Do you guys all carry an empty jerry can in your boot? Not very far for me. I can't deal with the anxiety of a walk to the nearest garage, hoping they keep fuel containers in stock. Then I had a BMW with a dodgy fuel guage that I was unaware of when I bought it... conked out on me in the sticks when the warning light wasn't even on. Thirsty 330ci too. I was worried the 5L plastic can the garage had wouldn't be enough to get me there!
Haha sounds like fun, i had an a6 avant before my s8, but it was a boring 2.0tdi, used to average around 45mpg in that, even around 30mpg if i drove it like i stole it..... In the v10 however i got 20.7mpg this morning driving like a grandma https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/[email protected]/png/64/1f602.png
Ive got a full jerry can at home, but wouldn't carry it in the car, a faulty fuel gauge would be too much for my ocd to handle, I'd be too on edge all the time, occasionally being on edge is fun but not constantly.
I just got around it by treating a quarter tank as empty! Turned out to be the least of my worries, being an e46...https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/[email protected]/png/64/1f494.png
Haha money pits...... But going up in value now it seems
My Z4 does at least 10 miles on "empty" with the range at 0.
We took a transit up to Scotland and going over Shap, the range went from 30 miles to 3 in a few minutes. Literally got up to the roundabout at Penrith with it coughing and stuttering and still had 2 miles to the petrol station. Made it and never ran it that low again!
As a (soon to not be) diesel owner, I don't play this game.
In other cars, Ive pushed 10 miles before I've got to a garage. It was one early morning start at work and just forgot to fill up. It's 15miles and I had "5" left that ran out pretty quickly.
Just watch Top Gears two episodes with an economy run to see how much a car will run on zero. JC both times pushed it to the absolute limit in an Audi A8 and a Jaaaaaaaag. Both had huge engines and both did at least 30 miles I think.
I think the jag that he drove to blackpool was showing 0 for about 20 miles, but i think i remember him saying in the studio there was enough fuel left to do another 80 miles or so!
Edit:just googled it and there was enough fuel to do another 150 miles!
Previous car, Golf 1.6 FSI, would go c40 miles at empty. Since getting a diesel I fill up once it hits nigh on quarter of the tank.
This, but I always fill up, so I know exactly how much I put in previously.