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Sep 16th, 2013, 10:04 | #31 |
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I never let mine get below half full just in case the go on strike again I got caught out last time
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Sep 16th, 2013, 10:30 | #33 |
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Baconrasher (great name by the way but you have made me hungry) - you are absolutely right and I guess that is a big part of this thread. The barrier beyond which it is too painful to go. For some it is £100 for others it is £60. For me it is £70. All nonsense as you rightly point out as you just have to fill up earlier but the human mind is a strange old thing.
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Sep 16th, 2013, 11:08 | #34 |
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Some pay at pumps top out at £99 max.
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Sep 16th, 2013, 11:38 | #35 |
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The furthest I've gone is 700 miles between fill-ups (after longish motorway trips), and I'll squeeze in just over 14 gallons then. I nearly always fill up within 10 miles of the fuel light coming on, and it invariably comes on when the dash shows 70 miles to empty tank. I don't like to play chicken with the range
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Sep 16th, 2013, 11:47 | #36 |
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Many years ago I was signing up for a forum (on a BBS - remember those) and needed a name. I just happened to be getting outside of a bacon sandwich at the time, so that's were the name came from and I have used it ever since on every forum.
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Sep 16th, 2013, 13:06 | #37 |
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Best I have managed was a tad over 550 miles from home to Fort William on a single tank - filled up there with 66 ltrs giving an average of almost 38mpg - at a steady 75 mph for 90% of the journey
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Sep 16th, 2013, 13:31 | #38 | |
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If driven to virtually empty, a fill up the other day was £103 and 73.74 litres. I say it again;strange for a 70l tank - with a range showing of 30 miles,which kind of suggests that it would be 80l to empty...!! I am also pretty unique in here, in so far as I find the OBC more or less accurate compared to calculated brim to brim fill ups. I work out the mpg than knock it down by 3% to take into account that the mileage showing may be actually higher than that travelled due to an 'optimistic speedo'. Regards |
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Sep 16th, 2013, 15:22 | #39 |
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Shell Pay @ Pump gives a limit of £50 which is stupid as that's only half a tank in most cars.
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