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[–] [email protected] 216 points 6 months ago (57 children)

Found it. Since the gas goes through the same hose as the other blends, if you're buying gas you need to get at least 4 gallons so the previous gas flushes out what was left in the hose from the previous sale, and fills enough of the container that the blend is primarily what you selected.

If you buy E15 and fill your tanks, then the next guy buys E10 and only gets 1 gallon, they might end up with a higher ethanol mix than intended, and if they use that on a small motor, like a chainsaw, it could ruin the seals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

How fucking big are American canisters? In Germany the regular size is 5l, [Edit: ~~just shy of~~ a bit more than] one gallon.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

5l, just shy of one gallon.

5L can't be shy of a gallon. 4L is more than a gallon.

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Yeah, a gallon is 3.7854118 L.

Oh...wait. You're in Europe. I bet that you're thinking of imperial gallons.

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That's about 4.5 L. Still not the case even with imperial gallons.

When people are talking about gallons in the US, they won't be using imperial gallons. They're using the US gallon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Well, I just typed “1 gallon in liters” into google and took the first number, because I couldn’t be bothered to deal with your system of measurement more than necessary. My point stands regardless of the exact volume of one gallon.

OF COURSE THERE IS MORE THAN ONE DEFINITION OF GALLON Rageface

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