Letting the tank run low......
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My Volvo V70 diesel has a light that comes on with about 10 litres left in the 70 litre tank. That's about 100 miles, or several days of local running around. So it gets topped up with about 30-50 miles left of range, 50 or 60 miles after the light has come on.
By the way did you know there is not a filling station on the A9 between Perth and Inverness. A few pretty pictures of fuel pumps off to the right and left, but without knowing how far and how much I kept going. Surrey to Inverness on less than a full tank of fuel because it wasn't full when I left home. Only the last 5 miles or so with 0 miles of range.
By the way did you know there is not a filling station on the A9 between Perth and Inverness. A few pretty pictures of fuel pumps off to the right and left, but without knowing how far and how much I kept going. Surrey to Inverness on less than a full tank of fuel because it wasn't full when I left home. Only the last 5 miles or so with 0 miles of range.
otolith said:
Distance to empty displays are a menace - the other half cuts it very fine on fuel because the display still says there's 20 miles in the tank.
Mine is really conservative, when it says 0 miles there's about 5 litres still in the tank.As for filling up, when the light comes on.
otolith said:
Distance to empty displays are a menace - the other half cuts it very fine on fuel because the display still says there's 20 miles in the tank.
How do you know they are cutting it fine? If the car says 20 miles remaining then penny to a pound there's actually a significant amount of fuel left. At worst there's 20 miles left at current driving style. Most tanks have a 'hidden reserve' which is designed to get you through emergency no-fuel-available type situations. My Superb used to go on for ages on 0 miles remaining and my Mazda 6 2.0 petrol has a 62 litre tank but only 50 of them actually show on the fuel gauge. That's TWELVE litres of fuel hidden away when it says I'm about to stop on the hard shoulder and explode. 
dme123 said:
Do you genuinely live in fear and make plans around this? It takes longer to have a nice satisfying dump than put fuel in the car, do you always make sure your bowels are evacuated in case there is an emergency when you need a poo?
My ex mother in law was like this and would come up with really remote possibilities to justify odd behaviour. She was OK after they took out her thyroid gland though...
This made me smile.My ex mother in law was like this and would come up with really remote possibilities to justify odd behaviour. She was OK after they took out her thyroid gland though...
......fuel light and start looking for somewhere to brim it
dme123 said:
jdw100 said:
kambites said:
If I was in that situation, I'd call an ambulance regardless of how much petrol I had.
So, for instance, you get a call to say a family member has been taken seriously ill...you would call an ambulance?My ex mother in law was like this and would come up with really remote possibilities to justify odd behaviour. She was OK after they took out her thyroid gland though...
I always ensure I have a supplementary long range tank filled to the brim in case I have to drive to The Shetlands for some totally unforeseen emergency. You never know...
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