SHELAGH's Question thread ( novice bordering on idiot)

[Bellend]

is there anyway i can change the clocks in my car for something like a fiestas?
 realy really need a miles till empty clock... ran out again yesterday, even tho it showed i had enough to get to the petrol station 
 was tempted to scrap it after the few hours grief it gave me... ran out of petrol, went to open the boot to get the can only to notice my numberplate had fallen off ( stuck them on with proper pads from halfords when i put my forum surround on)... walk to the garage with the can and my debit card wouldnt work
 all in the wetest day for a while 

My MK3 gauges have been pretty accurate. 

Anyway, I just reset the trip everytime I fill up and it gives an avereage along with the gauge.

[shelaghmk3gti]

in all 3 ive had they have always let me down.. just wondering if theres something i could clean to make it more accurate?
 was saying in another thread that sometimes a tenner could give me almost half a tank and then anther day the needle wont move off red ..a nd i tend not to put more than about a tenner in unless ive something planned as its not money i can afford to lose should it get nicked or towed 
maybe filling it up to the brim just once would 'reset' it?

[trog_nfs]

I've found in both my mk3s the gauge was cr@p at small volumes. Current one says empty when there are 10l left.

I always brim the tank and go by mileage to a tank.

[Len]

Ummmm no excuse! Its your car and your responsibility.
Bald tyres not only mean points and fines but danger to you, yours and other road users!

Must be nice to be a saint......never done anything similar in your past at any point. I have and I kniw that in the past things were easier to get away with but we all learn somewhere so to me people in glass houses etc. The good point is that the problem was spotted and rectifyedbefore anything happened

So you dont check your tyres on a regular basis?
More fool you!
I regularly check my tyres and even then back in 1984 I had a blow out on a motorway!
So I have never been complacent about tyres!

[shelaghmk3gti]

Ummmm no excuse! Its your car and your responsibility.
Bald tyres not only mean points and fines but danger to you, yours and other road users!

Must be nice to be a saint......never done anything similar in your past at any point. I have and I kniw that in the past things were easier to get away with but we all learn somewhere so to me people in glass houses etc. The good point is that the problem was spotted and rectifyedbefore anything happened

So you dont check your tyres on a regular basis?
More fool you!
I regularly check my tyres and even then back in 1984 I had a blow out on a motorway!
So I have never been complacent about tyres!

ok dont argue.. jeez i get enough of that at home, yes Len i was ignorant and if anything had happened then it would have been on my head!
 fact is tyre was probably very low when i bought the car so makes me even a bigger muppet.. lesson learnt!

[stow1985]

Ok guy's lets not clog up someone else's thread with arguments...Tyre's been changed, lessons been learnt and no ones been hurt (this time)

Your not a Muppet, just sometimes in life other things are on your mind being a single parent and skint (just the impression you've given me) the last thing you worry about is your car...

I couldn't comment on the Fuel gauge as I haven't had any problems with mine, I've taken mine off the gauge and it was still going....but a tenner will not get you very far that's for sure...

Good luck

[shelaghmk3gti]

lol yeah just a bit, but like you say all done now
 and thanks x

[Deano2711]

Ummmm no excuse! Its your car and your responsibility.
Bald tyres not only mean points and fines but danger to you, yours and other road users!

Must be nice to be a saint......never done anything similar in your past at any point. I have and I kniw that in the past things were easier to get away with but we all learn somewhere so to me people in glass houses etc. The good point is that the problem was spotted and rectifyedbefore anything happened

So you dont check your tyres on a regular basis?
More fool you!
I regularly check my tyres and even then back in 1984 I had a blow out on a motorway!
So I have never been complacent about tyres!

Actually Len I check mine regularly and the point of my post was not to comment on the state of your tyres but in fact your attitude towards someone who makes a simple mistake. I asked did you never do anything similar at some point in your past. I have made mistakes when buying cars and this is how I learnt. I am not arguing or having digs at anyone just simply saying that it's something most of us (if not all) have done at some point. Don't take it as a dig or personal  

[stow1985]

lol yeah just a bit, but like you say all done now
 and thanks x

No worries...

Actually Len I check mine regularly and the point of my post was not to comment on the state of your tyres but in fact your attitude towards someone who makes a simple mistake. I asked did you never do anything similar at some point in your past. I have made mistakes when buying cars and this is how I learnt. I am not arguing or having digs at anyone just simply saying that it's something most of us (if not all) have done at some point. Don't take it as a dig or personal  

Yep...having a front brake hose pop under load is scary sh*t...just don't always think to check these things...

wise after the event

[Len]

Sorry but glasshouses was definitely a personal pop!

But hey if you lot dont take safety seriously carry on.
Just remember that your tyres are the only contact with the road and without good tyres you cannot turn or stop safely.