# 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:** 20
### Author: ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross) #### Post date: [January 8, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305/20 "2011-01-08T20:18:33Z")
> [@Dunnville 11/11/07](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dunnville-11-11-07/38577/12): > > oh yes, it would be riDICKulously expensive, but it really needs to happen. slowly, over the next 10 years, print and use both on pretty much everything and eventually roll it over. they do use both, but metric could not ever become the standard in the US. we rely to heavily on SAE, take construction for example. Even other countries like Canada use the SAE system when it comes to lumber and building materials. I just like to use it when I’m working on my car or cooking. I’ll take a liter of cola. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/explain-this/256305)._