Distance to empty

[Transporter]

That's spot on mate and they get very offensive when you tell them.

It is very hard to nail them down because it takes 2 weeks for The Weight

and Measure to go and check them up.

[Ivo]

I have filled up jerry cans for my boat and have found that they vary by a up to 1 liter for 25l jerry cans.

I have been buying Caltex due to the 4c/l discount but it contains 2% biodiesel. I think I need to do a few experiments and see if I get better MPG out of non bio fuel then do the $sums and see if my 4c saving is worth it. I get the feeling that the 4c is not really saving me anything and may in fact be costing me.

[The_Hawk]

You guys are pretty keen running your fuel down that low. I was always taught to fill the tank when it went under 1/4 so you don't pick up the rubbish in the bottom of the tank. Sure you have filters and it should all be good. For me it also means that in emergencies I will always have at least 1/4 of a tank of fuel so I can get pretty much anywhere I may need to in a hurry. (rather than my wife bitching when she is running late and has ZERO fuel in the car )

Got a funny story about DTE too... I have always thought that the DTE figure allowed a margin of error so at 0km you still have 50km left to stop drivers from the shallow end of the gene pool running dry... Seems the in laws XR8 REALLY means 0 when it says 0, or so they have found out... twice. Seriously, who gets in a car that says 12 km to empty and just nip's down the shop and back planning on filling up tomorrow... twice...