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18th April 2019, 07:38 | #11 |
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Why would you need to keep spare fuel in the car, I never ever let my cars drop below half a tank. Rev |
18th April 2019, 07:46 | #12 |
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18th April 2019, 11:32 | #13 |
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Don't even wait for the light to come on, 1/4 is empty. Plus an empty plastic gallon tank/bottle. Not that I'm paranoiac or anything.
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18th April 2019, 11:34 | #14 |
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Not fans of the fuel light challenge?
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18th April 2019, 14:15 | #15 |
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Fuel in boot.....
Prevention is better than cure....... When I go on a long journey..FULL TANK.. there will always be a garage somewhere en route to use when fuel dips between 1/2 and a 1/4.... Do I want a gallon of fuel sat in my boot mere feet away from my son...no... in forty years of driving never ever carried fuel in the boot. But in forty years of driving I have never ever run out of fuel.
If you are that worried of running out of fuel once your tank gets to 1/2, the next garage you come across fill her up....
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18th April 2019, 14:59 | #16 |
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No fear. When I was a lad a friend's dad was a bookies runner at Chester racecourse by the Dee. (By the way, that's the first time I'd seen Prince Honolulu (I gotta hoss, I gotta hoss). He'd come home pockets stuffed with cash and laughing like a drain, muttering Mugs, what Mugs! The fuel light amounts to the same odds. And the odds change for no apparent reason.
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As I said earlier, my fuel gauge is faulty - its not an option to make sure it never gets below half as I cant tell where half is
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Back in the very distant past, when petrol was 4 gallons a pound , I used to carry a can of fuel, but found that I was giving it away to other guys who had run out rather than using it my self. Gave up .
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18th April 2019, 15:37 | #19 |
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Well kind sir, surely the best option would be to repair said gauge.....
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18th April 2019, 15:48 | #20 |
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I remember filling up my Sierra for £20.........think it was about 1742 B.C.
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