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Most Petrol

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:13 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Just wondering what the most amount of Petrol you guys have put in the GTi, I put £49 in today :shock:

According to the manual the tank is 45 litres (7 of which is the reserve)

I put in 47 litres, the light only came on yesterday and I didn't use it that much while it was on.

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:17 pm
by olop_chris
woah thats a lot! how much was the price per litre?

The most i've put in is something like £38ish and thats when i was quite into the red lol

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:12 pm
by Del_GTi
I managed 49 litres once i think. I posted up about it ages ago cos didnt think it could take that much. :?

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:14 pm
by olop_chris
I hardly fill a full tank to be fair, just shove £15s and £20s if im feeling abit richer lol

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:26 pm
by ModifiedMadness
olop_chris wrote:woah thats a lot! how much was the price per litre?

The most i've put in is something like £38ish and thats when i was quite into the red lol
103.? a litre, BP Ultimate

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:28 pm
by Redline
I've just given up on caring how much I put in, or how much it costs.

Keep having to brim it whenever I see a Shell garage, as theres a shortage of Optimax around here at the minute apparently.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:38 am
by theclient
one quick question

on the gti, under normal driving conditions ...

how many miles can you get out of the tank once the light comes on? approx?

gareth

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:34 am
by olop_chris
My record so far is 275 miles...and that was well into the red.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:10 pm
by Silky V
Optimax around my area is 99p :lol:

The most i've got out of my car is 300 miles until the reserve tank light come on. That was with optimax and I filled the car to the brim.

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:38 pm
by Dangerous Dave
I've put 46 litres in once, think the actual tank is 45 litres but the filler pipe probaly takes a 3 or 4 litres you can get more in by letting the air out of the pipe theres a little nipple on the right that if you push down with the nossle will release air and allow you to put a couple more litres in.

I generally made 300 miles out of a tank before the light came on, on a long trip just before I got rid of it I made 405miles before the light came on !!

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:52 pm
by Luke'sGti
i do a lot of motorway miles, and i normally get approx 400 miles before the light comes on, maybe more with a lighter right foot.

Town/city driving i probably get more like 325 miles (ish), on a good day. 8)

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:58 pm
by GTILass
ah i feel good, i got 300 just as the light flicked on!! and that was going slgihtly faster than normal on the m5 ;)

my dads managed to put 48 in the polo but that was after the garage ran it into nothingness!!!

what mileage do u get in the last 1/4 tank as i notice my red is virtually the whole tank and my light flicks on as soon as i drop below 1/4

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 7:48 pm
by ModifiedMadness
I usually get about 280 in normal town driving, the other day I drove from Bedford to Barnsley and back (about a 283 mile round trip) and I ended up getting 347 miles.

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:57 am
by popeye
yer i get about 312, 315 a tank thats when the red comes on dont like using it in the red startes usingthe crap in the bottom of the tank.

thats a lot o money per lt tom all supers are about 99p per lt down my way!