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Filling the tank!!

Post by ian o B »

Stoped off today to get petrol as ya do evry now and then, with the petrol at 1.29 i managed ta squeez 30 euro in :shock: and iv ta say i was suprised..thats the most iv ever put in and i was just woundering whats the most anyone on here has ever spent filling up their mini?


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i put €65 of petrol into mine before, lost a bit of it around roundabouts and tight corners but it got me up north and back (just)
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Lately ive been putting 40 euro in mine, just shows how expensive petrol has become :evil:
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30 is the most i'v got in managed 28 yesterday but my gauge says its empty when theres still 15 liters in it!
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daniel garry wrote:30 is the most i'v got in managed 28 yesterday but my gauge says its empty when theres still 15 liters in it!
Mines the same, have about 10l left when it says empty.. and it doesnt usually say its full, usually goes to about 3/4 full... and runs down the half way very sharpish. the rest of the time is spent below halfway!

Most ive ever gotten into it was €35

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what were ya doin in lucan village that u only got 18.2mpg!!!!!
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As a matter of interest, how much roughly would be in the tank when needle is in reserve? Have often sweated before finally finding a pump in the past!
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is there a 'reserve', my mini has a 7.5 gal tank that 34 odd liters and at empty only 18ish liters goes in
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the most ive ever got was 26 litres...
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clubmankev wrote:As a matter of interest, how much roughly would be in the tank when needle is in reserve? Have often sweated before finally finding a pump in the past!
I found that when the needle is fully in the red, there is at least ten litres left in the tank. I removed the sender from the tank and bent it a bit so when the needle has gone through the red and stopped moving there is about two litres left in the tank. Mine does 300 miles on a full tank before it runs out
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daniel garry wrote:what were ya doin in lucan village that u only got 18.2mpg!!!!!
youve got it set to US measurements... top left corner changes to UK.

Not that 22MPG is that much better...
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