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Title: My car is a liar!
Post by: Chopsdad on 16 July 2007, 16:59:20
It said 0 miles - but it drove for another 2 without even so much as a cough until I filled it up. >:(

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Just as well I suppose  :-[ ;D
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Timbuk on 16 July 2007, 17:02:39
I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 16 July 2007, 17:04:14
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into

Hopefully it's lying about that too!

Kevin
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 July 2007, 17:05:11
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)

Particularly when there is a disc in........although what is on the disc we dont know.
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Jim on 16 July 2007, 17:09:34
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into

Hopefully it's lying about that too!

Kevin

Steve Wright's not bad, could be worse!!!

My car tell lies the other way say's 17 miles then run's out >:(
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Timbuk on 16 July 2007, 17:09:43
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)

Particularly when there is a disc in........although what is on the disc we dont know.

Hope he hasn't borrowed it from EP, could be any old rubbish  ;D
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: TheBoy on 16 July 2007, 17:40:34
Yeah, seen 0 miles several times on MV6  :-[ - it needs a more prominant warning about low fuel...
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 16 July 2007, 18:12:08
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Yeah, seen 0 miles several times on MV6  :-[ - it needs a more prominant warning about low fuel...

Well there is the flashy petrol pump symbol as well on the dash  ;)

However i suspect unless Mark wired up your airbag on the steering wheel to go off when the low petrol light came on.......with LOW FUEL message printed on it.....i doubt you would notice any other warning  ;D ;)
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Danny on 16 July 2007, 18:15:07
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unless Mark wired up your airbag on the steering wheel to go off when the low petrol light came on.......with LOW FUEL message printed on it.....i doubt you would notice any other warning  ;D ;)

just pictured that and fell about laffing  ;D
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: TheBoy on 16 July 2007, 18:21:20
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Yeah, seen 0 miles several times on MV6  :-[ - it needs a more prominant warning about low fuel...

Well there is the flashy petrol pump symbol as well on the dash  ;)

However i suspect unless Mark wired up your airbag on the steering wheel to go off when the low petrol light came on.......with LOW FUEL message printed on it.....i doubt you would notice any other warning  ;D ;)
Replace airbag with boxing glove, that may get my attention....
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Danny on 16 July 2007, 18:24:35
or that fat neighbour that no one likes
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Chopsdad on 16 July 2007, 23:00:13
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)

Particularly when there is a disc in........although what is on the disc we dont know.

TIESTO Sound of Sunrise - borrowed from BoBo at the Lakes and accidentaly backed up into my laptop at the time :y  And I like "The Old Woman" so there :P
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Tony H on 16 July 2007, 23:22:40
The range feature ir the worst thing ever invented, the amount of times Mrs Tony H has returned from a journey with 1 mile on the display is unbelievable. If it had a conventionel petrol gauge she'd have bottled it and done some thing that is extreamely rare "PUT PETROL IN IT!!!"
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Andy B on 16 July 2007, 23:55:42
There's nowt wrong with radio 2! Better than commercial radio with the adverts every 2 secs. Steve Wright, as already mentioned, is brillaint - Ask Elvis is brilliant.
If you top up your tank when the MID/TID?what-ever shows nothing left, you find that there was about a gallon left in there.
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Craig_R on 17 July 2007, 09:16:05
I get 0miles all the time and ignore it. My Gas system fools the computer i remember the first time it said 0miles and i was in the middle of nowhere but it  was fibbing as i had petrol left and Gas left it just upsets the computer as i do lots of miles on gas and dont use any petrol.
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Martin_1962 on 17 July 2007, 10:14:22
Over a week at 0 miles!!!!

Under 50 it gets confused by level so ignores it - then it resets back to a sensible range
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: bob.dent on 17 July 2007, 14:56:49
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)

Particularly when there is a disc in........although what is on the disc we dont know.

TIESTO Sound of Sunrise - borrowed from BoBo at the Lakes and accidentaly backed up into my laptop at the time :y  And I like "The Old Woman" so there :P

Well I gotta admit - we have Radio 2 on in our office all day and it ain't too bad apart from the  Jeremy Vine talk show between 12 and 2pm, can't stand the man!! Steve Wright in the afternoon is top show :y Driving home from work has to be Scott Mills on Radio 1 :y
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Auto Addict on 17 July 2007, 17:49:33
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I'm more worried about the radio station you are tuned into  ::)

Particularly when there is a disc in........although what is on the disc we dont know.

Max Bygraves...... ::)
Title: Re: My car is a liar!
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 17 July 2007, 19:42:41
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Over a week at 0 miles!!!!

Under 50 it gets confused by level so ignores it - then it resets back to a sensible range

Mine doesnt seem to....it kept flashing on the mid 31, then 30, then 29 and that was after quite a few starts today....and that was all day.....so it only went down a slightly over a period of a day....which is to be expected.....but with the flashing petrol symbol as well.....i got fed up with it and bunged in £20 of unleaded just to shut it up......but that will last me at least a month  :y