[Arragonis]

I was thinking about the costs back then. My first Metro had a 5.5 gallon tank - yeah, I know - and the challenge was to get over 200 miles to a tank. My dad ran the 1.3 version and the best he got was about 210, I got to 230 once but it did cough as it rolled onto the forecourt.

Cost wise though a £5 note would take it from 1/3 to full on the gauge, £7 was probably enough to brim it from empty - this was ~1985-87.

The Mondeo had a 40 litre tank but a fillup could cost £50 if it was really empty.

My last car, the Fabia, I could squeeze 50 litres into it (by venting the reserve) and the cost was ~£60-70.

Scaling the range of the Fabia to the Metro the cost seems to be round 4x as large since then. I am comparing petrol to diesel though.