ianofbhills
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I brim the tank every time and reset the trip counter.
Next time i fill up i can make a note of how many litres i've put in to how many miles i have travelled and work out an accurate fuel consumption.
Can spot any running issues with your car easier this way.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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My mum was upset the other day because she's had to up her monthly petrol use from £20 to £25
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AK
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quote: Originally posted by A2H GO
quote: Originally posted by AK
* you use more going to and from petrol station more times
BUT
* you use more fuel do the extra weight of full tank
I'm not sure people go miles out of their way put petrol in. Most petrol stations are on the roads people use when going somewhere anyway.
yes..... but if you fill up say 6 times over 1 there is 5 more small journeys.....
More fuel is also used slowing down, and pulling away for example.
There is NO way around it.... you WILL use more fuel visiting the pump 5, 6, 7 (i'd have to go about 11 times to do £10 at a time ) compared to 1!
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AK
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quote: Originally posted by pow
My mum was upset the other day because she's had to up her monthly petrol use from £20 to £25
A month
Neither Fee or I use a car to go to work.... and we prob spend about £100 a week
Does she have a tiny Diesel?
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ianofbhills
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quote: Originally posted by pow
quote: Originally posted by ianofbhills
quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
lets chuck some rumours out there!!
-keeping a low tank will make the rest of fuel tank rust inside
-having a full tank means the fuel pump does less work
also driving with the tank empty all of the time means you are using all of the shit that collects at the bottom.
Last time I checked, a car had a fuel filter to filter the "said shit" out of the sealed petrol tank
So your filter gets clogged quicker and when you put fuel into the "sealed" petrol tank where does it come from...
Especially in a diesel. Driving with a partially empty tank increases the chance of condensation forming in the tank and water collecting in the fuel hence why you have a water trap in your filter.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote: Originally posted by AK
quote: Originally posted by pow
My mum was upset the other day because she's had to up her monthly petrol use from £20 to £25
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Does she have a tiny Diesel?
she's an arsonist
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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She used to have an A169 A class, now she's knocking around in a Ford KA, she goes to work 3 times a week just up the road and sainsburys once a week. Uses my Dad's car the rest of the time
She probably does 200 miles a month maximum in her car.
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pow
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How much does everyone else use a month? I tend to do 3 tanks of around 450-500 miles, £50-£55 a time maybe?
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Mike
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After checking the company credit card bill when it came through the other week every payment on mine was at a petrol station. Once I filled up for someone else so when I took that off it was just over £600 for me. Worked that out to be approx 2600 miles, don't tell our Phil tho, it was all in his car and that's possibly more than he's drove it
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Neo
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quote: Originally posted by pow
How much does everyone else use a month? I tend to do 3 tanks of around 450-500 miles, £50-£55 a time maybe?
A tank a week, 500 miles from a tank.
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AndyKent
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Was a tank per fortnight - £55 for 500 miles.
Since I started walking to work I've not filled it up. 4 weeks, still got half a tank
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Liam
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I use about £30 a week, if I filled it up I'd be more inclined to thrash it, so £30 gets me about 150 miles.
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shaned12345
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Tank a week for me, 320 miles of basically flat out
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Sam
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£10 gives you fuck all fuel nowadays.
£20 is the new £10 when it comes to petrol.
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Matt L
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usually fill to the brim on the ibiza and usually get through a tank a week depends how much outside of work driving i do.
zed will be brimmed and then when ever it gets down to half ill top it back up i imagine.
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custom_corsa
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Full tank and usually top up before it go's below half
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Colin
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Tank a week, 250 miles to a tank
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harrisp
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ianofbhills, fuel is taken from the bottom of the tank anyway
i put a tenner in at a time and only just use it a week, my car only does about 30 miles to a tenner
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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I do a tank a week usually, but I only use it at weekends. That's about £60.
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Paul_J
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quote: Originally posted by pow
To the top of the tank everytime... can't be fucked with a tenner here and a tenner there!
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Paul_J
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quote: Originally posted by Colin
Tank a week, 250 miles to a tank
same
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Ben G
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my mum ran her freelander diesel dry a couple years ago, ended up costing my dad 2k because she didn't want to fill up until the fuel was low
something to do with the diesel pump and some other expensive land rover bits.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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oh and i put in a tank a week in the puma. it takes 35 litres which works out about 44 quid at current rates (120p) and lasts me approx 250 miles.
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stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
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quote: Originally posted by Sam
£10 gives you fuck all fuel nowadays.
£20 is the new £10 when it comes to petrol.
Sadly, this is true
I remember being a college and £10 of petrol was quite a bit
Bring back the good days
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deano87
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£150 from the 1.4 per month
Theoretically the less fuel you have, the better the MPG as you're carrying less weight. This is ever so slight. Think about however x number of 2 litre Coke bottles in the back which equals the tank.
I just brim it every time I fill up, reset the trip and work out MPG. As said, massive drop in MPG could see problems wrong with car.
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