hey guys, i got confused and was wondering what is the difference between UK gallons and US gallons???
thanks

A US gallon contains 3.7 L of water compared to a UK gallon which contains 4.5 L

iv nvr known why, any1 know if there is a particular reason?

or are we just tryin 2 be differant from eachother lol

I have absolutely no idea why a US gallon is completely different to a UK gallon. Just complicates things at the end of the day doesn't it?

I can't see any logical reason for them to be differant, other than being across the Atlantic.

OFL wrote:

And if they ask the difference the answer is in Liters!
Seems like UK and US are both complicating things a bit.
I like our liters!

I wish the US would convert completly over to the metric system instead of using both from time to time geeees.

Has the UK converted to metric? Or is the US the last hold-out?

We have basically converted to metric. Most things are in metric but there are some exceptions. We still use miles on the road and pints in the pub. Nothing beats a pint in a pub. It was suggested that we were going to have to serve beer in metric but only a really dumb politian would push that through- Any politian who bought that in would be voted straight out- he/she certaintly wouldnt get my vote

I think the difference in us and uk volume measurement is to do with how many ounces in a pint (one is 16 and one is 20)

in canada we have fully switched over to the metric system. even the beer and liquor bottles are in metric but they didnt change the size just the labling on the bottles.

just wait till the Messiah Obama begins his master plan to take over the world, you will be wishing you knew exactly how many feet were in a mile!. and Canada will be first lol, we will sneak in our strike forces as a joint training mission then blow up the Canada elites and its over at that point. sorry cris, we need your yards to put the missile launchers. next... mexico... Ole!

no really it would have me all messed up having to relearn the shit for driving mph /kph i mean its got both on the speedometer in the dash but it would be hell judging distances unless your a pro at converting numbers out past the 6th decimel place in yoru head while driving. wait what?? lol. 1 miles = 1.609344 kilometers

one day you will all know this by heart. obama said so.

i purley put it down to being awkward for the skae of being awkward! lol