Thread: Cubic Inches vs Liters

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I agree with MikeP's point completely - I think it actually serves to dumb down Americans just a little more. But its great for 99% of the consumers. Its simply orders of magnitude rather than exact figures.

But orders of magnitude don't work well for exact calculations.
They are however great for comparisons.

Its all about resolution vs. ease of comprehension.

Anyone remember the dual speed limit signs you sometimes saw in the 70s along with the dual reading speedometers?

Thats my analogy (like Don's "A leader is bigger than a squirt!") for approx. MPH to KPH conversion. 80 KPH sat right over (well real close to) 50 MPH on the speedo.

So - a kilometer is approx. 5/8ths of a mile!

For the dumb metrics to know the difference between 5.7 liter as the 348 and the 352 you need to go out to like 4 places . . .

Exactly right - but a 351 is actually a ~351.9 - so rounding occurs everywhere. There is also a 352 (another 351.9 I think) - someone else will have to remind me as to what that was about.

OK -

I think I'll go pickup a 1.892 quart coke - this discussion has made me thirsty.

Maybe a 1.6555 quart bottle of bourbon too! AKA 1.75 liter or for me and most of the people I hang with - 1/2 gallon.





Bert