Do you brim the tank?

[AMGeed]

Never bother putting in any more than £20/30 worth at a time unless I have a longish trip planned. That usually lasts me a week. Living pretty close to a filling station I feel no need to fill the car to the brim every time.

 

[BEA76]

Have always filled up to brim full, started with thirsty Jap bikes and small tanks in thh 70's. Now 40 years on old habits hard to shake off, now I have to go out of my way on my usual commute to pass a petrol station so even more motivated to do it as less frequently as possible.

 

[gaz_l]

I always brim the tank, I don't like hanging around on petrol forecourts so it minimizes the amount of visits IMO.

I don't buy on price, what's needed when needed is my approach. Fuel's expensive, my car's thirsty, suck it up.. fortunately I don't do many miles so I can afford to do this.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[developer]

I always brim the tank, I don't like hanging around on petrol forecourts so it minimizes the amount of visits IMO.

I don't buy on price, what's needed when needed is my approach. Fuel's expensive, my car's thirsty, suck it up.. fortunately I don't do many miles so I can afford to do this.

Cheers,

Gaz

Locally, I use the same garage for it's V Power, and the same pump, as it's one where no-one can part next to you .

 

[GLK]

Yup, I too always brim the tank, although never more than the first click. Few extra drops won't change anything, other than making you breathe in more of the fumes.

 

[HB]

Mmmm, your definition of rimming is a little different to mine

Could you please open up your particular definition for us

 

[HB]

Is there a difference between brimming and rimming?

Well you brim to the rim and use your tongue to check.

 

[camerafodder]

Speed school tough me that brimming the tank just wastes the extra fuel carrying the extra weight.

I didn't believe it at first and used to fill up £70 every time but now by only filling up with £60 I'm getting the same mileage as I would filling with £70 saving £10 a tank

What on Earth is 'speed school'?

 

[a111r]

When I go shopping for Pornography, BBQs, small bags of logs etc, I'll often buy a few litres of fuel.

 

[Deleted member 6183]

What on Earth is 'speed school'?

Or even a 'tough' one?

 

[Grovsie31]

Speed school tough me that brimming the tank just wastes the extra fuel carrying the extra weight.

I didn't believe it at first and used to fill up £70 every time but now by only filling up with £60 I'm getting the same mileage as I would filling with £70 saving £10 a tank

Yeah I do the same, its amazing.

£5 of fuel lasts the same as a full tank.

 

[dejongj]

Nearly always full, and more often than that I'll do that once I'm near half empty.

I say nearly always as my prefer car the GL could take over £100 to fill it up and many pumps stop before then

And my current car is RON98, I tend to go for Shell OptiMax or whatever it is called, so either I fill up early....Or I add a little from like BP with RON97 to get me going to a destination where there is a Shell station.

But in principle I fill it up if I can.

 

[erdnase]

I fill my car up to the brim. I try and avoid supermarket fuel as I noticed years ago my 190E at the time ,early 90s did not start as quickly as it did with BP or Esso fuel.

 

[T5R+]

When you hit the £99.99 limit at some pumps.

The trick is to place the nozzle back in the holder and relift and start again. If I recall correctly £128.9x is the worst single fill. Suspect I was on fumes but long story why.

Unsurprisingly, always brim - which to me means trickling in the last £2-3 after the nozzle first clicks. Seldom allow my vehicles to drop below 1/4 tank before brimming.

 

[Max Shine]

Varies for me - When I had a Range Rover Sport TDV8 with an 84L tank, I only used to half fill - 1 because it took all day to fill, 2 because I hated spending nearly £100 on a tank and 3 the additional weight added to the car of a full tank would reduce my mpg!

 

[MancMike]

But the tiny savings will be lost in the frequent visits to a service station.

I fill to the brim every time.

It's not mainly for the weight saving, it's mainly financial. I prefer to plan my money as I need it. Unlike a lot on here I don't have a big bank balance. If anyone would like to donate one it is the charitable time of year.

 

[David404]

Got into the habit of using Shell Nitro+ in the last car (DPF issues, long story + it ticked over rough on Supermarket stuff) still using now and as the Shell stations aren't that thick on the ground I brim every week as a pass a Shell station on the way to work.

Like having comfort of lots of fuel in tank knowing that I can jump in a go wherever without fuel issues.

 

[gr1nch]

Interesting.

I wonder how you could prove this?

If the claim (and I think it is) is weight based, then it still doesn't make sense. Approx 10L is 10kg weight, about 1/160 of a C220, a midweight car. Not possible 1/160 weight reduction would save 1/7 in fuel usage.

 

[Darrell]

My wife puts £20 every Friday n the Jaaag because it fits in with our weekly spend.

I put £50 in the Porsche about a month ago and have hardly used it.

The Dacia is in the car park at Skiathos airport with some diesel in it and hasn't been driven since August!!

 

[moonloops]

If the claim (and I think it is) is weight based, then it still doesn't make sense. Approx 10L is 10kg weight, about 1/160 of a C220, a midweight car. Not possible 1/160 weight reduction would save 1/7 in fuel usage.

+ add the weight of the fatty piloting the car