Filling car up

[gazwhittle]

how often do you proper fill the car to the brim?

Ive never done this being a student ;)

How do you know when its full? when it starts coming out the top.

[jacko87]

I did it 2 weeks ago, £40 fill up and lasted me 2 weeks :y:

[Andi9386]

Put just under £20 in last Saturday as already had half a tank full.
Didn't think anything untill I looked down and saw petrol on the ground thats when I knew it was full, reset the trip and had done about 1000 miles since I last filed it up to the top.

[gazwhittle]

I did it 2 weeks ago, £40 fill up and lasted me 2 weeks :y:

that it !!

thought it would be alot more than that. can u see the petrol coming to the top tho?

[jacko87]

that it !!

thought it would be alot more than that. can u see the petrol coming to the top tho?

The petrol "gun" thing stops giving out petrol when the tank is full, as the handle just keeps slipping type thing

[Peasnall]

the petrol pump clicks off when you get to the top, when the fuel touches the end of the nozzle

[Andi9386]

Not if you fill at BP it doesn't.

[jacko87]

the petrol pump clicks off when you get to the top, when the fuel touches the end of the nozzle

You blatently worded what I was trying to say a million times better than how I said it - thanks mate :):y:

[PH4NT0M_BL4DE]

ye like the 2 above have said you will know because when you pull on the trigger of pertrol pump it will keep clicking amd wont let anymore petrol in, but it only takes about £40 to fill tank

[bytor]

Not if you fill at BP it doesn't.

Clicks at bp.

I always brim it, makes life easier on the long trips i do.

[TU-Tuning]

do it every week and a half, as im a delivery driver as well as a student. Costs about 48 quid from a completely dry tank, and then a few clicks once its full as you can still get a lot more in there when it clicks

[Andi9386]

Clicks at bp.

I always brim it, makes life easier on the long trips i do.

Kept clicking most the time, just dodgy pumps I guess.
Went in and told them about what had hapened and suggested somone put some sand down, and just got a blank look as if to say WTF you on about.

[trcygrdn]

I only do a proper tank fill when I'm going on a longish journey. Most of the time I'll stick £10-15 a week in.
xx

[scottyvtr]

we were about £36 to fill the saxo and £64 for the freelander!!!!

[gazwhittle]

belting cheers lads (and Tracey ;) )! dint know bout it stopping itself :P

just expected me be looking like dumb and dumber chattin up a bird with the petrol flowing out everywhere

[Andi9386]

I only do a proper tank fill when I'm going on a longish journey. Most of the time I'll stick £10-15 a week in.
xx

Same here, just keeps the car happy if its got fuel in it.
Had to drive it on the light before just to get to a petrol station and the nearst one's about 6miles from here, and the quickest way is along a back road, or go along the dual carrige way for 6 miles in the opposite direction.

[Peasnall]

You blatently worded what I was trying to say a million times better than how I said it - thanks mate :):y:

lol :y:

[danzman1991]

I've been driving for 6months, never not filled up till it clicks =P

Spend £40 a week in petrol.

[Zach]

Mmm, i don't think i've filled my up for about 4 months. maybe longer..

I usually stick 20 in at a time, lasts me 3-4 days.

[Luke]

Always fill tank up to full, £63 Wednesday night it took - 60 litres.

I fill up usually every 10 - 14 days.

[badasssaxo]

Never really bother to fill it to top tbh its more wieght, i.e. Slower car.

[dynebaruk]

Same as above.

[Jackman]

I never fill my car to the brim unless going on a long journey.

Adds to much weight :P

£20 FTW.

[Chris]

Every payday and every girlfriend's payday if it is needed...... but definitely once a month at least.

Chris :)

[-Jason-]

I never fill my car to the brim unless going on a long journey.

Adds to much weight :P

£20 FTW.

Same as me only £20 per time unless im going down south.

Has anyone worked out how much 20 litres of fuel weighs to find out if its cheaper to put 40 in or 2 lots of 20?

[Giggz]

Only done it once, stuck a full tank of Vpower in to see what diff it made.

[girlracer1597]

I never used to fill up my car just stuck the odd £20 here and there, but the other half now fill's it up for me!

[Curran]

always fill the tank. cant be bothered going to get petrol more then i need to.

the only time i didnt fill to the top was when the petrol prices were dropping.

[Mr_X]

always fill it up, cba to keep going to the garage.

[Scattle]

Costs me around £38 to fill up.

[daz_rt_04]

Same as me only £20 per time unless im going down south.

Has anyone worked out how much 20 litres of fuel weighs to find out if its cheaper to put 40 in or 2 lots of 20?


I thought i once heard it has the affect of 1kg per litre.

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[Mr_X]

I thought i once heard it has the affect of 1kg per litre.

May have just been shit i heard?


0.7kg.

[JC-Furio]

Read that if the tank is half full and you fill to the brim you get more petrol for your moneys worth, whereas if you fill from empty get slightly less petrol for your money. Google it. It's around somewhere :y:

So really the weight of the petrol / money you lose filling up from empty to half a tank probably equals each other out in MPG. Probably don't make much sense, i'm confused typing it.

Was in 5 money/petrol saving tips when the fuel prices were high lol.

[daz_rt_04]

^^^ so 40 litres of fuel weighs in at 28kg.

food for thought. lol

[Danr]

I fill up everytime.

[Paul]

I've been driving for 6months, never not filled up till it clicks =P

Spend £40 a week in petrol.

Thats like 300 miles a week?

300 x 52 = 15600 miles a year :fcuk:


I keep mine between 3/4 and 1/4. Never to the top, never empty.

Unless i go on long journeys then its to the brim.

[Luke]

Thats like 300 miles a week?

300 x 52 = 15600 miles a year :fcuk:

400 miles a week, sometimes 500.

400 x 52 = 20,800

500 x 52 = 26,000

Mostly all private mileage :P

[Danr]

I spend £45 a week. It's so annoying. Would love to work walking distance of work or have a pool car to use. Would be so much easier!

[Paul]

I have just worked out if i used my car for getting to and from work only ...

I would do 1820 Miles a year and spend £260 in petrol a year.

Shame i use my car for personal use aswell :n:

[biz69]

i have no idea in the saxo as i have only drove it 39.7 miles since i got it on the 15th oct lol
my old focus i use to fill right up every 10 days which was 400 miles

most manufactures say in the manual you can fill up till the second click ;)

[Predator_R32]

more petrol in tank adds more weight lol, ive only got up to 3/4 of a tank this year

have had it full to the brim before though

[hellonpluto]

how often do you proper fill the car to the brim?

Ive never done this being a student ;)

How do you know when its full? when it starts coming out the top.

i over filled mine once the car fucking stunk of petrol. It was leaking under the back seat had to silicon seal the lad!#

I normally put in 35 litres so i have some space still in the tank

[ricksimmonds]

fill up on payday until its almost spilling out the tank and hope it lasts the month. i like to be optimistic

[Jackman]

The way i see it is that if i have a full tank i know in my head i have loads of petrol to burn, which results in it getting burnt pretty fast.

Whereas if i have half a tank i tend to be more careful.

Plus its to cold to stand at a pump for to long atm.

[AlexR]

i over filled mine once the car fucking stunk of petrol. It was leaking under the back seat had to silicon seal the lad!#

I normally put in 35 litres so i have some space still in the tank

That wouldn't do much, seeing as petrol melts silicon sealant more or less instantly.

I fill up a about 6 times a month from empty to brim.

[jamesvtr]

i often run mine down to quater of a tank, then fill it right up, but these days i can affort it.....

this is what it cost me to fill my b6 passat when i had only 50 miles left in the tank,as you can see from the price of pence per litre, its going back a few months now, when i went to the ring.


http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/jamessteele/nurburg%20trip/10072008399.jpg

[evans1089]

Just a few hints:
1) only fill up when its cold(pref mornings), the fuels carbons are smaller so u get more, than when the carbs are bigger meaning less fuel.
2) Fill up when half empty/full, so less vapour in tank=more space for fuel.
3) there are 2/3 speeds of petrol release on the nossels, the slower, the more fuel, just takes longer...

[alex19]

So basically, everyone should go down to tesco extra at 7am and take 50 minutes to fill there car up from half a tank full? ;)

[evans1089]

yep and in the long run, you'll save more money with the amount of fuel you get... i read it somewhere :P

[Ben_L]

nice one for the advice. will bare this in mind next time i'm freezin my nadgers off at the petrol pump :y:.

[evans1089]

haha ;)

[Prickle]

So basically, everyone should go down to tesco extra at 7am and take 50 minutes to fill there car up from half a tank full? ;)

just had to lol :D

[Marcos]

never filled golf up full but saxo took £37 to fill up wen was 99.9 and £47 wen was £1.20 odd was depressing tbh

[JimoVTR]

Not if you fill at BP it doesn't.

It bloody does.

You lie