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Anyone know a word like mileage that applies to kilometres; therefore meaning the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle on a given quantity of fuel.
BTW, does anyone spell mileage like so: 'milage'?
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Sorry, BY, here in Zild we still say "mileage" Car sales yards often say things like "Low mileage! Only XXX KMs!"
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> "Low mileage! Only XXX KMs!"
Yeah, odd isn't it? I've also heard people say things like, "It gets great mileage, only 7 litres!"
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I've also heard people say things like, "It gets great mileage, only 7 litres!"
Actually, in that specific circumstance, Zilders are probably quite likely to say "economy" - "It's got good economy, 7l/100km." That's ssuming they use that standard measurement. Most people I know measure it by how many k's to a tank, very scientific.
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Dear sjm: One form of anti-Americanism I cannot criticize is annoyance caused by
our resistance to adoption of the cgs system.
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Interestingly enough, there is a reference to be googled for metridge: "Dear Digest, You are an innocent traveler in time and space, navigating a strange unexplored frontier called... the information superhighway, when you stumble upon a conundrum upon your favorite digest... ..."The Twilight Zone Brake Malady Riddle"... THE CAR- ... an '88 4AGZE, clean, 73,6XX.X miles (multiply by 1.609 for "metridge"). http://www.mr2.com/DIGEST/VOLUME1/1494.txtIt's nearly at the bottom of the page.
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Anyone know a word like mileage that applies to kilometres
Yeah, people say "How many klics?" for how many kilometers.
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"How many klics?"
Right on Plutrach. A term that came from the military. First time I heard it used was by "foot soldiers" in Viet Nam.
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A klick is one kilometer. It is a measure of distance, not a measure of fuel efficiency.
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