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• Traffic conditions, time of day, volume of traffic, type(s) road you’ll be driving on. You’re much more likely to get better mpg at a steady speed on an A road or motorway when abiding by the speed limits that you will driving at peak times in a built up area in stop start traffic with a high volume of traffic

• Starting your journey form cold - your mpg will be lower than your long term average until the engine’s fully warmed up, which may mean your true range will be less than 30 miles if that 30 mile remaining range was calculated by the car’s fuel computer following a journey where the engine was up to normal operating temperature.

DriverofaVWPolo wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:34 pm I need to drive 29 miles and my range is showing 30 miles. Will I be able to make it for sure?

lancslad1985 wrote: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:52 pm When I used to buy from Lookers the test drive cars regularly

silverhairs wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm Why let your petrol get that low in the first place?

silverhairs wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm Why let your petrol get that low in the first place?
When the tank is near on empty, and during the warm days and cold nights, this can form condensation, and the more surface area exposed, the more condensation can form. Water and engines don't mix very well.
There are many people who say "why drag around a full tank of petrol, it will effect your MPG", but on the other hand you won't be on here asking "How far can you go when the gauge reads 0?"

As for petrol shortages in my area, the forecourts were full for the first couple of days, everybody stopped panic buying, but after that, back too normal.
Myself I wasn't really bothered because my Polo's third birthday is one month away, and I've only got 7900 miles on the clock, and with the shutdown, I visit the pumps every three months, and I had just over 3/4 of a tank, and I've still not purchased any fuel.
Looking at the news, the main shortage was in London, but then again, what else do you expect? And before you start about me talking about the London population like that, I come from London!

Andy Beats wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:08 pm

Retired man that does bugger-all mileage can't understand why someone would have an empty tank in a fuel shortage.
Imagine that.

Andy Beats wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:08 pm

silverhairs wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm Why let your petrol get that low in the first place?
When the tank is near on empty, and during the warm days and cold nights, this can form condensation, and the more surface area exposed, the more condensation can form. Water and engines don't mix very well.
There are many people who say "why drag around a full tank of petrol, it will effect your MPG", but on the other hand you won't be on here asking "How far can you go when the gauge reads 0?"

As for petrol shortages in my area, the forecourts were full for the first couple of days, everybody stopped panic buying, but after that, back too normal.
Myself I wasn't really bothered because my Polo's third birthday is one month away, and I've only got 7900 miles on the clock, and with the shutdown, I visit the pumps every three months, and I had just over 3/4 of a tank, and I've still not purchased any fuel.
Looking at the news, the main shortage was in London, but then again, what else do you expect? And before you start about me talking about the London population like that, I come from London!

Retired man that does bugger-all mileage can't understand why someone would have an empty tank in a fuel shortage.
Imagine that.

Leif wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:44 pm

Andy Beats wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:08 pm

silverhairs wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:25 pm Why let your petrol get that low in the first place?
When the tank is near on empty, and during the warm days and cold nights, this can form condensation, and the more surface area exposed, the more condensation can form. Water and engines don't mix very well.
There are many people who say "why drag around a full tank of petrol, it will effect your MPG", but on the other hand you won't be on here asking "How far can you go when the gauge reads 0?"

As for petrol shortages in my area, the forecourts were full for the first couple of days, everybody stopped panic buying, but after that, back too normal.
Myself I wasn't really bothered because my Polo's third birthday is one month away, and I've only got 7900 miles on the clock, and with the shutdown, I visit the pumps every three months, and I had just over 3/4 of a tank, and I've still not purchased any fuel.
Looking at the news, the main shortage was in London, but then again, what else do you expect? And before you start about me talking about the London population like that, I come from London!

Retired man that does bugger-all mileage can't understand why someone would have an empty tank in a fuel shortage.
Imagine that.

That is a complete misrepresentation of what he said.

Where I live, East Hampshire, the fuel shortage is real. We’ve had a juniors hockey tournament cancelled. It means I get cheap ice, and there’s extra public skating, but I’d rather the tournament went ahead. The fuel shortage is a nightmare, most petrol stations are empty. We had congestion due to long queues at stations, with roads blocked, and massive waits for traffic trying to get past the queues. I’m due a courtesy car when mine is repaired, I only hope it has fuel, and I’m going to photograph my fuel gauge when it goes in. I know someone who filled up his diesel with A-1 jet fuel!

monkeyhanger wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 6:51 am

Leif wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 9:44 pm

Andy Beats wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:08 pm

Retired man that does bugger-all mileage can't understand why someone would have an empty tank in a fuel shortage.
Imagine that.

That is a complete misrepresentation of what he said.

Where I live, East Hampshire, the fuel shortage is real. We’ve had a juniors hockey tournament cancelled. It means I get cheap ice, and there’s extra public skating, but I’d rather the tournament went ahead. The fuel shortage is a nightmare, most petrol stations are empty. We had congestion due to long queues at stations, with roads blocked, and massive waits for traffic trying to get past the queues. I’m due a courtesy car when mine is repaired, I only hope it has fuel, and I’m going to photograph my fuel gauge when it goes in. I know someone who filled up his diesel with A-1 jet fuel!

I thought it was afair representation. He doesn't understand the logic of running a tank so low. When you do a normal mileage, many fill right up and then refill when the car gets right down, but they do that and then the shortage is announced and they're stuck with a low tank. The whole thing about condensation has been a moot point for many years since car manufacturers switched to plastic tanks.

The shortage seems to be a non issue in much of the North after the first few days when the panic buyers filled up at a rate that bucked normal demand. locally at Newcastle and then auditing around Doncaster and Hull this week, no shortages. My Dad, who lives in the Fawley area of Southampton has no bother getting diesel currently either.

I suppose it would be almost a non-news event nationally if only the North had supply issues, but London is always big news.

Wasn't an issue for me as my car runs on the flow of electrons.