What units do you prefer in spec sheets, metric or English?

[mbt]

Just wondering, are you more comfortable / familiar with metric units or english units for car specs? Of course we use metric for displacement (cc or liters and not cubic inches) and english for power (hp and not kW)... but for measures like length/width/height and weight, do you prefer inches or milimeters, kilograms or pounds?

[Horsepower]

metric, the only reason English still exists is because US won't let go of it yet.

[XTO]

length/width/height and weight

much familiar with metric

[Gumusut_Amige]

been accustomed to metric units for dimensions/weight/power
prefer to use english only when referring to people's ht

[boybi]

i prefer metric.

[mbt]

how about for torque? Nm or lb-ft?

Ako kasi nasanay na ako sa hp, inches, lb-ft, and lbs dahil yan ang gamit sa mga US car magazines hehe

[Chip]

metric,

its so easy to convert from one unit to another, simply subtract or add zeroes as needed. yung english, nahihilo ako sa kakaconvert ng units, walang standard.

[ssaloon]

metric for me.

[niky]

For power, hp or ps is still easier to use than kW. kWs are a coarser unit, so power differences show up in hp better.

For the same reason, I'm beginning to warm up to Nm as opposed to ft-lbs, as Nm is a finer unit and shows up differences better.

As for size and weight dimensions, I kind of prefer mm and kgs, since most of the local brochures use it, anyway, it's easy for us to understand.

[j_avonni]

Metric for me. Mas madali mag-convert.