E36 Coupe OEM Roof/Bike Rack

[m3f_das borgen]

LMAO @ "European KG"

a kg is a kg mang.

what are you talking about? In Europe they measure kg differently than the US...........mang

[m3f_salty]

what are you talking about? In Europe they measure kg differently than the US...........mang

Fortunately for you, they still use good old MPH, Fahrenheit, and pounds and inches in the States. Canada went metric in the mid seventies and I will always prefer Imperial units of measure for most things, especially temp and speed. The Youngsters round hereonly know one measure now. Metric.

[m3f_das borgen]

I think metric is FTW but that's neither here nor there

[m3f_JPoland]

It took NASA the cost of a mars lander to figure out that maybe metric is the way to go.



My boss uses IP units and everytime he asks me something I respond in metric units

[m3f_salty]

It took NASA the cost of a mars lander to figure out that maybe metric is the way to go.



My boss uses IP units and everytime he asks me something I respond in metric units

We had an Air Canada passenger plane go down for the same reason. Fortunately the pilot knew where a drag strip was in the middle of Manitoba.

See Gimli Glider.

I guess this is drifting OT.

[m3f_das borgen]

We had an Air Canada passenger plane go down for the same reason. Fortunately the pilot knew where a drag strip was in the middle of Manitoba.

See Gimli Glider.

I guess this is drifting OT.

holy balls that Captain was the man!. I would buy a few (good) beers.............Maybe like 10 bottles of Rogue Double Dead Guy

It took NASA the cost of a mars lander to figure out that maybe metric is the way to go.


My boss uses IP units and everytime he asks me something I respond in metric units

what work you do?

[m3f_cracky]

what are you talking about? In Europe they measure kg differently than the US...........mang

please direct me to anywhere showing its different(for use today. not 200 yrs ago)

[m3f_das borgen]

please direct me to anywhere showing its different(for use today. not 200 yrs ago)

no...

[m3f_cracky]

of course you cant...because its not and nothing exists to show otherwise.

back in the day that stuff was all over but 65kg(from that bmw document) is the same as it is here.


so ya, a kg is a kg...mang


In Germany:

1 pound (lb.) = 0.454kg


1 kilogram (kg) = 2.205 lb.

The United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations agreed upon common definitions for the pound and the yard. Since 1 July 1959, the international avoirdupois pound has been defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilogram.[8]

US gallon is different than UK gallon... kg are the same these days(and when that document was made)


they use the hybrid just like canada does for this conversion.

[m3f_das borgen]

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[m3f_cracky]

They dont use lbs as measurement there. And the US doesnt use KG... you have to convert.



So if you ask someone in germany how much 65kg is converted to lbs. they arent going to divide by 0.500kgram(or a "metric" pound lol)

they will multiply by 2.2 or divide by 0.454 as defined from SI unit conversion factors.

Meanwhile, only a few Americans know that the legal definitions of the English customary units are actually based on metric units. The U. S. and British governments have agreed that a yard equals exactly 0.9144 meter and an avoirdupois pound equals exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms. In this way, all the units of measurement Americans use every day are based on the standards of the metric system. Since 1875, in fact, the United States has subscribed to the International System of Weights and Measures, the official version of the metric system

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/index.html



go learn

[m3f_Sammyzuko]

My friend has a Thule bike rack on his GTI. Holy ballz is the wind noise annoying.

[m3f_damnitbadger]

I'm still waiting for the picture of a chick strapped to the roof.

[m3f_das borgen]

cracky, give it a rest

I was joking... I m an engineer... I know these things


can t you discern what obviously was a joke?

[m3f_cracky]

nice backpedal





My sarcasm meter and joke detector is quite good on the net...and its clear that you werent joking here OR in the other thread that you talked about this.