Whats the point.....

[Justin182]

....... in having a digital readout that tells you how many miles till the tank is empty, when it just goes to ---- the minute the fuel light come on lol.

Winds me up lol

 

[black kro]

stoopid, but comes on with about 9.9 gallons gone, so loads left

Tank holds 50 litres + (altho officially 45 or 10 gallons)

I squeeked 100 miles on orange in the fuel strike - I bet you'd get almost 50 from a petrol if you dared :-O

 

[sexualpaul]

lol. dont take that dare.. i dont that on ma way to work..and guess wot started pulling out the space and bang..no fuel..lol.. get i fink 43 miles.pushin it..and thats steady 70 mph.lol.theey puthte wee thing there just to wind u up..thats all its there for..c ur p***ed off aint u..just wot they want..lol

 

[C.slicker]

My record is 63! Then I ran out of balls.

 

[Justin182]

I would prob pull over and start walking at 35 miles lol

 

[C.slicker]

Its a fun game.

Altho it does go juddery and you lose power.

 

[jayxx83]

Can get 30 safely out of 1*2 driven gently on the light, have had 40 though once and made it to station!

 

[Paddy_g46]

put a can of petrol in the boot and try it and see how many miles you get from the light coming on to the car conking out lol, then just stick some petrol from the boot in and fill her up at nearest petty station

 

[Da]

It goes to ---- because it's only ever an estimate based on all the contributing factors. If you relied on the reading 100% even with the fuel light on you could easily run out of petrol before the reading went to zero. People would then try to claim from Renault for costs etc, hence the display going to ----.

 

[sam_mcn]

put a can of petrol in the boot and try it and see how many miles you get from the light coming on to the car conking out lol, then just stick some petrol from the boot in and fill her up at nearest petty station

Doesn't do the engine much good though

 

[Saundo]

My 182 ---'s with 30 miles to go, done about that and lost my balls and filled up

 

[Justin182]

It goes to ---- because it's only ever an estimate based on all the contributing factors. If you relied on the reading 100% even with the fuel light on you could easily run out of petrol before the reading went to zero. People would then try to claim from Renault for costs etc, hence the display going to ----.

Well, my dads old car was a Jeep Grand cherokee and its readout was spot on. He thought it would give you some grace when it gets down to 0 miles left and sure enough a few minutes later, it concked out.

Although that was a 4.7 V8 lol

 

[Justin]

i ran out of petrol before, but it comes on when you have a gallon left