In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it’s time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.
In the spirit of rapprochement with Europe and reorientation away from the United States, it’s time to complete the Metrication process in Canada that was stopped prematurely by the Mulroney government.
The auto industry, mostly. Asian and European cars are metric, and imported into America in large numbers, and even domestic manufacturers have been going to metric fasteners in a lot of cases. The oil drain plug on my S10 is 14mm, for example.
I bet if you took a look at common lumber sizes you’d see they’re given in millimeters, but weird millimeters. Like why 19mm instead of 20? Because 19mm is very close to 3/4".
I’m not sure about the rest of the world, but automotive wheel and tire sizes in the US are my second favorite mixed measurement. A tire’s size is given in rim width in millimeters bead to bead, sidewall height as a percentage of said width, and rim diameter in inches. A 275/75R-15 fits a 275mm wide, 15 inch diameter wheel and is 206.25mm tall bead to tread.