Metric (SI) Equivalent of Adjective "Mileage"
Metric (SI) Equivalent of Adjective "Mileage"
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Just wondering - in USA our cars get a mileage of 25 mi/gal, say - or we get so much money when using our cars for work for "mileage". What is the equivalent in metric (SI)(I am aware they like to say #ltrs/100km - but this doesn't translate well into an adjective) . . . Does kilometrage seem right??





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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Matt Lorono
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For the same reason there is no SI term for car, petrol, travelling allowance or fiddling expenses.
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corus
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corus
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In Australia we used to talk k's per litre (kpl?)
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To me, "milage" means how many miles are on the odometer.
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Dr Michael F Platten
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Beer has been metric in cans for years, but imperial in pubs.
- Steve
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Dr Michael F Platten
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How many normal American citizens would understand what a 3 litre care is? Probably no more or less than Brits. They'd probably think it refers to capacity.
- Steve
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I see no issue measuring or reading mileage in km/liter.
Rafiq Bulsara
http://www.srengineersct.com
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In the US, we have a designation for cubic inches for capacity. So when someone says a 3 liter car, it would be easy to see how an American would assume that you are talking capacity.
Personally, I don't put a lot of weight on what an OEM claims to be their fuel efficiency. The tests that they use to determine it aren't how most drive their vehicles, but that is for another debate.
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Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
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- Steve
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Come to think of it, I can remember buying a few cars in Australia and asking what the mileage is on it even though everything was in metric. Some terms continue even if their origins are lost.
msquared48,
In Australia clicks and k's are two common ways of saying kilometres.
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For odometer reading "kilometrage" is used in Europe, especially in French and other romanic languages, Canadians would say "mileage", measured in kilometres.
BTW, in Canada we measure distances in km, buy fuel in litres, but some people (and some car ads) still talk about mpg - they must love doing calculations!
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Here in Canada, I am used to hearing "mileage", measured in liters per hundred kilometers. Maybe I hang out with too many middle aged people. Maybe the young kids think we are discussing Miley Cyrus.
I suppose we could say "literage".
How many Europeans measure car power in kilowatts?
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"Mileage" is not an adjective.
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Surely to most normal people, no matter where they live, this means a car with a 3 litre displacement engine.
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Yeah but a 3 litre car means what? 183in3, "puny" which is how we think of the Detroit cars! My neighbour used to have an Olds 98 with a 500in3 enginer pre-catalytic converter! My first car was a '65 Jetstar 88 with a 360in3 engine - the smallest Oldsmobile made that year.
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
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and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
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- Steve
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- Steve
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David
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- Steve
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As it's a European car in the American market, that would translate..over dere.. to close to 160 thousand KM's on the clock and 9.3 l/km
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1. A distance expressed in miles
2. The total number of miles that a vehicle has travelled.
3. Allowance for travelling expenses, esp as a fixed rate per a mile
4. The number of miles a vehicle will travel on one gallon of fuel
5. Inf, use, benefit or service provided by something
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I do not see anything funny with 20k = 20,000 km
Don't we in the US say a car has 20k? Which also means 20,000 miles.
Why should a 20,000 km be called 20Mm?
Should 20,000 miles be called 105.5M feet? (if my math is right!)
Rafiq Bulsara
http://www.srengineersct.com
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A typo on a language forum... how embarassing.
"Good to know you got shoes to wear when you find the floor." - Robert Hunter
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Corrections: The largest Olds engine offered was the 455 CID, from 1968 thru 1976. The previous big-car engine was the 425 CID- same bore, but shorter stroke, offered 1965 thru 1967. There was never a 360 CID Olds engine. The Jetstar 88 was an entry level Big Car, with big car body but A-body engine [and brakes]. I still have a 1964 Jetstar 88. The small V8 engine for 1964 thru 1967 displaced 330 cubic inches with a 3-15/16" bore and 3.348" stroke, bored out starting in 1968 to 4.057" for a displacement of 350 cubic inches, which was produced for many more years. All that and more in the FAQ files via 442.com.
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How about "l" "p" "click"
or just cut to the chase and call it the SI Guzzle Ratio
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Dan
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I don't think that use of "mileage" is the same as using it for fuel consumption. See earlier posts above.
Your "mileage money" should cover more than just fuel, like wear, fixed costs etc. Over here in SI-land it does, anyway.
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"Kilométrage" does exist but means the total amount of kilometers done with your car.
Cyril Guichard
Railroad Sub-System Manager
Belgium
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It would be reported on your expense report in kilometers no matter the language.
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BTW, in Spanish it is kilometraje with a j.
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This is despite the fact that in UK we've been buying fuel in litres for many years. We have got used to the notion that mpg in the 20s is bad, 30s is fair, 40+ good (although these perceptions change over the years - 30 mpg used to be the holy grail when I was a lad!). Litres / 100 km is an equally good measure and is meaningful to a Frenchman - but doesn't resonate with a Brit.
However, miles are definitely the unit for long distances in the mind of Mr UK Average. Engineers and soldiers will use km, sailors will use nautical miles, but all official road signs are still in miles, yards etc. So we're only partially a metric country.
Mileage is not a common term in UK for fuel consumption, though I've heard it used. 'High mileage' means lots of miles on the odometer.
The only good thing is that an engineer can work out one from the other in his or her head and appear knowledgeable.
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Can't confirm this but I think the British army uses clicks to mean a number of arcseconds.