Metric is better for tool measurements. Hands down.
If the metric "9" socket is too big, what size do you grab next?
If the imperial "1/2" socket is too big, what size do you grab next? A 7/16? A 15/32? A 31/64? Who fucking knows, typically the answer is 'whatever is next to the open hole in my toolbox cutouts, assuming I have them'.
One is much easier to answer than the other, which requires nothing more than rote memorization of 'standard' fractional notation and mental division.
Metric becoming standard on vehicles came with an additional advantage, they basically decided to make the 10mm the socket that will work on 95% of the bolts in the entire car. Nice round number.
If the metric "9" socket is too big, what size do you grab next?
If the imperial "1/2" socket is too big, what size do you grab next? A 7/16? A 15/32? A 31/64?
1/32 is more precise than 1mm. The fact that you even have 1/64ths. To do that in metric you'd have to have a "9.5mm". Oh fuck, looks like you already do, because of course you need that. We didn't start using 1/32" just to fuck with you. We needed the additional precision.
Metric becoming standard on vehicles
That's so low rent fuckwits in foreign factors can assemble them.
they basically decided to make the 10mm the socket that will work on 95% of the bolts in the entire car.
They could have all decided to use 3/8" heads and kept it imperial.
lmao shut the fuck up you hyper-contrarian fag. It's obvious you cooked up this explanation from absolutely nothing because it's so stupid. Inventing gay arguments because you're a fucking gay who is addicting to arguing.
Nobody ever built a fucking bolt with a 9/16ths head and said "oh no, this isn't PRECISE enough! Increase it to the 19/32nds! MUUUUH PRREECCISSSIOOONN!!!!"
Nobody did that because a 19/32nds socket doesn't fucking exist, because nobody needs it. Oops there goes 'muh precision'.
How many sockets come in a typical Imperial socket set up to 1"? 12? 13 maybe?
Wow, 'muh precision' only comes in 12 grades of precise. How fucking weird is that.
You're such a fucking fag. Delete your account.
That's so low rent fuckwits in foreign factors can assemble them.
My car was made in Tennessee by a Japanese corporation.
This corporation was practically single-handedly responsible for putting the stupid fags with their imperial system cars in Detroit out on the streets living under overpasses because literally everything they made was a creaky pile of poorly-made dogshit.
Metric is better for tool measurements. Hands down.
If the metric "9" socket is too big, what size do you grab next?
If the imperial "1/2" socket is too big, what size do you grab next? A 7/16? A 15/32? A 31/64? Who fucking knows, typically the answer is 'whatever is next to the open hole in my toolbox cutouts, assuming I have them'.
One is much easier to answer than the other, which requires nothing more than rote memorization of 'standard' fractional notation and mental division.
Metric becoming standard on vehicles came with an additional advantage, they basically decided to make the 10mm the socket that will work on 95% of the bolts in the entire car. Nice round number.
1/32 is more precise than 1mm. The fact that you even have 1/64ths. To do that in metric you'd have to have a "9.5mm". Oh fuck, looks like you already do, because of course you need that. We didn't start using 1/32" just to fuck with you. We needed the additional precision.
That's so low rent fuckwits in foreign factors can assemble them.
They could have all decided to use 3/8" heads and kept it imperial.
I assume you have a nice round head.
lmao shut the fuck up you hyper-contrarian fag. It's obvious you cooked up this explanation from absolutely nothing because it's so stupid. Inventing gay arguments because you're a fucking gay who is addicting to arguing.
Nobody ever built a fucking bolt with a 9/16ths head and said "oh no, this isn't PRECISE enough! Increase it to the 19/32nds! MUUUUH PRREECCISSSIOOONN!!!!"
Nobody did that because a 19/32nds socket doesn't fucking exist, because nobody needs it. Oops there goes 'muh precision'.
How many sockets come in a typical Imperial socket set up to 1"? 12? 13 maybe?
Wow, 'muh precision' only comes in 12 grades of precise. How fucking weird is that.
You're such a fucking fag. Delete your account.
My car was made in Tennessee by a Japanese corporation.
This corporation was practically single-handedly responsible for putting the stupid fags with their imperial system cars in Detroit out on the streets living under overpasses because literally everything they made was a creaky pile of poorly-made dogshit.
I keep rereading this comment and it's funnier and funnier.