Pickups with 31 mpg

[PGDriver]

Brian I still like that "antiquated system" and so do most other people as the metric system never really came to totally evolve here in Canada.

I love my new trucks "20 inch rims", still buy 8 1/2" X 11" paper for my printer, used a lot of 2" X 4" lumber and 4' X 8' sheets of gyprock when I finished my basement, last pair of windshield wipers I bought were sold in inches and no one I know would go into a pub and ask for a 473.18ml of Guinness.
You will find these measurements everywhere if you look. By the way you should know we Albertans measure distance in time not distance, you know an to here or hour and a half to there.

Cheers
Doug

[Dave Walter]

I am pretty well versed in both metric and imperial systems of measurement (use both in my engineering work), but for some reason, I understand gas mileage best when expressed in Imperial Miles per Gallon. I also tend to convert to that antiquated system when driving.

Of course, like Doug, I also tend to express my trips in hours driving, and number of stops for fuel. When towing, this tends to be quite frequent.

[emers382]

To add to what Doug says some of us "older" Canadians are so used to knowing how good our gas mileage is by the old system of miles per imperial gallon, so that is why we are always converting. Mind you I no longer do since I know my car if I get 6.9 l/100km that is good since that is the highway rating for the car. But towing I like to think in miles per US gallon since most of our towing and thus filling is in the US.

Sure it would be nice to get 31 mpg not towing with a truck and I have looked into the Colorado/canyon diesel since our original plan was to get a mid size to tow with. However we'll be happy to keep our F150 since it is roomier with super cab than any mid sized one, and although the mileage not towing is only 19-20 I can get as good as 16-17 towing in miles per US gal.

Adrian

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by Brian B-P

Yes, but maybe it is more clear to build the "imperial" or "US" right into the units:

• 14.8 litres/100kms = 19.1 miles/ImpGal = 15.9 miles/USgal
• 9.3 litres/100kms = 30.4 miles/ImpGal = 25.3miles/USgal

Nope, I understood it clearly, but I guess some of us must appear to not be bright enough to get it.

[Jim Bennett]

Talk to most young adults around here, and most of them don't understand imperial units, they use mostly metric, °C, cm, L/100km, etc, and don't have a clue how to convert.

I too am well versed in both imperial and metric, and has been discussed before, much prefer the metric system for most things. Pretty much the only reason we have not completely changed over, is our dependency on trade to the US, which forces us to also use their system of measurements, instead of what the rest of the world uses.

[PGDriver]

Originally Posted by emers382

To add to what Doug says some of us "older" Canadians are so used to knowing how good our gas mileage is by the old system of miles per imperial gallon, so that is why we are always converting. Mind you I no longer do since I know my car if I get 6.9 l/100km that is good since that is the highway rating for the car. But towing I like to think in miles per US gallon since most of our towing and thus filling is in the US.

Sure it would be nice to get 31 mpg not towing with a truck and I have looked into the Colorado/canyon diesel since our original plan was to get a mid size to tow with. However we'll be happy to keep our F150 since it is roomier with super cab than any mid sized one, and although the mileage not towing is only 19-20 I can get as good as 16-17 towing in miles per US gal.

Adrian

Adrian to be honest that was cruising at 55 MPH or just shy of 100 KPH on a slight down hill.


Cheers
Doug

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by PGDriver

Adrian to be honest that was cruising at 55 MPH or just shy of 100 KPH on a slight down hill.


Cheers
Doug

With a tailwind too?

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

Talk to most young adults around here, and most of them don't understand imperial units, they use mostly metric, °C, cm, L/100km, etc, and don't have a clue how to convert.

I too am well versed in both imperial and metric, and has been discussed before, much prefer the metric system for most things. Pretty much the only reason we have not completely changed over, is our dependency on trade to the US, which forces us to also use their system of measurements, instead of what the rest of the world uses.

Hi: Jim Bennett... Do you build with 2X4's? (Actually 1& 1/2 X3& 1/2) Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by escape artist

Hi: Jim Bennett... Do you build with 2X4's? (Actually 1& 1/2 X3& 1/2) Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

Do you mean 38 x 89's?

[LeonW]

I mean the "Metric Liberation Front". Lindy gets a bit upset with me when she finds that I have pushed the button in the prius that changes the display form MPH to KmPH. All my bicycle computers are in kph. and my Thermostat is set to 15 at night and 19 during the day. Long ago I read something about "being the change you want to be". So I converted to metric. Waiting for the rest of the country to follow me. But sure it will be a long wait.

[gbaglo]

Given that a 2" X 4" is not 2" X 4", I just ask for a stick.

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

Given that a 2" X 4" is not 2" X 4", I just ask for a stick.

Hi: gbaglo... It's about the only fire wood you can haul into a campground no matter what kind of mileage your getting.
If they ask me how long I want them I say "For a long time I'm building a house".
Got 6.8 L/ 100 Kms with the Focus running 110 kph w/ 3 adults and luggage.
Trouble is it won't tow our 5.0TA!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by PGDriver

You will find these measurements everywhere if you look. By the way you should know we Albertans measure distance in time not distance, you know an to here or hour and a half to there.

Yes, I'm in Alberta too, and the use of time to describe traveling distance is familiar... but of course we use hours and minutes, the same units shown on our clocks. My odometer doesn't show miles (okay, the one in my motorhome does) and the gas pump doesn't show gallons (of either kind).

Of course various units are used, and often it is those which are familiar, rather than those which most sense objectively. The special challenge with gallons - and thus miles per gallon - is that often it is not clear which "gallons" are intended, and it's a significant difference. The title of this thread is "Pickups with 31 mpg"... you have to look at Steve's location (Washington) to guess US gallons.

[gbaglo]

The advantage of such confusion is that you are already stunned while contemplating the size of the 2 X 4 that's about to hit you.

[cpaharley2008]

Hmmm,
I wonder why ETI's spec's on their website are not in the Canadian metric system, their prices are but not the measurements?

[gbaglo]

Up here steaks are advertised by the pound, but sold by the kilo. Or is it vice-versa?
No charge for befuddlement.

[PGDriver]

Just to help keep this thread off topic. I was at a restaurant the other day and ordered a porter, the young lady asked if I wanted a pint (didn't know beer came any other way) I said yes and asked if it was 20 ounces to which which she said no its 18 ounces. I told her that a pint was 20 and not changeable. She checked and my son and I got a couple of samples, you guessed it 2 ounces.

Cheers
Doug

[BCnomad]

Or going to the grocery store seafood display and see the shrimp etc is a good price. Then you realize it's per hundred grams!

[gbaglo]

When is a pint a pint?

More than half of Vancouver bars may be hosing us with smaller pints: Sun investigation (with video)

[PGDriver]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

When is a pint a pint?

More than half of Vancouver bars may be hosing us with smaller pints: Sun investigation (with video)

EXACTLY.

Cheers
Doug