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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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think this will ever happen in the US?

i thinks it's pretty obnoxious that we're still holding onto the english/imperial system.

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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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someone told me all us cars since 98 use metric bolts...:dunno:
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Skelly_GSR
someone told me all us cars since 98 use metric bolts...:dunno:
nope, definitely not. besides, does your odometer/speedometer read miles or km?
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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I wish it would. I wouldn't mind learning (well not learning, I already know the metric system, just not well) a standard.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:51 AM
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it should. english/imperial system is whack.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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doubtful. americans are stubborn, ignorant, and dumb.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Black2KGSR
it should. english/imperial system is whack.
Sure is. Metric would be so much easier. It would just take a while to get use to it.
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jclau00
doubtful. americans are stubborn, ignorant, and dumb.
That's us. :usa:
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 08:59 AM
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both arent bad i guess (i had to switch from metric to imperial when i moved here) but i wish they would change.

its so much easier and were already using it in science and other places , might aswell so everything but i also heard that they have tried to change it before and it failed because the ppl were stubborn and didnt want to change
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Old Feb 11, 2006 | 09:00 AM
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It would be expensive as well. Think of everything that would need changing such as street signs
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