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On Sep 16, 9:20*am, Robatoy wrote:
On Sep 16, 9:37*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

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I'm not in favor of passing laws. I'm in favor of using a system that allows
me to deal effectively in WORLD markets. Just smart business.


It will be interesting to see now that GM has sold controlling
interest to European Opel brand to a Canadian company.
GM used metric in Europe, but not here?
Ford builds a great (Fiesta Econetic) car in Europe. Diesel. Safe. 65
MPG VERY economical.... but alas... not for sale here. Would that be a
metric car, I wonder....


Some American built cars are metric, some not. It's been that way for
over thirty years. The body of my (Ford) Ranger is metric and the
engine SAE. My '74 (Ford) Rustang-II was the opposite.