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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6295   
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what on earth makes you think I'm a sensible chap......
excuse me sorry......... oh ok.... perhaps I am? to be honest this time it went a little lower than anticipated. to be honest though in the c25 years I've been driving I've always run the tank low and granted one of these days I may get caught out but generally speaking I know how far I can get and have several petrol stations near by...... all in all though - fair comment borderterrier.... I guess it's the inquisitive part of me. bit like in the old mkII xr2 - the test would be to drive to Bournemouth and back, in the Citreon Picasso it was to see if I could break 800 miles on a tank. Last edited by Caterham on 31st Jan 2015 6:01am. Edited 1 time in total |
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30th Jan 2015 2:28pm |
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| Iggle piggle Member Since: 10 Sep 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 378  
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So let me get this straight,
we all have the same size tanks (depending if a 110 or 90) so the game is to see how low you can take your fuel level (before running out presumably) so you can fill up & post the quantity here? |
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30th Jan 2015 2:30pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6295
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what a brilliant game huh ?
I may have to look into the idea of a Patent? or perhaps take out shares in Green Flag recovery  |
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30th Jan 2015 2:36pm |
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| x-isle Member Since: 26 May 2011 Location: Midlands Posts: 1327  
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Some modern cars with Miles Remaining feature normally still have a few miles left in the tank even if it's Zero, however, back quite a few years ago, I had a Vauxhall Omega which was one of the first cars to have the Miles Remaining feature and the devil in me wanted to get it to zero.
So one day on the way home, it displayed 6 miles and I knew it was about that to a local Petrol Station. Imagine the joy of reaching the petrol station with the display saying zero, only to find it was closed for a refirb. Ran out of fuel about 300 meters after the petrol station and had to get the other half to come and get me. I wasn't popular. Craig Rogers 2007 Puma 110 XS 2011 Evoque Coupe Dynamic Lux www.craigrogers.photography |
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30th Jan 2015 2:51pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6295
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It's like living on the edge isn't it !
will I / won't make it. This game has Land Rover written all over it  |
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30th Jan 2015 2:56pm |
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| Iggle piggle Member Since: 10 Sep 2014 Location: Wales Posts: 378
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In the words of Duncan Bannatyne.......
i'm out! |
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30th Jan 2015 6:53pm |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1016 
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Well when I finished filling up the 90, pump said 110 litres, do I wins prize?
Forgot to mention I started by filling up two 20 litre Jerry cans! Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200 Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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30th Jan 2015 9:42pm |
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| Caterham Member Since: 06 Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Posts: 6295
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Damn it man that's cheating.
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30th Jan 2015 9:44pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8580
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Well it is one game I will not willingly join in.
Quite simply you are better off keeping at least 1/4 tank of fuel. Running tank empty is not good news and can prove to be anything from mildly inconvienent to extremely expensive to being deadly. I come across an idiot who had run out of fuel 20 miles from nearest town in the Australian outback. He did not fill his fuel tanks at the last town as fuel was 5c/litre cheaper at the town he was heading too. His remaining miles gauge said he had enough fuel. What that gauge did not know he was towing a big box trailer! Idiot is the mildest expression to describe him! Deliberately running your tanks too low is just plain stupid and not worth the risks involved in doing it! Brendan Brendan |
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30th Jan 2015 10:06pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3707 
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130 not good enough to mention again.  |
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30th Jan 2015 10:07pm |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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So not satisfied with the, what is it four years of never ending worry of is this or that part running right or about to fail you introduce another adrenaline inducing element to your Defender ownership Wayne
Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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30th Jan 2015 10:19pm |
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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443 
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We could allways steer the young disciple towards such meaningful research such as one electric window goes up and down quicker than the other one
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31st Jan 2015 12:32am |
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| party monkey Member Since: 31 Dec 2010 Location: Oxon. Posts: 1311 
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Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Jon - 110 td5 [sold]. Currently Defenderless. |
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31st Jan 2015 1:41am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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Mine depends on how practised the passenger is
But on my Hyundai the difference is huge. I sometimes accidentally find myself revving the engine to increase the flow to the hydraulic pump to speed the windows up, forgetting I'm not in a tractor and that's not going to work  |
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31st Jan 2015 9:19am |
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