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So I cut it a bit fine here. Only 17 miles left. SD with 75 litre tank, only got 67 litres in it. I presume therefore that there would be about 5 litres left when it gets to showing 0 miles.

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Something similar. There seems to be a gallon sloshing about that doesn’t register.
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I think it’s deliberate. Useful to know though, just in case.
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I had 40 miles left and squeezed in 64 litres. Range rose from 510 miles to 540 after a 20 mike cruise.
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The range disappears at 10m left, and I drove my turbo at least another 15 miles and still only crammed 69l in.
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wilko wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:53 pm The range disappears at 10m left, and I drove my turbo at least another 15 miles and still only crammed 69l in.
Does the little fuel pump icon go red?!
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Don’t remember to be honest. It kept asking me if I wanted to find a fuel station :D
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Most I've ever put in my Turbo is 71.7 litres. The 'range remaining' had disappeared leaving only dashed lines in the display shortly before pulling into the fuel station.
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Nuclear Nick wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:18 am Most I've ever put in my Turbo is 71.7 litres. The 'range remaining' had disappeared leaving only dashed lines in the display shortly before pulling into the fuel station.

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There is an amount of fuel that is required to fill the fuel system which, iirc, is 5 or 6 litres which is why you can only get 69-70 litres in when range drops to 0 miles


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