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[VXL V6]

Replaced the door seal on the 530D. Thirteen years of wear had taken its toll

[TheBoy]

Put on of the spare wheels on. Again.

[Andy B]

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£110 later....

I see your £110 & raise it to the £116 it cost to fill my ML ..... and just to add to the kick in the wallet I then filled the Smart with another £40(?) 

[TheBoy]

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£110 later....

I see your £110 & raise it to the £116 it cost to fill my ML ..... and just to add to the kick in the wallet I then filled the Smart with another £40(?) 

Turns out I had 0.6l left in the tank

[Andy B]

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Turns out I had 0.6l left in the tank

I never believe my cars when it tells me I have so much fuel or so many miles left. The Smart will tell me I have 4.0 litres left which should mean there's room for another 31 litres ..... in reality there's room for another 25/26

I used to take the Omega down to zero miles or not much more 

[VXL V6]

I no longer look at the pump when filling the 530D until it clicks, then I play the 'land on a .00 number' game 

[TheBoy]

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Turns out I had 0.6l left in the tank

I never believe my cars when it tells me I have so much fuel or so many miles left. The Smart will tell me I have 4.0 litres left which should mean there's room for another 31 litres ..... in reality there's room for another 25/26

I used to take the Omega down to zero miles or not much more 

I think with modern diesels they artificailly stop the car before you run out, so save bleeding problems.  With both my petrol dialy Omegas, I knew that getting down to zero was nothing to stress over, and you had a good 5 + miles left.  With the the Jaaaag, I assume the only way the car knows the fuel remaining is via the tank level sensor, so who knows if it starts its protection* shite as soon as it hits 1 or 0 miles range?  Probably one for that nice Mr DTM to confirm?

* It goes into reduced power to warn the driver they have a kilometre to find somewhere safe to stop, then if the driver ignores, will stop the engine.