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Old 16 May 2008, 07:57 AM
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I regularly drive my scoob to the empty. Never been a problem and on many occasions I have been past the point of the fuel light by quite a few miles. The reserve tank gives me about 20 odd miles after the light comes on.

Normal shell station was closed for renovations so had to drive a few extra miles to the nearest BP. Pulled in and filled up.
Now the classic tank holds 55 litres
I managed to squeeze in.................. 54.6 litres
That could have been embarrassing

Anyone else regularly drive on empty ?
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Old 16 May 2008, 08:38 AM
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never alway half full or full
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Old 16 May 2008, 08:40 AM
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Swiss you want to get a bigger tank mate mine is 60l
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Old 16 May 2008, 08:53 AM
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my light is on now pay day today shell garage is just down the road from work i will be makeing my way there soon lol
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Old 16 May 2008, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Wurzel
Swiss you want to get a bigger tank mate mine is 60l
it would just cost me more
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Old 16 May 2008, 10:23 AM
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You had LOADS left. the scary one is when your 55ltr tank takes 56ltr....
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Old 16 May 2008, 10:35 AM
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You had LOADS left. the scary one is when your 55ltr tank takes 56ltr....
Thats becuase you werent looking as you overfilled it and poured the extra litre down the side of the car !
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Old 16 May 2008, 11:04 AM
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I usualy drive till near empty in all my motors as i live close to 3 petrol stations.. once empty i fill it up!
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Old 16 May 2008, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
You had LOADS left. the scary one is when your 55ltr tank takes 56ltr....
done that before...slopped the extra litre over my shoes and forecourt.
mopped it up with some towels and wrung them into the tank..*******s think they will get away with charging me for spillages
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Old 16 May 2008, 12:23 PM
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Afraid I often drive well past the empty many a time in my Type R, trying to get to the next Shell garage!

Start short-shifting and down to cruise mode. I've gone 20+ miles past the yellow petrol light coming on more than once...

Gonna get caught out soon...
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just filled mine back up n my lunch break another 62 quid in the tank so that should be about 30 odd quid to the government
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Old 16 May 2008, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Evo Unknown
Afraid I often drive well past the empty many a time in my Type R, trying to get to the next Shell garage!

Start short-shifting and down to cruise mode. I've gone 20+ miles past the yellow petrol light coming on more than once...

Gonna get caught out soon...
* makes mental note to check for future posts regarding broken down Typer R *
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Driving close to empty cant be good for the car???
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Originally Posted by imprezaworks
Driving close to empty cant be good for the car???
and we have our first catch of the day
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Old 16 May 2008, 02:30 PM
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Chris, are you sure that you dont have a 60 litre tank (what with you car not being an early Classic)...?
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Old 16 May 2008, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by GC8
Chris, are you sure that you dont have a 60 litre tank (what with you car not being an early Classic)...?
I thought all classics had a 55 litre tank
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Old 16 May 2008, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
and we have our first catch of the day
Seconded!

Driving to empty is perfectly fine. I run mine to the light but i know where the garage is and i've never tested to see how far it will go when it comes on!

5t.
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early classic IIRC up to 97 ish had 50 ltr i think. then changed to 60 ltr..
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Old 16 May 2008, 02:40 PM
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Late cars like yours have a 60 litre tank, I believe. Im not as sure as I once would have been though.
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Old 16 May 2008, 02:44 PM
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spec c and GC8..you are both spot on

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So i wasn't that close then
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Old 16 May 2008, 03:20 PM
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I certainly wouldn't drive it with fuel that low for fear of sucking up all the crap at bottom of tank. Done it before in my mr2 and it seriously clogged up my fuel filter.
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"Makes mental note to check for future posts regarding broken down Typer R"

I know. I'm funny like that though; I won't even buy a fresh pint of milk until the old one has been completely drained etc...

Guess I should apply a different school of logic to my Type R Scoob though...

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I thought my car had a 50L tank but I've often got 53L into it?
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Defo a 50 LTR on yours. maybe a few litres in the pipework
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Old 16 May 2008, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec'c'57
Defo a 50 LTR on yours. maybe a few litres in the pipework
just like when you are in the pub and you tell the barman..keep one in the pipes
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I've managed to put 61Litres in my 03 STi with a 60l tank
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and mine doesnt even have a fuel light ,found out proving a point to someone with a P1 but had a can with me just in case i was right.
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At the rate fuel is going up at the moment, 3p per litre in the last couple of days your better off filling up sooner rather than later
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