As per the title. With the cost of petrol now, I can honestly say I don't think ive seen the petrol gauge go over the halfway marker for about 5 months now. Its certainly been a long time since i've filled her up fully from being 'empty'.

I hate to think how much it would cost? Somewhere in the £50 region I guess.

So, who's petrol metre on here has had the pleasure of reaching the 'full' line recently. Am I completely on my own on this with or ...?

Ok, mine has been full once.....and the reason i do not fill mine up is not because of the ridiculous price of gogo juice in this country....no, its that the first time i filled her up, i lost it all because the GP has no cloody locking fuel cap :bang:.....£45 straight down th pisser.

Yeah I still fill up to max.
I usually let it go down to about 1/4 tank before refilling and never let it run for long if the fuel light has come on.
Costs about £35 from 1/4 to full for petrol.

I usually fill mine up once a month (only use a tank a month at the moment). Used to cost around £30 (from 1/4 tank) now it costs more like £35-40. Stupid diesel prices. Saw it at 115.9p/litre earlier!!

If you leave it to get to the empty mark where the orange light is on and you've got a range of about 30 miles it costs about £43 for the petrol to fill it completely to the top.
Do it all the time and pay by 'Visa' card.......hate stopping and getting petrol!

AlanHod said:

I usually fill mine up once a month (only use a tank a month at the moment). Used to cost around £30 (from 1/4 tank) now it costs more like £35-40. Stupid diesel prices. Saw it at 115.9p/litre earlier!!

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Although i fill mine up every fortnight, maybe a touch less. I couldnt believe it one day when it got to over £40 and it just keeps going up and up.

Rich

MarkSims said:

Ok, mine has been full once.....and the reason i do not fill mine up is not because of the ridiculous price of gogo juice in this country....no, its that the first time i filled her up, i lost it all because the GP has no cloody locking fuel cap :bang:.....£45 straight down th pisser.

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Whats that got to do with filling it up to the brim, am I missing something here?

30111987 said:

Yeah I still fill up to max.
I usually let it go down to about 1/4 tank before refilling and never let it run for long if the fuel light has come on.
Costs about £35 from 1/4 to full for petrol.

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I've wondered this before, is it safe to let it go down, I normally fill up to full from about 1/8 - 1/12 left, is this alright? Any fuel filling tips anyone has got?

And I fill up every 1.5 weeks, costs about £40 full.

OCZedd said:

I've wondered this before, is it safe to let it go down, I normally fill up to full from about 1/8 - 1/12 left, is this alright? Any fuel filling tips anyone has got?

And I fill up every 1.5 weeks, costs about £40 full.

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Thats fine, you can run a petrol down to empty, fill it, turn the engine over a few times and it will run fine. A diesel is a completely different story, run that down to empty and it will need bleeding as air in the fuel system will prevent the engine running.

Ah I see, cool cheers.

AlanHod said:

Thats fine, you can run a petrol down to empty, fill it, turn the engine over a few times and it will run fine. A diesel is a completely different story, run that down to empty and it will need bleeding as air in the fuel system will prevent the engine running.

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jtd's are self bleeding
fuel duty going up another 2p in april
i'm using bio diesel and thats just gone up to 99p L due to increase in methanol price

i use petrolprices.com to check on fuel prices

OCZedd said:

Any fuel filling tips anyone has got?

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Fill it up first thing in the morning - or when its cold outside. You'll get a little bit more for your money, something to do with the petol condensing (not sure of the technicalities of it though).

toad101 said:

jtd's are self bleeding
fuel duty going up another 2p in april
i'm using bio diesel and thats just gone up to 99p L due to increase in methanol price

i use petrolprices.com to check on fuel prices

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Didn't realised a JTD was self bleeding. Well most diesels require a bleed when run down to empty.

Not convinced by the petrol in the morning thing. The tanks are underground and therefore temperature remains pretty much constant.

I put £40 in my Multijet Sporting every week. It was £30 when I owned a 1.3 Dynamic 6 speed! The computer suggests that I am getting 48 mpg, for the same journeys done at the same speed, instead of 58 with the 1.3. I read once that one should never run out of fuel because misfiring can cause damage to the catalytic convertor.

Are all JTDs self bleeding? I always thought my W reg Punto was quite chilled out about being run till there was only 9 miles left on the range. The range dissappears at around 80 miles, but i just work out how far the 80 miles will get me on the mileometer and fill up around 10 miles before i reach that point on the mileometer.

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Whats that got to do with filling it up to the brim, am I missing something here?

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Somebody syphaned it all, had i only put a half tank in, i would have only lost £20 worth.

Apologies if i made this unclear lol

oh i put atleast £10 in her a day... i'm sure thats where all my money goes!

Just filled mine up for the 3rd time since last Friday. Just as the light gets on its about £40. Special week though. Usually 1 maybe 1 and a half tanks a week.

I only put a £10 a week in mine, use it for work and back.

I fill it up completely all the time regardless of how much it is

luvduvs said:

I fill it up completely all the time regardless of how much it is

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How much does it cost you over there?