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Old 11-14-2014, 02:41 AM   #20 (permalink)
D.O.G.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia
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Metric - '94 Honda Magna 250
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90 day: 69.83 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.97 mpg (US)

i30 - '12 Hyundai i30 Elite
90 day: 39.84 mpg (US)

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I ran out unexpectedly last year.

Driving on the motorway, Baa suddenly spluttered, then died.
I knew I was low on fuel, but should have still had 30 of 40 kilometres to go.

I pulled off to the side, restarted the car, it ran fine so I took off again.

Within seconds, it died a second time.

Pull over, restart, rev for a while, take off and die a third time.

That's when it dawned on me that the camber of the roadway was tilting the fuel in the tank away from the pump pickup.

I don't try for "big" tanks anymore.
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