# Explain this!!! **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305 "2011-01-06T11:15:57Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 11
### Author: ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40) #### Post date: [January 7, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305/11 "2011-01-07T06:43:44Z")
> [@\--Official ATV Meet Thread--](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-atv-meet-thread/27577/10): > > it boggles my mind. all these companies , includeing Benet labs, use all metric. everything from the dimensions, tolerances and geo’s all metric. then when they hit the shops they have to convert it. makes 0 sence. :lol we always mix the two here, at least everyone is good about labeling :lol > [@BMW's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmws/38527/23): > > in all actuallty the metric system is better … at least in the auto world that i get to deal with true +1 --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305)._