AndyPearce

..........it appeared to be stranded at the side of the dual carriageway. I'm hoping it had just run out of petrol but it wasn't really a good advert for the car.

Lucozade

Andy all sorts of reason why this might have happened.

Perhaps he/she was on the phone or taking a break.

AndyPearce

Not on the road it was on - it's a very busy dual carriageway that doesn't have a hard shoulder and there is no stopping. The car caused quite a bit of a tailback and there was no-one in the car.

The most positive problem I could come up with was out of petrol (hence no-one in the car) but it gave the others in the car a good chance to take the mickey about the reliability of my new car.

Contigo

Bloody Hell don't cry about it. These things happen Andy!

RobDickinson

O, my first refil was 53 litres, @ 275 miles, light came on at 261.

Means I had at most 8 litres left, or about 30 miles? And I know the fuel tank can be a bit iffy on eeking out the last dregs. No idea how close I came to runing out, but I bet I'll find out oneday.

Wing

One time I put in 58.9L I drove 64Km from the time the light went on till I found a station. When you can fill that much you KNOW your dry!

AndyPearce

I know these things happen - I was only noting the irony that the first RX8 I see outside a dealership appeared to be in a bad way. It's also the embarresment factor I had to endure with the two guys with me taking the pee!

As long as mine goes ok (or arrives even) then I'll be as happy as a pig in ****!