clue anymore which gallon is which, it says a US gallon is 2.6 liters which makes no sense at all.
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uh... us gallon is 3.74 liters.

a liter is 1.05 quarts, so it makes sense that way.

come on, figure it out.
 
* The U.S. liquid gallon is legally defined as 231 cubic inches,[1] and is equal to exactly 3.785?411?784 litres (1 L = 10-3 m3) or 0.133?680?555? cubic feet. This is the most common definition of a gallon in the United States. The U.S. fluid ounce is defined as 1/128 of a U.S. gallon.
* The U.S. dry gallon is one-eighth of a U.S. Winchester bushel of 2150.42 cubic inches, thus it is equal to exactly 268.8025 cubic inches or 4.404?883?770?86 litres. The U.S. dry gallon is less commonly used, and is not listed in the relevant statute, which jumps from the dry quart to the peck.[1]
* The Imperial (UK) gallon was legally defined as 4.546?09 litres. This definition is used in Commonwealth countries and Ireland, and is based on the volume of 10 pounds of water at 62 °F. (A U.S. liquid gallon of water weighs about 8.33 pounds at the same temperature.) The Imperial fluid ounce is defined as 1/160 of an Imperial gallon. As from 1st Janaury 2000 it ceased to be legal within the United Kingdom for economic, health, safety or administrative purposes[2].
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from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallon

Canada used the US Gallon prior to metric conversion.
 
Originally posted by: dighn
Originally posted by: DVad3r
Nevermind, I just learned that the Canadian gallon is 4.5 liters. Why does this country have to be so special, couldn't they just adapt the US gallon?
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why can't the US just use litres like everyone else?
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The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.
 
everyone should learn about imperial gallons... or one of either the US or Canada should've used a different term than just gallons. It drives me nuts that people on car forums say XXmpg and not mention where they're from.
 
In Canada is more common to use L/100km and convert that to MPG using google.

My cars nav reads out L/100km
 
Originally posted by: BassBomb
In Canada is more common to use L/100km and convert that to MPG using google.

My cars nav reads out L/100km
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That is really a better way to do it than miles per gallon.
 
Originally posted by: rh71
everyone should learn about imperial gallons... or one of either the US or Canada should've used a different term than just gallons. It drives me nuts that people on car forums say XXmpg and not mention where they're from.
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Maybe you should spend a little less time on car forums then. 😛
 
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