Do you fill-up by litres or euros?

CiniO

I discovered, that most people seem to fill up fuel into their cars by amount in euros.
It's probably understandable if someone just pulls over to petrol station to fillup for a tenner or 20 quid.
But I've seen many people who fill-up to the top, and when gun bounces back f.e. counter shows 73.23 euro so they top up to full 74 euro.

This makes situations like here on this forum, where quite often we've got question from people saying "I top up by 50 quid a week, and travel x distance - is my MPG good?"

Maybe I'm just strange, but I do, and I always did fill-up by litres.
So if I fill my car to the top, similarly as above, when gun bounces back at 51.3 litres, I top it up to 52.
When I need just a small amount of petrol (this doesn't happen often as I usually fill to the top), I would fill up by 5 or 10 litres.
But also I know that my car takes on average 8.5 litres/100km, so I sometimes fill up 8.5 litres, and then without any calculations, I know I can travel 100km on this.

Does anyone else pays more attention to litres than euros?

Jimdagym

Depends on how close it is to payday :pac:

Ronnie Beck

I usually fill up by euros coz that's what i have in my pocket. :pac:

Col200sx

By the €.

It's very frustrating though when you throw in the €15 you have in your wallet, and your low-fuel light still stays on : (

Supergurrier

From 1/4 to full every week or so

Max Power1

Fill er up

I drive 40-60 miles after the initial red light, then fill er up to brim

L-M

I don't see what the difference is?

I fill up by euros because I'm paying with euros and I don't want to go up to the window and hand some cash and wait for change.

Ie. walk up with 30 euro, pay, reciept and go.

CiniO

Max Power1 wrote: »

Fill er up

I drive 40-60 miles after the initial red light, then fill er up to brim

60 miles after initial red light might mean no fuel left in some cars

Max Power1

CiniO wrote: »

60 miles after initial red light might mean no fuel left in some cars

Aye but this is the advantage of doing mostly motorway miles in a diesel!

CiniO

Limerick man wrote: »

I don't see what the difference is?

I fill up by euros because I'm paying with euros and I don't want to go up to the window and hand some cash and wait for change.

Ie. walk up with 30 euro, pay, reciept and go.

No difference really.
It's just what you have in your mind.
If you go back home remember that you filled up for 50 quid, or you filled up 30 litres.
That's what I wanted to ask.

El Inho

Limerick man wrote: »

I don't see what the difference is?

I fill up by euros because I'm paying with euros and I don't want to go up to the window and hand some cash and wait for change.

Ie. walk up with 30 euro, pay, reciept and go.

It's just a matter of knowing what you are paying. If you buy 20 litres of fuel in one station for €31.50 and then 20 litres in another for €33.50, you'll be much more aware of what you're paying - opposed to going to one station and paying €30 and the same at another, but not knowing how much you got.

MrDerp

25 litres shortly after warning light, unless a long journey is ahead and I fill up

YouTookMyName

4 gallons normally. Sometimes 5 or 6 depending.

L-M

El Spearo wrote: »

It's just a matter of knowing what you are paying. If you buy 20 litres of fuel in one station for €31.50 and then 20 litres in another for €33.50, you'll be much more aware of what you're paying - opposed to going to one station and paying €30 and the same at another, but not knowing how much you got.

I never really watch the few cents, I buy my diesel in the same place as I know it's reputable. Wouldn't buy diesel any where else unless I was stuck.

ShadowHearth

when tank is half full, then i go to petrol station and top that biitch up to full. I hate having less then half tank of petrol.

Its usually around 45-50eu anyway.

CiniO

YouTookMyName wrote: »

4 gallons normally. Sometimes 5 or 6 depending.

Is there actually any petrol station which sells in gallons, or do you convert it in your head?

born2bwild

By litres when I'm paying with a card - euros when I'm paying with cash

YouTookMyName

CiniO wrote: »

Is there actually any petrol station which sells in gallons, or do you convert it in your head?

Convert it in my head. easier work out from distance clock what my mpg is then

El Inho

Limerick man wrote: »

I never really watch the few cents, I buy my diesel in the same place as I know it's reputable. Wouldn't buy diesel any where else unless I was stuck.

Going by your name you might answer this. How does Chawkes in Castletroy have petrol and Diesel at the same price...157.9? I got it there today in disbelief.

run_Forrest_run

the station where I fill up is the cheapest one I know (Lee Garage, Model Farm road) so I always fill her up.

Victor

CiniO wrote: »

Do you fill-up by litres of euros?

Is petrol that expensive already?!!? :eek:


:pac:

Greenmachine

I top up by euros.

Chuck Stone

I fill up in gallons. I don't think you get as much mileage out of litres.

L-M

El Spearo wrote: »

Going by your name you might answer this. How does Chawkes in Castletroy have petrol and Diesel at the same price...157.9? I got it there today in disbelief.

Yeah I don't know what the story is there, that and one other place in town has it the same, everywhere else has petrol ranging from 162-167.

Chawkes is my local.

101sean

When I had plenty of money I'd brim fill from a quarter tank. These days I'd put €30 - 50 in but I average 28-30 mpg so it doesn't last long! A full tank costs around €110 (the 101 takes around €180 but we don't go there!)

If I'm doing a brim fill to check consumption I still have to convert everything using my phone's calculator to miles and gallons. Same with speeds, old enough to think only in mph although I can do that in my head! :rolleyes:

kerry4sam

I always fill it up to the top and just pay with the topaz card every time, which then gets paid by directdebit monthly

MetzgerMeister

If I look at the gauge and I'm not happy with it, I just fill it until the pump clicks off. I've been spending more time in petrol station forecourts with this car compared to my last so I don't have the time to be counting €s or litres.

I do hate it though when the pump clicks and petrol sloshes out of the filler pipe like as though it's vomiting :pac:

Bpmull

I fill up in euros. But I always note the litres so I can calculate the mpg. I generally drive till near the light and then just fill up. All though I never drive around with the low fuel light on I don't see the point.

Jimdagym

101sean wrote: »

When I had plenty of money I'd brim fill from a quarter tank. These days I'd put €30 - 50 in but I average 28-30 mpg so it doesn't last long! A full tank costs around €110 (the 101 takes around €180 but we don't go there!)

If I'm doing a brim fill I still have to convert everything using my phone's calculator to miles and gallons. Same with speeds, old enough to think only in mph :rolleyes:

Miles and pounds, thats the world I live in.

Henry Ford III

Fill it. Can't see why thinking in gallons or € makes any difference.

Supergurrier

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

If I look at the gauge and I'm not happy with it, I just fill it until the pump clicks off. I've been spending more time in petrol station forecourts with this car compared to my last so I don't have the time to be counting €s or litres.

I do hate it though when the pump clicks and petrol sloshes out of the filler pipe like as though it's vomiting :pac:

I always get funny looks when i pull the hose on the pump for some slack so the last few drips come out to

1.Get the last few drops
2. No dripping on paintwork when im taking it out.

The ST has a funny fuel tank it makes a big vacuum "whoosh" sucking noise when i open it first and a mad gurgling noise eating the fuel just after it's filled.

Guy:Incognito

I usually stick in 6 or 8 rods. Gets me 15 hogs heads.

Supergurrier

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I usually stick in 6 or 8 rods. Gets me 15 hogs heads.

How many hogs heads are you getting to the furlong ?

Where To

I stop when when I hear a gurgle.

The pump isn't calibrated and the diesel is already paid for so no other way of measuring it.:pac:

101sean

The pump isn't calibrated and the diesel is already paid for so no other way of measuring it.

You can really go off some people

Where To

101sean wrote: »

You can really go off some people

Already paid for by me:pac:

dgt

At the pumps by euro

With jerry cans by litres

Mostly with jerry cans these days :pac:

Hal1

I always brim it, keep squeezing until she clicks and then a bit more until I hear it rising up the spout.

Senna

I'm driving a yaris this last few months so i just fill it up, when i had something with a bigger tank i used to put in a set € amount, usually €50.

Voodoomelon

Always fill it up, usually between 84.5 litres and 85.5 litres. The cost varies all the time, the amount of fuel does not.

gammygils

You actually use more fuel carrying a full tank!!

O.A.P

I just fill up to the brim every time, in both car and landrover. Its easy to figure out how the are running because I zero the clock after each fill.

awec

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fasttalkerchat

Fill up by €/£ unless I'm paying by card.

fasttalkerchat

Where To wrote: »

Already paid for by me:pac:

Someone's running on red!

Esel

gammygils wrote: »

You actually use more fuel carrying a full tank!!

Sure, but is it enough to notice?

gammygils

Yes.
Did you ever Carry 80 litres of fuel?

Every little helps!!

Esel

About the same weight as a passenger then. Make them run alongside I say.

corktina

Esel wrote: »

About the same weight as a passenger then. Make them run alongside I say.

make them run alongside a taxi, save even more!

dar83

Always fill it up. The less amount of time a week I have to spend in a petrol station, the better.

MuppetCheck

Fill every 5 days or so. Would annoy me having to fill up every day or two putting 30 quid in. You're going to use it anyway so fill it up!