>
> Trying to use the motorway around Londen in the rush hour.
> Takes forever. NB read Pratchet/Gaiman to find out why.
>

:) - the M25 (which is a freeway circles London) is known as the biggest car
park in the world.



> > What exactly is a long journey in the UK?
>

I live ~50 miles north of london, and my parents live in north wales. It's
about 240 miles there. I regard that as a long journey.

> Gas these days (around here at least) is around $1.60/gallon, or .82 UKP.
At a little more than 4 liters per gallon,
> we get a pretty good deal.

There are 3.8 metric litres in a US Gallon!


The only remotely good thing about fuel in the UK compared to the US is that
we generally have higher octane (= better quality) fuel available. eg. Our
"super unleaded" is 97 - 98 RON. Although it's hard to compare because the
octane of US fuel is quoted as (RON+MON)/2 (RON = research octane number,
MON = motor octane number). The R+M/2 method gives generally lower numbers
than RON alone.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wouter van Ooijen [mailto:wouter@VOTI.NL]
> Sent: 18 February 2004 21:29
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT] Fuel price (was: Static and petrol vapours)
>
>
> > What exactly is a long journey in the UK?
>
> Trying to use the motorway around Londen in the rush hour.
> Takes forever. NB read Pratchet/Gaiman to find out why.
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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