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by ratsbane 5658 days ago
When I was a kid my family had a Mercedes diesel and my aunt had a Cadillac. I remember noting that the Mercedes fuel gauge was labeled "Tank" and marked off in a round arc with equal distances between each of the markings. The Cadillac had a square gauge labeled "Fuel Data Centre" with a needle sweeping across markings in a straight line. The Mercedes was much more practical.