Petrol Strikes

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:20 pm

I don't get much choice, Texaco on the fuel card and thats it, they run dry and I'll have to go for the contingency plan or not get paid. I work in Hinckley though Rob so if I know of any stations with fuel I'll let you know.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:26 pm

the light shows the last 10liters give or take. so going on a full tank getting you 400miles your looking at 1/6 of that which is 66.

so to be safe i wouldnt push it over 40-50 miles driving gently

mart609 · Post by **mart609** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:56 pm

My light came on yesterday, thought I'd leave it a while before going out to fill up. Went out at 10pm, still had to queue for 10mins

Oh and this morning I went past a station 1.36/ltr cam back past this afternoon 1.38/ltr

robbing barstewards

Post by **Donald** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:28 pm

From when my light comes on (and stays on) I can get 40-45 miles before I bottle it, but by then I end up getting 55-56 litres in... so it really is quite low.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:10 am

Just drove to the nearest petrol station (0.8miles) about 9am and no traffic or ques any where.

Filled up £40 of Super unleaded.

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:57 pm

nitin_s1 wrote:Just drove to the nearest petrol station (0.8miles) about 9am and no traffic or ques any where.

Filled up £40 of Super unleaded.

Excellent

Will go to work in the Lude tomorrow

People can be such a bunch of sheep

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:01 pm

Gorgon wrote:From when my light comes on (and stays on) I can get 40-45 miles before I bottle it, but by then I end up getting 55-56 litres in... so it really is quite low.

but thats still 4L. i worked out once that i got about 4.5 miles to the pound. (before the recent hikes) so you should be able to get the prospected 65. maybe

i guess the only way to know is when the light comes on reset your counter and fill a jerry can

Post by **Donald** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:41 pm

Where's the guy that tested VTEC in reverse? I'm sure he'd be up for something like this to try out

Post by **Donald** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:24 am

Bumping an old topic here but I thought this was impressive-ish.

lewd lude lover wrote:
Gorgon wrote:From when my light comes on (and stays on) I can get 40-45 miles before I bottle it, but by then I end up getting 55-56 litres in... so it really is quite low.
but thats still 4L. i worked out once that i got about 4.5 miles to the pound. (before the recent hikes) so you should be able to get the prospected 65. maybe

i guess the only way to know is when the light comes on reset your counter and fill a jerry can

Okay my light came on the other day so I reset the counter. I sort of forgot about it until yesterday and then cacked myself on the way to work when I noticed that then needle was a good few mm under the empty line. I went to fill up and noticed I'd clocked 57 miles on the red light. I'm not sure how much more I could've got exactly but I will say the car didn't even splutter or anything, no conking out on roundabouts either!

Who knows what gunk I've dragged out of the fuel tank though

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:33 am

Gorgon wrote: Who knows what gunk I've dragged out of the fuel tank though

right, where does the petrol pump pick up the fuel? bottom of the tank? doesnt matter if its full, half full, full of chickens, half full of nitin spunk, it always picks up fuel from the bottom! gravity dictates heavy crap sinks to the bottom where the fuel is picked up from, at all point!