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Old 02-22-2013, 12:17 PM  
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
and no, americans didn't make it stupid. when i get in my car to go to point a, i need to know if i will get there or not, not how much fuel i will use getting there.
Hmm, with L/100km you know that as well. Lets say you have 8L/100km and you have 20L in your tank. You need to go 300km. So you instantly know that with your 20L you won't make 300km.
If you have 30L in your tank you instantly know that you will make it.

And then on top of that the main benefit - you also know how much extra fuel do you need.

So you have 20L in your tank and you need 300km.
You know that you won't make it and you know that you need extra 4L to make that. 2 in 1. And with simple calculations.
With mpg it takes longer to figure these 2 things.
So mpg is less effective and backwards way of displaying efficiency.

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