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Replying to: ljgbjg (Jun 18, 2008 10:18 am) Everyone has put in their 2 cents worth and I thank you for all your efforts. But due to my history of filling a tank to the rim for the past 43 years and never seeing any problems associated with it, I will continue to fill it to the rim. Perhaps I've been lucky and perhaps all of my friends and family have been lucky too but to my knowledge, none of us have ever had any engine problems with any of the cars we've filled to the rim except the usual stuff such as brake replacement, oil & oil filter replacement, tires, etc that come from engine wear. FYI, I had a business meeting this week and decided to travel by car instead of plane and drove my 08 accord. I filled the tank to the rim as usual, set the cruise at 80mph when traffic permitted, and got 28mpg which allowed me to drive 560 miles before my low-fuel light lit up. Had I filled my tank "your" way, my miles driven on 1 tank would have been alot lower. Hmmm...15 gallons x 28mpg = 420 miles doing it "your" way. Thanks but no thanks! I'll continue to fill my tank as I see fit. I've owned over 11 different cars and put roughly 86,000 miles on each of them and remember several that had over 120,000 miles on them before being traded and never had any problems other than normal wear-n-tear. That is alot of fuel-ups to the rim. Based on "your" findings and "your" beliefs in reference to this matter, I should have had lots and lots and lots of problems but never did which leads me to believe that "your" beliefs and fndings are nothing more than a bunch of the normal double-talk or misinformation that is so prevalent in the world. |
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Replying to: rkirchoff (Jun 19, 2008 4:17 am) Particularly now, as time at the pump is more painful then ever.
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Replying to: dpmeersman (Jun 19, 2008 4:48 am) What used to take me 4-5 minutes to fill my tank to the rim now takes me about 15 minutes to fill it.
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Replying to: rkirchoff (Jun 19, 2008 4:17 am) You fill up, drive 560 miles, fill up again and THEN divide your mileage by how many gallons it takes to fill your car. That is how many you used to go the 560 miles That gives you your MPG for that distance traveled. As for your other comments, since you brought that up, "have you tried it 'my' way"? No, and I will not since the manual says not to. As for your repeatedly using the word "your" in reply to me, I never said any of the things you ascribe to me. NEVER did I say any of the following - "Based on "your" findings and "your" beliefs in reference to this matter, I should have had lots and lots and lots of problems but never did which leads me to believe that "your" beliefs and fndings are nothing more than a bunch of the normal double-talk or misinformation that is so prevalent in the world." So, I suggest you, sir, get YOUR facts straight when replying to someone. As for misinformation - well, I am a car aficionado and a very sensitive driver. I listen to my cars and know when something is not right, and I heed the manufacturers' claims and warnings - who better to know their car? They say do not top it off - I don't top it off. They say the redline is 6200 RPM? If not shut off by a fuel cutoff, would I say it is OK to rev it to 7000? No. That is essentially what you are doing - you are disregarding the manufacturer's own manual when you "top it off". All I have to say is - good luck with that. With all the sensors and computer monitors on cars these days, if you do have a problem, I suspect Honda will know you did what you did by a computer read out of some kind and will not honor any warranty. I am afraid it is you who is misinformed.
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Godzzzz...where do you people come from? A sensitive driver? What a laugh!! Got any more jokes to tell me?
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Replying to: rkirchoff (Jun 19, 2008 5:03 am) |
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Replying to: rkirchoff (Jun 19, 2008 6:02 am)  No need to waste any more time responding to this guy.
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Billing me for your wasted time? lol Perhaps I should bill you then and we'll see who comes out on top. My current billing rate starts at $75 per home system plus parts and $150/hour plus parts for businesses. |
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Replying to: ljgbjg (Jun 19, 2008 6:08 am) |
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| Time to agree to disagree and move on - please. | |
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