Little low on fuel

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Excellent work . Lowest I ever saw was 6 km in France looking for a petrol station .
 

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Wife has handed the SL to me 3 times like that, " oh by the way you might need to put some fuel in the car I think it is running low..." with a V8 and 1mile to our nearest Esso it really winds me up!

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Wife has handed the SL to me 3 times like that, " oh by the way you might need to put some fuel in the car I think it is running low..." with a V8 and 1mile to our nearest Esso it really winds me up!

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You want to get your Y fronts back off the Mrs buddy :D
 

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You want to get your Y fronts back off the Mrs buddy :D
Well she did her usual with the fuel this time just below a quarter then wanted to take my youngest 30 miles to the shopping Centre for her Birthday, I told her she had a choice, take my daughter's Kia Picanto or if she wanted to use the SL she had to fill it up, suddenly she has learnt where the fuel cap is!

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My ML goes down to zero, then (if like a fool, you keep going) it changes to a frontal picture of an ML with a fuel hose going into it.
 

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My ML goes down to zero, then (if like a fool, you keep going) it changes to a frontal picture of an ML with a fuel hose going into it.
Air transporter on it's way?

Mine just presents the local petrol stations on Sat nav.

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Lowest I've seen is 2 miles in the 210. That was after 10 miles driving like there was an egg on the accelerator. We were in France heading for the ferry and had been looking for a petrol station for the previous 25 miles or so!
 

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My bike counts down the miles until the fuel warning flashes up and then it just displays a fuel pump! When do I need to know the miles till empty... when I have a full tank or when I am nearly empty? Makes the whole range function pointless.
 

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Lowest I've seen is 2 miles in the 210. That was after 10 miles driving like there was an egg on the accelerator. We were in France heading for the ferry and had been looking for a petrol station for the previous 25 miles or so!
Much scarier in the wild where you do not know how far to the next pump, at home there is always the lawnmower supply and spare car to deliver!

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Much scarier in the wild where you do not know how far to the next pump, at home there is always the lawnmower supply and spare car to deliver!

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Certainly is... Especially when the petrol station Google maps says is there isn't! Luckily we found one not marked on Google as we turned round. It was one of those little park at the kerb and the man comes out with a long hose to the pump types!
 

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Just how accurate are these computers? My Maxima goes to empty and I've driven 50 or more km after that and still not empty. My Benz 2003ML doesn't have a distance to empty readout as far as I'm aware. Never seen it if it has and I've been under the red on the gauge.

Ian.
 

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As above I'll readily drive with the gauge down to the red or very few miles to go if I'm around & about somewhere I know. I've seen a R Class on eBay & the dash showed a message along the lines of 'on reserve tank'. In 6 yrs I've yet to see the same message & I've been well in the red on occasion.
EmilysMum fills up with 1/4 of a tank remaining.
 
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To be honest it was my own fault it got this low, we went over to Lincoln for a nice meal and day out (company was paying as a thank you for some work I'd done) id noticed it was under quarter of a tank when we got in but thought it would be fine. I then did a couple of Italian tune ups as I've not driven her car for a few months which probably didn't help :rolleyes:
 
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I remember my father running out of petrol just as we approached the petrol station, it chugged to a stop just outside the forecourt.
He put it in 1st gear and turned the key, then let the clutch out slowly, the starter motor took the car along the road and up the slight gradient into the petrol station and continued to the pump, the initial part had the engine firing the odd time giving a little help. We went about 20 yards.
After filling up, the battery still had enough to get the fuel through and start the car.
It was the first time I remember him impressing me and I thought wow maybe he could be someone I could look up to. There were other times he impressed me but I never had pride in him unfortunately, just less shame an odd few times. Just like Bart and Homer.
 

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Lowest I've ever gone in fuel was tonight... Not proud of myself lol

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