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Old May 17, 2007 | 06:39 PM
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When i used to put £15 worth of pertol in my xr2i it went up half way but lately it goes under it?? could it not be measuring the ammount of fuel in the tank prop??
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Old May 17, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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you get less petrol for £15 now
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Old May 17, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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skanked
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:07 PM
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I though it was about 90p i must look next time oh well i got 60miles outta £15 then
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Old May 17, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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Should get a bit more than that

My daily run about Orion (1.6i MFI) does about 70-80 miles on a tenner driving locally, close to 100 on a motorway etc
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Old May 18, 2007 | 07:06 AM
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as said above you should get more than that tbh! I get more than that out of my stage 3 saff!
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Old May 18, 2007 | 11:05 AM
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Does the gauge flctuate at all? The floats in these tanks are notoriously wank. Safechav answered someone elses thread about this before
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Old May 18, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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Well put £20 in 2day and went up to the halfway mark
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Old May 18, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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Just fuel prices going up mate.

Some places skank you worse than others! Many years ago i had a car i used to run out of petrol in religously, i ran out one night, so had to get the jerry can out, i then ran out the next morning on the way to work, and at a petrol station closest was charging sky high prices, but it COST LESS to fill the jerry can than the night before..........figure that one out
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Old May 18, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Oh, i do drive it hard most the time but i will live with it cheers all
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