[Stinicker]

lolo, anyone else getting a google ad for barrels on red diesel in the lower corner? Very apt advertising I must say lol!

[Max Power1]

Originally Posted by Stinicker

shhh, man theres a recession on goddammit.

+1

at north of 75-80€ a fill, I try to space them out as much as possible!

[Matt Simis]

Originally Posted by djimi

My question would be why would you want to run your car in the red on a regular basis? I can understand getting caught short occasionally, but surely most people treat the top of the red as empty and top up from there?

Cos Im driving too fast to stop for fuel!

[keithclancy]

I never will, personally have the experience getting air out of the fuel line every single time i service the car since to get at the oil filter you have to disconnect the fuel line.

No primer either on the Volvo V50/S40 2.0D so you have to improvise something or get the original Volvo vacuum pump. ffs.

Thing the C5 has the same engine and it has a pump builtin .. WHY VOLVO WHY ??!?!



Saying that i've driven with 10km left on the range estimate because I refused to pay the extra 15cent a litre to fill up in Germany.

[creedp]

Originally Posted by djimi

My question would be why would you want to run your car in the red on a regular basis? I can understand getting caught short occasionally, but surely most people treat the top of the red as empty and top up from there?

I wouldnt consider it getting caught short to run the guage into the red. The 'red' on the guage or the warning light are there to remind you that you only have a certain amount of fuel left not that have to fill up immediately. Having said that I would rarely leave it much beyond the warning light coming on to fill up.

[pred racer]

Originally Posted by Stinicker

shhh, man theres a recession on goddammit.

Wheter you buy it today or tomorrow it still costs the same

[101sean]

Real men know exactly how far they can drive with the needle wrapped round the stop and the light burning your eyeballs

There's usually 10 litre/ 2 gallons left when the light comes on in anything I've owned. I've only ever been caught out once when I parked on a hill intending to fill up in the morning. Wouldn't start and I had a long walk with a can!

Deliberately ran my 101 out of fuel last year as the tank had to come out, thought it would never stop! Even then I drained over a gallon out after it stopped, is a 24 gallon tank though.

[Where To]

I'm getting a nasty taste of diesel in my mouth just reading this thread

Always keep tank topped up as much as possible, you never know when you might need it.

[teednab-el]

Originally Posted by Where To

I'm getting a nasty taste of diesel in my mouth just reading this thread

Always keep tank topped up as much as possible, you never know when you might need it.

We all need diesel at some stage but that doesn't justify why you should keep it topped all the time unnecessary when you don't need to.

[TPM]

Just dont try it in a rover 75 with the bmw engine

[MidlandsM]

Originally Posted by teednab-el

Il never do that.

shure yer doing it as it is, you'll get caught yet.

[BX 19]

Fuel light roulette. I played it inadvertently once in a starlet cos I was quite lost in a part of the city I was not too familiar with. I let it get so bad that it cut out one side of a roundabout and started again on the other

[Jesus Shaves]

Originally Posted by teednab-el

We all need diesel at some stage but that doesn't justify why you should keep it topped all the time unnecessary when you don't need to.

But what if you had to drive to the length and breadth of the country in an emergency

[BX 19]

24hr petrol stations?

[Where To]

Originally Posted by teednab-el

We all need diesel at some stage but that doesn't justify why you should keep it topped all the time unnecessary when you don't need to.

I struggle to see the logic in this, and I know plenty of people that do this.

Why is it unnecessary? You are going to need fuel if you are going to be driving your car, and a lot of unforeseen events could happen between one full from empty and the next.

It's a car not a jumbo jet