Imperial vs. Metric

[Gilfy650a]

i grew up on the imperial system, so i dont understand metric, though my bike and car are both creations of the metric. So all my tools besides some box wrenches are metric... i wouldnt mind switching, it would just take a while to learn.

[Keyoke]

I prefer a mixture of the 2 - when measuring distance, i much prefer imperial - Inches, feet, miles etc - it just makes a lot more sense to me. It's only when it come to engine sizes that i revert to metric sizes (cm3)..... I suppose it's just what you're used to...

I don't mind switching to km's, but the Brits (I think it's them?) measure their gas mileage in 'reverse'

Never heard of this - i'd always say it "x miles to the gallon"..?

from this point on...
However, we do have the date differently to you guys - dd/mm/yy i belive you always put it mm/dd/yy ???

[Telesque]

I prefer a mixture of the 2 - when measuring distance, i much prefer imperial - Inches, feet, miles etc - it just makes a lot more sense to me. It's only when it come to engine sizes that i revert to metric sizes (cm3)..... I suppose it's just what you're used to...

I don't mind switching to km's, but the Brits (I think it's them?) measure their gas mileage in 'reverse'

Never heard of this - i'd always say it "x miles to the gallon"..?

from this point on...
However, we do have the date differently to you guys - dd/mm/yy i belive you always put it mm/dd/yy ???

Well, perhaps it wasn't the Brits, then... but I know I've seen it on many occasion where car milleage was measured in 'liters per 100km'.

Could be from somewhere else in Europe, I suppose?

And yes, we use m/d/y, too.

[honda599]

I grew up using Imperial here in Canada then was forced to change to Metric.

I understand both.....but it's really hard to convert between the two... that's when all the confusion starts!!

[BuzZz]

They rate new car milage figures in that backwards way here in Canada. 15L per 100KM or whatever...... but nobody else uses that system with any regularity, except the dealers. It is a backasswards way to do it for the average person..... so the government obviously wants everyone to use it. Goodluck to them, I won't be changeing...

[Kawasaki]

Well I live in canada, so use metric, which makes alot more sense to me, my moms american and says stuff in imperial.. and im like, wtf?

Anyway, km to me as quite nice, but mph is good to, so I dont care about the speed part.

[le_r0umain]

They rate new car milage figures in that backwards way here in Canada. 15L per 100KM or whatever

Given the increasing gas prices, I think that's the future. 15l/100km allows you to easily find out how much gas you need for a trip. As opposed to how far can you get on a L (gallon) of gas.

It's a question of perspective: how far can one go on a gallon of gas means you have the gas and are thinking about how to spend it. How much gas does one need for a trip means the guy needs to do the trip and he'll have to get the gas. Leisure vs necessity. My opinion.

[ronboskz650sr]

If anything, we should come up with a more obtuse form of math and try and convert everyone else. Just to do it.

In metric I can ride around in triple digits all day and make myself feel faster.

[Telesque]

If anything, we should come up with a more obtuse form of math and try and convert everyone else. Just to do it.

In metric I can ride around in triple digits all day and make myself feel faster.

Nowadays, they use km/h in video games, and you (usually, if they're using km/h at all) have to go into the 'Options/Setup' and manually configure it to use MPH.

I remember playing a racing game one day, and I was up to '200', thinking 'holy crap, the physics in this game suck'. Turns out I was expecting 200 MPH, and it was set for km/h.