If i drive to work every day and re-fill my car with petrol once a week it costs me £60, yet if i re-fill my car every day it only costs me £5 per day, so thats £35 for the 7 days!!
So where does the extra £25 worth of fuel go?????
2006-10-10 23:43:09 · 21 answers · asked by splandastic 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Somebody at work has a length of hose and a funnel.
2006-10-10 23:51:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you sure you don't have a petrol leak somewhere on the tank?
The full tank of petrol burning more fuel as it's heavier logic isn't really true, the extra fuel you burn will be so minimal it won't get noticed. The weight of a full tank of petrol doesn't even add up to the weight of a small child. If a tank of petrol adversely effects fuel consumption like that, petrol would not have been an economical fuel. A modern family car weighs in at just over a tonne so about 30KGs strapped to the back is not really going to effect anything.
2006-10-11 06:57:27 · answer #2 · answered by randombushmonkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory the best thing to do is to add petrol daily but to keep the tank level low so that the weight of the car is less. I wouldn't recommend this because its bad news if you run out!
When adding £5 worth of petrol daily are you sure that you are filling the tank.The missing £25 worth could be accounted for by falling level day after day.
2006-10-11 07:19:21 · answer #3 · answered by alan P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems that by the end of the week, you wouldn't use every last scrap of fuel. Its probably still in your tank and the needle doesn't register this amount that accurately.
Alternatively, when you know you only have a small amount of petrol left, perhaps you are more conservative with your driving.
2006-10-11 06:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by littleponypony 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutley no logic at all. In fact it would cost you more.because you are expending more mileage to stop off at the petrol pumps and then go on to work. where as if you only visit the pumps once a week less mileage. Not unless of course you work at the garage. And of course you choose the amount of petrol you require.
2006-10-11 06:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the 60 quid you don't use all the fuel ie empty tank at the end of the week therefore you use 35 quids worth of fuel per week.
If you want to save on fuel look at
http://www.petrolprices.com/
2006-10-11 06:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by your pete 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question. I spend £10 a week on petrol if i refill it weekly, just if i put £40 in it only lasts me about 2 weeks yet i go the same distance.
2006-10-11 06:52:57 · answer #7 · answered by CrayzeeKat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your fuel in your tank actually burns faster as it reaches the bottom...
So what i do is fill her up to about 3 quarter of the tank (keep that fuel at a constant) and then keep topping up - keeping the fuel burning at a lower rate.
2006-10-11 06:56:53 · answer #8 · answered by sexycandlelightguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its to do with the extra weight. As your car is ligter then less fuel is needed in order to make it go. Also widing down a window will create more drag which means that you will use more fuel.
2006-10-11 06:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps its something to do with the weight? The car will use more fuel carrying the excess fuel stored, consequently if you only put enough fuel in for your trip, the car in theory ought to be more economical as there is less weight to carry around, hence racing cars and bikes only carrying enough for their laps, and refueling as needed!
2006-10-11 06:53:34 · answer #10 · answered by cjab1701 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
prices of petrol could go up week by week therefore it could potentially be cheaper to re fuel day by day! although petrol prices are decreasing at the moment. its gr8
2006-10-11 06:54:06 · answer #11 · answered by Kelly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋