and am wondering, how much fuel can you, or are you allowed to, carry in your car! It seems like a good idea to carry some extra fuel, especially if you're travelling. Is it legal!
intrade,
Oct 16, 5:14pm
i actuarly seen something like this at arturs emporium years ago was like 1 liter for 10$ lol. Also you might want to know running some cars out of fuel is a real bad idea as the intank fuelpumps fry up and then the you wont drive anyhow with or without fuel once its gone. 2 cars who do this ar mazda capalla 2002 SW and volkswagen vr6 passat. and you can also just have a 5 liter container with fuel and some stabilizer in the fuel , i usually get 98 octane for spear fuel.
badcam,
Oct 16, 6:07pm
This is what I'm after. How much extra fuel are you allowed to carry! What is considered safe, or more importantly what's the law! What's legal!
chebry,
Oct 16, 6:42pm
I had 3 fuel tanks fitted to a Morris Isis during the carless day period you couldnt buy gas on weekends 29 gallons would ft in that old Morris we did experiment with a 44 and it fitted but too heavy full car wandered all over the road, Legal!never asked
moosie_21,
Oct 16, 6:44pm
Honestly, in a country as small as NZ, how can you justify running out of gas!
sr2,
Oct 16, 6:47pm
You are allowed to carry up to 250 litres without a permit!
supernova2,
Oct 16, 7:37pm
I used to cary 5 20ltr oil drums in the boot of my Triumph 2500PI in those crazy days.Fitted perfectly almost like the car was made exactly to take them.Those (Duckhams) drums were great things much better and useful than the moden plastic crap.
chevcamaro,
Oct 16, 8:10pm
ran a 440 mopar during those times, had two 44 gal drums for a weekend, shite imagine the cost nowadays lol.
supernova2,
Oct 16, 11:10pm
I remember putting $200 of fuel in a jet boat one weekend in the mid 70s.Imagine what that would cost now.Well actually i dont think I want to know.LOL
whqqsh,
Oct 17, 3:34am
I used to carry a 5 litre container (about the time we went from 1 gallon to 5 litre cans) in my Valiant that the fuel gauge didnt work. Gas was $1/litre & I saw a guy just starting 'the walk' on the western motorway (he was exactly half way between waterview & lincoln Rd) so I stopped & offered my spare fuel & said 'just chuck me $5 so I can refill my can & we're all good', he started arguing that it was only $4 worth not 5 & I was ripping him off! Was funny to see look on his face in the mirror as I drove off with my fuel back in the boot & him facing his walk again
tazcsv,
Oct 17, 2:54pm
For a weekend we will go though $300+ in fuel just for the jetboat :)
smac,
Oct 17, 3:23pm
I used to regularly carry extra fuel in my old mini, because it used so damn much compared to the size of the tank, and the gauge was flakey at best. Needed it on longer trips where 98 wasn't available.
Don't bother now we're back to a standard engine.
r15,
Oct 17, 4:48pm
easily.you're travelling to auckland via paeroa etc,you know your fuel is getting down a bit, but you plan to fill up at one of the smaller stations along the main road before the motorway(supporting the little guy etc)only you find that the first one is shut. ok, i'll go to the next one. nothing was open. and then i ran out of fuel half way up the bombays.
98 Caldina GTT with jetski in tow. - gisborne to auckland,
with that car E meant EMPTY.
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 17, 5:45pm
While I tend to agree with you in principle, here's a story for you.
My camper (824cc with a fuel tank of around 24 litres) on a trip to Wellington which I used to do quite regularly after work at night was interesting.
Under normal conditions I would just fill up before the desert road (always liked a full tank for the desert road) and all was well, I would usually arrive with just a bit in reserve.
If I had a really strong head wind though fuel consumption would pretty much double. You could just about watch the fuel gauge drop as you drove along! It did actually take a little bit of planning late at night to keep plenty in reserve.
40wav,
Oct 17, 6:14pm
Really! I always thought it was 50 litres. (I could be wrong, but thats what I thought way back when I did my DG, so times may have changed, and that may have been chlorine now I think about it.) The LTSA or whatever they're called now will know.
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