Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Fill to the first click plus nearest round litre. Check mpg with every fill.

When I was skint I’d put 20-40 quid in, always fill the tank now and reset the trip to check mileage per tank.

My local fuel station is pre-pay only which is irritating when trying to figure out roughly how many litres you need (the analogue gauge is very pessimistic) and how much that's likely to cost. Thankfully most nearby stations offer pay-at-pump, in which case it gets filled.

Back when I had a stripped out 182 I used to keep the tank with as little in it as was practical. My thought being why drag around extra weight I don't need? Better for every area of performance, including economy.

These days. To the brim every time, but still drive and prefer smaller lighter cars.

Car thread survey - I always fill the tank to the brim when I refuel, never occurred to me not to do so. Who else does this, and who is shaking their head thinking “no mate, £30 every time”?

At 17mpg? £30 wouldn't even get me to the end of the road. Full tank every time. Given the car weighs over 2 tons, there's no point in doing anything else.

I use. Then read that it was more economical to do ¾. So unless there's a long drive tend to keep it around ¾. Also we have quite a few cheap fuel stations so will often only do enough to safely get to one of those.

Also on the lack of super unleaded, you can buy your own additives. I don't use my motorbike much since covid so chuck some in every now and then to stop the fuel going nasty.

Just by luck a day or two before the crisis struck I filled all the way up.