The full quote in dirty imperial units:
I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.
– The Fast and the Furious
How was this translated to metric?
Wait until you learn about Hogsheads its a quarter of a tun which is different from a ton
Oh also agricultural measurements are local and item specific