What type of re-fueler are you?

[wolfracesonic]

....Do you fill up when the needle approaches the quarter full mark or do like that slight frisson of danger as the needle flirts with the red part of the fuel gauge? I,m in the latter camp.


Feel free to regale us with tales of how your other half leaves your car running on fumes after they've borrowed it

[Dodsy]

I try to remember to refill the Jag when it gets to 1/4 tank so I can use pay at pump. Beyond that and its >£100 so I have to go to the till to pay which just wastes time.

Any other car, right down to empty, I want to make as few trips to the petrol station as possible,

[knight]

In the Mazda I refill normally when the fuel light comes on, in the Cerbera it's when it gets to a quarter of a tank as there is no fuel light!

[kambites]

If I happen to be driving past a petrol station once below about half full, I'll fill up. I don't make a special trip to fill up until almost empty, though.

[deltashad]

In the company car just before I hit the red I'll fill it to the top.

With the personal cars I never fill to the top, I wait until the red light comes on. In the Merc or Lancia 40 quid is standard, with the Lotus 30 quid.
I seem to have some stupid idea that too much fuel means less mpg and it'll slow the car down. Must have convinced myself of this when I was a broke student and it's stayed with me.

[kambites]

deltashad said:

I seem to have some stupid idea that too much fuel means less mpg and it'll slow the car down. Must have convinced myself of this when I was a broke student and it's stayed with me.

[BorkFactor]

Depends on financial situation!

For a long time (student years) I would put £20 in when the light came on and drive until the same happened! Unless I was going on a long drive of course.

Now I am working I brim it when the light comes on, only takes £55 anyway

[muffinmenace]

I fill up at every petrol station I can, you can never be too careful.

[Deerfoot]

I brim it once the low level light is on. Life is too short to be stood next to a pump more than is necessary.

[Howard-]

Deerfoot said:

I brim it once the low level light is on. Life is too short to be stood next to a pump more than is necessary.

This. I truly don't understand why people only put £10 / £20 / £40 or whatever into their own vehicles, instead of just brimming it.

[Monty Python]

When it's down to a quarter - when you're stuck in slow moving traffic on the motorway, the last thing you want to do is run out of fuel.

[muffinmenace]

Monty Python said:

When it's down to a quarter - when you're stuck in slow moving traffic on the motorway, the last thing you want to do is run out of fuel.

hashtag:v8problems

Not a problem for those with economical 4pots.

Edited by muffinmenace on Thursday 2nd January 09:36

[n90acc]

I from my student days for some reason still fill from empty with £20's worth each time.

It was because 1) i never had the funds to chuck £45 odd in at one go. and 2) I want to be carrying as less weight as possible (because these things matter when you 18).

Now although I've been out of Uni and working 18 months, I find £20 can juts do for a weeks commute and a few journeys to the gym during the week, so its more a case of watching the pennies nowadays.

[hondafanatic]

The low level light and bong mean I can do another 40 odd miles in normal (to me) circumstances.

So I just brim at the next convenient place except motorway service stations.

I'm always amazed at how cautious the low fuel warning light is.

[mcflurry]

Howard- said:

This. I truly don't understand why people only put £10 / £20 / £40 or whatever into their own vehicles, instead of just brimming it.

After crashing a previous car, writing it off with a full tank of super, I don't like leaving it full.

If the car is stolen, crashed or sold then why should someone else get free fuel?

[kambites]

n90acc said:

I from my student days for some reason still fill from empty with £20's worth each time.

It was because 1) i never had the funds to chuck £45 odd in at one go. and 2) I want to be carrying as less weight as possible (because these things matter when you 18).

Now although I've been out of Uni and working 18 months, I find £20 can juts do for a weeks commute and a few journeys to the gym during the week, so its more a case of watching the pennies nowadays.

But that's the point, you end up spending more on petrol if you only fill up occasionally. Firstly because you waste far more going to the petrol station than you'd ever save in MPG from running the car about 10kg lighter; and secondly because fuel is currently going up in price faster than general inflation so the petrol in your tank is an appreciating asset.

[The Wookie]

I fill up when the range hits zero on my Evora... It still has a gallon or so left, plus 55 litre tank and 25mpg so I'd be doing it every other bloody day if I didn't!

[eltax91]

Howard- said:

Deerfoot said:

I brim it once the low level light is on. Life is too short to be stood next to a pump more than is necessary.

This. I truly don't understand why people only put £10 / £20 / £40 or whatever into their own vehicles, instead of just brimming it.

Queue a whole gaggle of new age pistonheaders telling you that we are in a economic crisis, people are living hand to mouth and they can't afford to brim the tank! When you point out they are doing £10/ £20 on some expensive new Range Rover, they will point out that's leveraged up to the eye balls hence why they can only afford £10/ £20

[Howard-]

mcflurry said:

After crashing a previous car, writing it off with a full tank of super, I don't like leaving it full.

If the car is stolen, crashed or sold then why should someone else get free fuel?

I suppose you don't own a watch or a mobile phone or carry any cash whatsoever in your wallet either, just on the off-chance that you get mugged? Or have a nice house in case a plane lands on it?


What a daft way to inconvenience yourself based on an incredibly unlikely occurrence. Selling the car doesn't exactly suddenly happen either, does it?

[007 VXR]

Howard- said:

This. I truly don't understand why people only put £10 / £20 / £40 or whatever into their own vehicles, instead of just brimming it.

Some people live on a budget you know


Me, Most of the time I fill it when down to 1/4 tank.