Dont abuse your red line

[missdiane]

I ran out of petrol tonight, 10.30pm within yards of Mereway Tesco, scary going through the two underpasses to get to the store though

Looks like we will be filling up the minute the light goes on in future No more abusing my red line

[central]

PETERGREEN!

[combine]

You want to try a tvr , the petrol gauge is useless most of the time , and v8's tend to drink like fish ! must get one of those little petrol cans .

Edited by combine on Friday 21st September 19:47

[stormin]

Phew....and I thought you'd blown the engine, over revving it too much.

[missdiane]

No, t'other red line

[jumplead]

playing redline bingo is one of my passtimes, however its a little bit of a cheat in my car because of the little 'range computer' still pulling into the carpark at work with 1 mile of fuel left makes me smile. I'll come unstuck one of these days though.

[PeterGreen]

central said:

PETERGREEN!

[missdiane]

I dont know how you can run out of petrol when it tells you how many litres you have left, all I got was an orange light.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Pish! a car with lights & fangled stuff like that to warn of no fuel...that's for girls

ah..but then you are

[missdiane]

It does have petrol lights, alarm, leccy windows etc however it lacks a cigarette lighter, how can I light my joint?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

missdiane said:

It does have petrol lights, alarm, leccy windows etc however it lacks a cigarette lighter, how can I light my joint?

Depends if it's beef or lamb

[PeterGreen]

missdiane said:

I dont know how you can run out of petrol when it tells you how many litres you have left, all I got was an orange light.

And that's where you may come unstuck in your Elise; The 'L' on the petrol gauge doesn't stand for 'litres', it must stand for something else like 'Lotus' perhaps. The last number it displays before 'refill' is '11L', so you would think you have 10 litres remaining when 'refill' is displayed, but I can assure you this is not the case.

[Pupp]

PeterGreen said:

missdiane said:

I dont know how you can run out of petrol when it tells you how many litres you have left, all I got was an orange light.

And that's where you may come unstuck in your Elise; The 'L' on the petrol gauge doesn't stand for 'litres', it must stand for something else like 'Lotus' perhaps. The last number it displays before 'refill' is '11L', so you would think you have 10 litres remaining when 'refill' is displayed, but I can assure you this is not the case.

Tsk...It means 'lift'. As in 'find one'! Good job TVR gauges are so reliable

[tonyvid]

I left home in the Saab the other day, just got onto the A1 and the reserve light came on, pah. Did my usual 38 miles to work and popping to Sainsburys for their finest and 74.2L went in....into a 75L tank


Might fill up on the way in next time

[missdiane]

75litres!! I didn't think cars had tanks that big!!

[Dolf]

Oh yes.

Volvo S60 = 75L
Chrysler 300C = 71L
Honda S2000 = 50L; 51L if you tip it on its side...

[missdiane]

Surprised about the Honda, you would think the tanks would be smaller to save the weight

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

missdiane said:

Surprised about the Honda, you would think the tanks would be smaller to save the weight

Empty tanks weigh about the same

I hope this helps

[missdiane]

Noooo I meant when its full

[tonyvid]

missdiane said:

75litres!! I didn't think cars had tanks that big!!

It's a bit eye watering to pay for especially when fuel gets to £1 pl!

missdiane said:

Noooo I meant when its full