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MULLEY
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Post by MULLEY »

I dont bother with the fuel guage, i just calculate 100 miles = 10 litres, so when it hits empty to fill back up is 50 litres & i average around 500 miles.

I do have the extra tank on as well, so 66 litres in total, so quite a good fuel range. Mind u, when i nearly ran out of fuel (the low fuel warning light doesnt work) & put in 65.5 litres, woops!!!!
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Post by kiwi »

Ah but is your standard unleaded 98.9p a litre? For the first time that I can remember diesel is currently cheaper than standard unleaded here.
Nope works out as 65p per litre for Premium ( 96 octane) 61p for 91 Octane (what my other car loves) and 41p for diesel. Diesel looks cheap until you add the seperate road user charge.
Looks good to vistors with excahnge rates etc etc but for us that live here on a day to day basis we have seen the fuel flucturate by nearly 50% over the last 12 months.

I try to keep my fuel tank low when I know our monthly shop is due as we can save $10. Trick is the Russian Roulette getting to the service station without running out when its 80 km without a service station. Managed to do it with the orange light flickering on putting in 65.28 ltrs was close to say the least :shock:

I do remember a time in the past when Diesel in the UK was cheaper than petrol, was about 5 years or so ago when the extra tax was put on it. Shocking I think I still have a disc lurking around from when we had our service station in the UK.
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