# The Metric System **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 24, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804 "2007-03-24T16:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/1 "2007-03-24T16:12:13Z")
Why don’t we use it? We are one of three countries that don’t (the other two are third world and fairly illiterate). Plus, we can hear the DSM kids talk about running HUNDREDS of kilopascals on a stock bottom end. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/2 "2007-03-24T16:27:43Z")
newton meters for torque :greddy2: ---
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/3 "2007-03-24T17:30:19Z")
> [@going to france.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/going-to-france/28961/79): > > Why don’t we use it? > > We are one of three countries that don’t (the other two are third world and fairly illiterate). > > Plus, we can hear the DSM kids talk about running HUNDREDS of kilopascals on a stock bottom end. Because we got the bombs OK? Two words! Nuclear-fuckin-weapons-OK? Russia…China …Romania, they can have all the democracy they want…they can have a big democracy cake in the middle of Tianaman square and it won’t make a lick of difference becasue we got the bombs OK? (with kudos to Denis Leary)🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/4 "2007-03-24T17:33:52Z")
It is kind of ridiculous that we don’t. Didn’t it start out as a way to protest the British way of doing things? Since we are a superpower, I think we make our own rules to some degree. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/5 "2007-03-24T19:24:46Z")
I know the metric system well. :shaggy:\<---- that’s how americans learn it 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![SSsuperchargedE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sssuperchargede/32/5958_2.png) [@SSsuperchargedE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSsuperchargedE)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/6 "2007-03-24T19:28:05Z")
> [@Teacher's Cell Phone....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/teachers-cell-phone/28954/12): > > I know the metric system well. :shaggy:\<---- that’s how americans learn it 🤣 xmuthafuckin2 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/7 "2007-03-24T20:52:57Z")
Because we like the unit of slugs. I like using metric because it’s easy, but I have no feel for it. I see a stress in kPa and I have no idea how close it is to breaking. I have to convert to psi. It also gets a little goofy when you try to mix Newtons and mm since they aren’t consistent unit, which seems to happen often. I had to explain my units to a metric-using customer once because they thought they were wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/8 "2007-03-24T20:55:55Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/28965/9): > > Because we like the unit of slugs. mass that accelerates by 1 ft/s2 when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it Ok i’m lost, I’ll stick too grams and kilos and centimeters :finger: ---
**Author:** ![85TransAm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/e68b1a/32.png) [@85TransAm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/85TransAm)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/9 "2007-03-24T21:06:07Z")
to hard to change over ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/10 "2007-03-25T23:15:15Z")
i suggest we lock up the thread starter for being a communist. ---
**Author:** ![marks\_lude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@marks\_lude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/marks_lude)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/11 "2007-03-26T06:05:08Z")
being an engineer in school right now, if i sit down for an exam and see the problem is in non metric units, i instantly want to kill the teacher. ---
**Author:** ![JackdUp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jackdup/32/6015_2.png) [@JackdUp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JackdUp)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/12 "2007-03-26T06:08:53Z")
SI FTW. SAE FTL. /thread. ---
**Author:** ![tom\_vito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tom_vito/32/6000_2.png) [@tom\_vito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tom_vito)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/13 "2007-03-27T15:24:35Z")
> [@Happy Armed Forces week!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-armed-forces-week/28962/5): > > Because we got the bombs OK? Two words! Nuclear-fuckin-weapons-OK? Russia…China …Romania, they can have all the democracy they want…they can have a big democracy cake in the middle of Tianaman square and it won’t make a lick of difference becasue we got the bombs OK? > (with kudos to Denis Leary)🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 X2 > [@video card issues](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/video-card-issues/28959/12): > > being an engineer in school right now, if i sit down for an exam and see the problem is in non metric units, i instantly want to kill the teacher. Grow up, it is the way it is and is going to be this way a long time… ---
**Author:** ![Jeff95TA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeff95ta/32/5935_2.png) [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/14 "2007-03-28T05:20:51Z")
> [@Rudy or Hilary?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-or-hilary/28941/51): > > Grow up, it is the way it is and is going to be this way a long time… I bet you have a full set of standard and metric tools… 🙂 I see a lot of companies that are working in metric though. With things becoming more international, it’s a good idea to be used to both systems, especially in engineering. Even if you’re dealing with an American company, they may source turbines, motors, couplings, or whatever from other companies, and you’ll be getting drawings in metric. ---
**Author:** ![marks\_lude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@marks\_lude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/marks_lude)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/15 "2007-03-28T05:49:02Z")
> [@Rudy or Hilary?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rudy-or-hilary/28941/51): > > X2 > Grow up, it is the way it is and is going to be this way a long time… its no secret its gonna be that way for a long time, but im still aloud to hate me teacher ---
**Author:** ![obi-1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@obi-1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/obi-1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/16 "2007-03-28T06:05:46Z")
> [@FS: Parting out '92 Civic LX](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-parting-out-92-civic-lx/28898/15): > > I bet you have a full set of standard and metric tools… 🙂 > > I see a lot of companies that are working in metric though. With things becoming more international, it’s a good idea to be used to both systems, especially in engineering. Even if you’re dealing with an American company, they may source turbines, motors, couplings, or whatever from other companies, and you’ll be getting drawings in metric. This is true. Jeff is right. To compound problems, you might have drawings in metric units to combiine with material and loading conditions in English units. I spent a few months of my life dealing with unit system issues with material property definitions in Ansys/Workbench. We even swap the commas and periods for you if you are viewing the program in a European language. ---
**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/17 "2007-03-28T08:22:40Z")
> [@fs. or free? air filter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-or-free-air-filter/28929/5): > > We even swap the commas and periods for you if you are viewing the program in a European language. that is great customer service. ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/18 "2007-03-28T10:47:12Z")
> [@Bar Tabs](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bar-tabs/28986/19): > > i suggest we lock up the thread starter for being a communist. only in America! ---
**Author:** ![NOTLUZN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@NOTLUZN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NOTLUZN)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/19 "2007-03-28T11:33:53Z")
how would we drag race. 1/4 mile would not exist. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804/20 "2007-03-28T11:53:41Z")
402 meters :kekegay: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-metric-system/188804.md?page=2)