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[Alex]

How many times did the pump click off/trip off during those fills? Do you use any special technique to get that much in?

[Coverman]

I hope the petrol was super cheap to justify the risk of being stranded

[El Tel]

Ahaha! I had a Renault Megane that I once filled to the brim, click click click click until it held no more.

Bad idea! It leaked gasoline therafter (movement caused it to drip underneath) until the day I had it crushed... Everytime I parked, I'd pray no-one flicked a cigarette near it for an hour or two.

I know it's probably because the car was crap, after all, I let it go to the breakers when it became too uneconomical to fix (though the engine itself was solid) but I tend to think twice now before trying to really max it out on filling the tank of my beloved ForFour.

One click is enough thankyou!

[mr singh]

How many times did the pump click off/trip off during those fills? Do you use any special technique to get that much in?

I like round figures, nearest round figure. I do sometimes think I have a mild case of OCD.

the pump must have clicked off about 3/4 times, I honestly cant remember.

I hope the petrol was super cheap to justify the risk of being stranded

wasn't that 'cheap', although the shell garage on Denby Dale road is cheaper than the garage on Dewsbury road. I know that I can squeeze over 400 miles out of a tank of fuel, if im not pushing it. I know it will easily do 360/370 miles to a tank with my driving.

[Problemchild]

So about £65 in petrol

Ouch

JJ

[mr singh]

last fill £62.01

iv filled with £71.01 one time, but that was when V-Power was at £1.479 per litre.

[steddie eddie]

G'day, A few months ago petrol was here $2.319 per liter, ok you can say, thats only.....pound per liter but we have dollars here so pounds are not of any thought out here, and on a 300 dollar pension we had to be careful with our driving.
Eddie.

[Alex]

Ouch. I filled with 98octane for 5.07RON/L which is about 0.935 GBP/L or 1.79NZ $. But it's normally around 5.30 RON per liter for 95octane so closer to 1GBP or 1.9NZD per liter.

I don't usually fill with 98 octane in the wintertime because it gets a bit worse fuel economy (more ethanol in it) and i don't really need the extra knock resistance in the cold. But hopefully it's a bit better quality (more refined) than regular so i couldn't pass on the offer.

[El Tel]

I only use Efitec 98 from Repsol (reliable quality!) at around €1.30 EUR per litre, which works out about 1.15 GBP/l. I think that's reasonable and like Mr.Singh, I find using 98RON does seem to give a little bit more power.

Also, my own reading tells me that higher RON suits higher compression engines, and I think (relatively) high compression is one way Mitsubishi squeezes HP out of the 1.1 3Cyl engine, so it seems logical to me too, to stick with 98 RON.

Can't say I ever tanked the car fully as I don't use it for long journeys etc.. most I ever put in was probably 25l. It's just a lot for me to throw 50-odd euro into the tank in one go, though to be fair it'd probably last me for months.

How I wish for the return of those halcyon days where your litres counted up faster than the pounds/euros counted down...

[steddie eddie]

G'day Alex, That was for 91 octane what i always tank, 95 octane was NZ $2.459 per liter, and 98 octane NZ $2.599 per liter.
About 3 years ago i changed to 91 octane without any noticeable difference in power, but I am a bit of an careful eco driver anyway.
I still do get over 19kml with 91 octane.
Greetings,
Eddie.

[snookey]

First car I've had which shows a figure for remaining range, rather than just flashing a little petrol pump to say "Oi! Fill me up".  So, second or third tankful, I decided to see how much I could trust it.  I got quite low.  I think it was 0.8 or something, and it took 45 or 46 point something litres to fill.  I wasn't being all that brave, though, I had a gallon in the boot.

[cecil]

If your fuel light light flashes on filling then a gallon in the boot is a good idea.

[Didge3]

I actually ran out yesterday (fuel gauge seems to have stopped going down at 3 bars). Got 49.7L in it.

[BlackCDI]

Stats from fuelio app

[snookey]

I think my forfour is playing mind games with me.  When I set out for Aberdeen last week the remaining range showed 63 miles, for a trip of 58 miles.  On arrival it displayed 17 miles left.  After my appointment I went in search of a Tesco to fill up (at home that's the only place that does super unleaded, so I worked on the basis that I could rely on them having it) and with 9 miles left it took just a tad under forty litres to the first click, which I just rounded up to that figure, though it would have taken more, as illustrated by the new range figure of 261 miles, whereas when I brim it it shows 273 miles.  It was 62 miles home from there, and back on my drive the range remaining was 244 miles.  Who's going mad?  Me or my forfour?