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German translation: Kraftstoffverbrauch

09:18 Oct 28, 2009

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English term or phrase: fuel mileage

If your tyres are appropriately inflated, your fuel mileage will increase between 3-4%

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German translation:Kraftstoffverbrauch

Explanation:
Wird im englischen meistens in "miles per gallon" gemessen

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Note added at 3 mins (2009-10-28 09:22:15 GMT)
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Sorry, should have done that in English... Anyway, you have to change the sentence to that it will "verringern" (lower) the Kraftstoffverbrauch, because in German it is expressed in Liters used per 100 km, so the lower the number the better!

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Kerstin Buessenschuett
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Kraftstoffverbrauch

Kerstin Buessenschuett

Kraftstoffverbrauch

Florian Willer

Kilometerleistung

Capesha

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s.u.

Noe Tessmann

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Kraftstoffverbrauch

Explanation:
"...verringert sich Ihr Kraftstoffverbrauch um drei bis vier Prozent"

235:(miles per gallon)=Liter/100km

Florian Willer
Germany
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Kraftstoffverbrauch

Kerstin Buessenschuett
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Kilometerleistung

Explanation:
Bei korrekten Reifendruck erhöht sich die Kilometerleistung, d.h. man verbraucht weniger Benzin als bei falschen (zu geringem) Reifendruck und kann mit einer Tankfüllung mehr Kilometer fahren.

Capesha
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Reference information:
fuel mileage
form.coll
(mot) (fuel consumption) fuel economy in specs fuel consumption form gas economy AE.coll fuel con BE.in tables
Kraftstoffverbrauch, m form
Verbrauch, m prakt.ugs
Benzinverbrauch, m nicht b. Diesel
(Note: ~ is expressed in miles per gallon, "Verbrauch" in liters per 100 kilometers, l/100km; hence, as mileage goes up, "Verbrauch" goes down; to convert mileage reduction into added Verbrauch, use equation V%=(100/(100-M%)-1) x 100; vice versa use equation M%=(1-(100/100+V%)) x 100; wherein V% = increased "Verbrauch" in percent, and M% = reduced mileage in percent; for mileage improvement, exchange V% and M%, respectively.) "poor ~ " "hoher Verbrauch"; "good ~ " "niedriger Verbrauch"; "to improve ~ " "den Verbrauch senken"; "some cars got 20 per cent LESS gas mileage than similar cars made in pre-control years" "manche Autos hatten einen [um] 25% (!) HÖHEREN Verbrauch als entsprechende Autos ohne Abgasreinigung"

Noe Tessmann
Belgium
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