Sue now you know how the “trade plate drivers” feel lol.
Possibly but they would be used to it, me as a complete newbie not only to Motability but to a brand new car, assumed that there would be enough fuel to be getting on with for a day or so and not having to be having kittens on the way home.
I’d purchased second hand every time before that (none over £1k) and there was always a good quarter to half a tank thrown in.