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My good Canadian friends, who live in Calgary, tell me the only reason Canada went metric was because the Canadian government was sure the U.S. would make the change. However it was so unpopular here, we didn't convert. My friends told me they'd gladly switch back to our system.
Paul, curious about your Cruz, my C6ZO6 has a full metric capabilities.
Pete
The Cruze has both US and metric readouts. I drive with metric enables. But mpg is in US gallons. No Imperial option.
BTW, we still build with 2 x 4s and 16" centers. And I buy butter in 454 gram packages which is....? Yes, a lb.
Another funny thing, the European aircraft industry insists that everything be designed and built to metric dimensions - BUT, they use inch series bolts and nuts! Huh?
And GM uses inches and feet to build cars, but metric nuts and bolts.
Paul was spot on with his weather prediction. It just hit -30*C.