when do you stop for gas?
>>28707519But I drive a diesel
When the tyres are down i guess? Petrol is a liquid.
>>28707519it depends, on surface streets I usually stop when I have 1/8 to 1/4 of a tank. When on a easy road trip, I just wait until the light comes on, thats ~8L left.
>>28707519Sainsbury's
When the estimated range in my digital gauge cluster is at or below 20 mi. Usually 1-2 days after the "low fuel light" comes on (50 mi. remaining) if I'm not doing any additional driving beyond my daily commute.I like to make the most out of my X cents-per-gallon discounts that I get from Kwik Trip and my grocery store fuel perks.
>>28707532>Paying 5.48/gallon of premium
>>28707519I fill up on Sunday every week. I usually have a little more than 1/4 tank remaining when I fill up.
>>28707519Depends on the car.
>>28707519every friday, or at 1/4 tank. usually at shell, sometimes at speedway.
>>28707532>forced to settle for 91 octane>$5.5/galjesus christ, calicuck "car enthusiasts" have zero authority on the subject and should be laughed off the board
Well after I parked on a left-right leaning slope with 1/8th tank and the car wouldn't start even though it still has 4 gallon in it (the guage is a lie) i keep it above a quarter.
>>28707528Most based user.>>28707608>>28707577>premium gas only has octane rating of 91Do you perhaps live in the Soviet Union? What the fuck do these cars run on? Coke water?>$5/gallon>expensiveEuro 95 is €2/litre ($9/gallon) and people here still drive American 18 MPG tardmobiles. What's your excuse?
>>28707619One of my cars will stall if I brake hard below 1/2 tank, I need to find a baffled tank or something because there's no way it's good to keep diluting old gas.
>>28707519Historically I'd take my vehicles all the way down to empty before filling up, often waiting until the light came on. These days I'm better about it. I'll fill up anywhere between 1/4 and 1/8th a tank. >>28707534Careful anon, you're going to trigger all of the range autists who descend into a panic attack if they know their car has less than 200 miles of immediate range on it. For the record I do not ascribe to the idea that it's bad for the fuel pump to take it all the way down to empty. I think that's a wives tale.
>>28707649>For the record I do not ascribe to the idea that it's bad for the fuel pump to take it all the way down to emptyYou don't think it might cause the pump to >potentially overheat, as the fuel level drops below the motor on the pump, there's no fluid to transfer heat to>suck up debris from the bottom of the tank>potentially suck in air during corners?Surely there's some research on these very topics that could be found on popular video sharing sites?
>>2870764991 octane in US = 95 RON in Eurostan93 octane in US = 98 RON in EurostanOur "excuse" for not wanting to pay high gas prices is:1. The VAST majority of eurofags are too poor (and gas is too expensive) to afford anything more than a 2 liter compact diesel, assuming they don't just bike/ride the bus/train everywhere. Muricans actually drive their cars on the regular and anything less than 3 liters of displacement is a pure copemobile2. We're (outside of a couple dystopian states like the one the other anon's in) not cucked into buying gas at a 300-500 percent markup (unlike you), and don't feel like doing so anytime soon
>>28707664ach, meant for>>28707639actually while i'm at it, i'll reply to >>28707649Some cars' fuel pumps can get subjected to undue stresses if you corner while the fuel tank is low. I know someone who put sticky tires on his car and let his fuel get below a quarter tank while going hard in a mountain pass. His fuel pump literally snapped off of its top hat and he ended up getting a billet aluminum replacement
>>28707661>>28707669One of the longest vehicles I ever owned was a pick up truck. I owned it for 10 years and put 150,000 miles on it (and it had 100k on it already when I bought it) That entire time, 9 out of 10 tanks I only every filled up at 1/8th or below. For ten years and 150,000 miles I operated the truck in that manner and the fuel pump was fine the entire time. The truck had a quarter of a million miles on it before I finally got rid of it and the fuel pump was still completely fine. I'm sorry but if taking your fuel down to empty for 10 years and 150,000 miles (on top of 100k already) isn't enough to kill the fuel pump under normal driving, then I don't think anything is.>but but but what about corning on track or while driving at 9/10ths the limit.I'm talking about daily driving in a normal car you tards. Track use will do all kinds of shit to a car if it's not prepped for it. I also don't think your average car needs a baffled oil pan, or a dry sump system, but track cars do. That doesn't mean your Toyota Camery is going to die because you took a left turn on your way to work. I also don't think normal cars need track pads or high temp brake fluid but track cars do. That doesn't mean your econobox is going to get brake fade or a mushy pedal on your daily commute.
>>28707639The US has a different octane rating system than the EU. On the east side of the US we get 93 as premium.
>>28707675>your fuel pump will be fine if you're just croozingYeah of course, I'm just saying that it's not really a myth.Not preparing your brakes for heavy use is fine because brake fade can be completely fixed by driving a bit less aggressively for a bit.Not preparing your fuel pump, on the other hand, is fine under normal driving conditions but has catastrophic implications (for the fuel pump assembly at least) under the stated conditions
>>28707688Yeah when I learned exactly how easy it is for slosh at low fuel to make the pump suck air I stopped letting it go down to 1/8th gauge.In my car the fuel light is the actual 1/8th volume mark, ~2 gal out of 16.5, 1/8th is about 4, a quarter is 6.5.Turns out the manufacs "lie to you" about the tank fill for a good engineering reason...
The digital indicator on my dashboard likes to jump from mid level to reserve mid drive without ever going through the lower squares so I just time it manually nowadays.
When I am down to half I start checking for cheap empty stations.When I find one I just fill it up.
>>287075191/4 or half.
>>28707519~1/4 a tank.
>>28707649>For the record I do not ascribe to the idea that it's bad for the fuel pump to take it all the way down to empty. I think that's a wives tale.
>>28707661Oh and because I never addressed the other concerns>potentially overheat, as the fuel level drops below the motor on the pump, there's no fluid to transfer heat toFuel pumps are cooled by the fuel they're pulling through them, not the fuel around them in the tank. It doesn't matter if your tank is low, as long as there is fuel for it to draw up it will be cooled adequately. What's bad for it is if you run it completely out of gas such that it starts sucking up air instead of fuel. >suck up debris from the bottom of the tankFuel pumps work by drawing from the bottom of the tank as it is. That's why they have those little sock filters on them, as well as why cars have fuel filters. They're there to protect against debris in the tank. The fuel level is irrelevant to this concern. >potentially suck in air during corners?If you have a literal track car or sports car you drive flat out then sure. I'm willing to concede on this point in that context. However I maintain that for the majority of people this is a complete non-factor. An NPC puttering about the world in their nissan versa doesn't need to stress out over never letting their tank drop below 1/4 in order to avoid fuel starvation from all the lateral Gs they'll be pulling on their way to Wal-Mart.
>>28707994yes, I pull over 1.1 lateral Gs every time I go to get groceries. what of it?
>>28707528bong detected
>>28707675150k miles is like the bare minimum you should see before real wear starts to set in.
My credit card offers a discount on gas every now and then so I try to hang on as long as possible. I've gone to pretty much empty on the tank.
>>287075191/2 tank. It's easy to keep up with and it hurts nothing to stay topped off
weekly. gas is cheapest on the way home from work on a Thursday. I can usually push a tank two full weeks, but only if I don't do much out of my normal routine, so it's easier to just do it weekly
1/4 tank. Force of habit.
>>28707519Half a tank
>>28707519Lowest I go is hovering right above the red, but typically I fill up well before that when I pass by somewhere with cheaper fuel. Depends how much driving I did that particular week.
>>28707661>>28708041oem fuel tanks have pretty decent baffling. Or at least, toyota ones do.
>>28707534Kwik Trip gas is fuckin garbage, though. My motorcycle loses 25% range on kwik trip fuel. At the equipment dealer my dad works at they get skid steers in every winter that run like garbage the customer says it's got kwik trip diesel in it.>t. still get food there
>>28707519What's the explanation for the gauge being non linear where the first third of the tank barely drops even after driving a decent bit, yet the last third of the tank drops like a rock
>>28707519When empty or if its going up tomorrow.
>>28708424>not using t. properly
>>28707519I charge st home
>>28707519Usually about a quarter tank, which is closer to 1/8 the way my fuel level sensor was set up
>>287075191/4 tank under normal conditions. I'll fill up at 3/4 of a tank if I'm heading out to the middle of nowhere where gas stations are 100+ miles apart.
>>28708592Look at the picture of the tank two posts above you. Notice how the sides slope out and upward? That means that the tank holds a higher volume of fuel at the top than it does at the bottom. If the fuel pump has your standard bobber style lever then it's only telling you where the fuel is in relation to the tank, not how much volume of fuel you actually have. That's why it would appear to decrease slower at the top than it does at the bottom.
>>28707528>Petrol is a liquid.This why are shitfartitards so fucking stupid do they not knows fucking sciences???
>>28708592That other guy pretty much summed it up but it does also depend on the vehicle in my experiences. I've driven a few with pretty much perfectly linear gauges. Some will stay on F for what seems like forever then drop normally then hang around E for what seems like forever. My work van acts like yours. Once you hit a half tank you really better start looking for a gas station because that needle moves fast and there's dick all for fuel reserve.
>>28708424Runs fine in my car.
>>28707519When it's just passed the "E".
>>28707519Regular commute for work, usually around half tank or a bit below that, rather have a full tank ready for the next work week.When driving a long road trip, usually around a quarter of a tank is my low limit to refuel, unless I know the stretch of road I'm taking will have little gas station stops then I will fill up to max at whatever the fuel tank is current at.
>>28707664
>>28707519i dont drive a car
>>28707529Cuz bongs get rightfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffagget
My vehicle lies about both it's tank size and range to empty. Ford says it has a 13.8 gal tank but in reality it holds over 16 gallons of gas and will go 100km beyond "0 range".I fill up fully when I have less than 100km of range and it's at a good price. If I'm less than half and it's at a particularly low price I'll fill up. If it's a shit price I get half a tank when needed.
>>28707519>when do you stop for gas?3/4 of a tank, unless I'm driving long distances or doing a fuel treatment that requires me to burn a tank or run it below half a tank.
Most of the time, between half to three quarters.
>>28707519at 1/2, i like my tank full.exceptions are those transition months during the switch from/to summer/winter gas, when i usually go much lower
Every 3-4 weeks since I have the bigger fuel tank option. Whenever the fuel light comes on usually. Computer says 50 miles left but better to be safe than deal with inconvenience.
>>28708820I am a yank, not a bong.
>>28707519when it hits 1/4 left usually. then I brim it.
europeon hereare premium fuels a meme or not?
>>28710866useful for high performance cars and knocking shitmobilesif you're driving anything relatively normal you're fine with normal fuel
>>28710879It says e20, which is octane rating of 95 right? In this case, can I just use this instead of premium fuel?
>>28710879Use whatever the sticker inside says
>>28710884never drove a car on alcohol so i have absolutely no ideadrove a scooter on 2 liters of homedistilled rakija, besides that i've never put alcohol in anything with pistons>>28710887most modern cars can retard the timing to avoid knock from poor quality fuel, you're probably losing hp if you're driving on regular fuel but it's no biggie
0mi range
>>287075191/3 gas
>>28707519Light comes on, fuel goes in. Simple as.
>>287075282ndpbt
>>28707528And cars don't run on crude, they run on gasoline you bent toothed, tea swilling limey poofter.
Whenever I'm within a mile of costco, otherwise 1/8th on the gauge
>>28710892Relying on knock protection is really stupid, dont do that.Just check the cars manual what kind of fuel is required and get that. There are no gains using higher octane fuel.>unless its tuned for it but then you need premium fuel anyway
>>28707528>bongs and upsidown bongs call gasoline petroleum distillate
>>28707519when there's only like 5km of range left
