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Feeling ripped off !!!
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Once when I was filling my Nissan Almera I am sure the pump registered that more fuel went in than the actual size of the tank. The fully laden Almera should have a tank size of no more than 60 litres, but this garage charged me for 63 litres, and she wasn't fully empty when we went in.
I still think about it now.
Easily explained - ullage.0 -
My car has a 50L tank, even with 0 miles range on the estimate I've never got more than 45L into it - I filled up on Saturday with range about 6 miles (was rushing to an appointment so didn't have time to fill up before morning jobs) and I got 43.1L in (based on receipt) when the auto thing cut out so I didn't push any more in
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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My car has a 50L tank, even with 0 miles range on the estimate I've never got more than 45L into it - I filled up on Saturday with range about 6 miles (was rushing to an appointment so didn't have time to fill up before morning jobs) and I got 43.1L in (based on receipt) when the auto thing cut out so I didn't push any more in
Which suggests on your particular car they've designed it to leave approx 5 litres in the tank when the range = 0 OR (more likely) your sender unit is slightly out and it thinks theres slightly less fuel in there than there is.
Most likely the latter.0 -
Which suggests on your particular car they've designed it to leave approx 5 litres in the tank when the range = 0 OR (more likely) your sender unit is slightly out and it thinks theres slightly less fuel in there than there is.
Most likely the latter.
French electrics dodgy? Surely not;).0 -
Strangely quite alot of racism in this thread. Just an observation. not being ripped off is key. Filling up £5 is inefficient, as is going back to the station to complain.0
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I dont think its a serious thread.0
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Apart from my comment about French electrics, what ‘racist’ examples have you seen?Strangely quite alot of racism in this thread. Just an observation. not being ripped off is key. Filling up £5 is inefficient, as is going back to the station to complain.
And my comment was about the electrics, not the race.0
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