A couple of years ago, in Suffolk, so not exactly the middle of nowhere, I couldn't find any fuel anywhere. There were no deliveries being made, fuel stations had run out of diesel, it was scorching hot and infirm dog in the car (so couldn't have walked any distance). After searching for over an hour, now desperately low, I sat in a queue of six or seven cars hoping that by the time I got to the pump it still had fuel in. It filled to less than two litres of the tank capacity (so I had about 10 miles of fuel left). I'd have given a lot to have been carrying spare fuel
I'm used to carrying spare diesel in the Landy when trekking abroad - 20 or even 40 Litres. partly because there is no telling where the next fuel station with fuel in will be and partly because in North Africa some fuel can be pretty dodgy. I don't carry any in the UK.
However, I do carry 5 Litres in my Westfield - the tank is diddy, the fuel efficiency is not exactly high, and the fuel gauge is undamped (i.e. useless)
I'm used to carrying spare diesel in the Landy when trekking abroad - 20 or even 40 Litres. partly because there is no telling where the next fuel station with fuel in will be and partly because in North Africa some fuel can be pretty dodgy. I don't carry any in the UK.
However, I do carry 5 Litres in my Westfield - the tank is diddy, the fuel efficiency is not exactly high, and the fuel gauge is undamped (i.e. useless)