how many miles??

stockbroke

hey peeps

roughly how many miles can you get when the petrol light 1st comes on??

car: fiesta ghia 1.4, 05plate

thanks

harveybobbles

Rule of thumb is a gallon and half.
Tho it's not always a good idea to let a car run too low lol.

hewhoisnotintheknow

i always tell myself 30

look in the hand book

mrbadexample

No real way of knowing without experimenting, as even similar models will differ slightly, and vary again with driving style etc.

Put a spare can in the boot, then see how far you get. Try not to choose the third lane of the motorway to run out.

Oh, and no doubt someone will be along to say it's a bad idea because you'll suck in all the rubbish at the bottom of the tank.

andysstuff_2

I recon on 30 miles as well.

Hintza

I always thought I had a 65 litre tank until I read the handbook and discovered it was 70 and Iwas working on 30 miles at that point.

Personally I would work on 30 unless as has been suggested you test it with a can in the boot.

McKneff

wouldnt recommend running it dry, it stirs up all the gunge which has settled over time from the bottom of the tank. possibly cost you a lot of money in thelong run for repairs

hewhoisnotintheknow

anniehanlon wrote: »

wouldnt recommend running it dry, it stirs up all the gunge which has settled over time from the bottom of the tank. possibly cost you a lot of money in thelong run for repairs

i have this arugment with my dad

He says dont do it, i say if you let it run down frequentley the stuff wont build up, so when you really are low on fuel in an emergency there wont be a build up of stuff to cause you problems

Markyt

2 miles in a Ferrari, according to top Gear last night.

hewhoisnotintheknow

Markyt wrote: »

2 miles in a Ferrari, according to top Gear last night.

Top gear is the most pointless show everererer!

Hintza

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

Top gear is the most pointless show everererer!

Still brilliant though.

Thin you can change Dr Johnsons saying to:-

"If you you don't enjoy Top Gear then you have lost the will to live"