How Far Have YOU Gone on "E"

[david_827]

How far have you guys gone with the last line on the fuel gauge blinking?

Personally i'm too chicken shit to try it as i always top myself off when the gauge gets down to two lines. :laugh:

[CTScott]

I often go down the the fast flashing bar, but I monitor the actual raw fuel level sender value with my YarGauge, so I know that as soon as it hits 211 that I have just over 2 gallons left in the tank. At that point I make a bee-line to fill up, since the value stops changing at that point (from 2.2 gallons to zero it reads the same value).

[fnkngrv]

hhhmmm....it has varied, but I think that I went almost 60 miles once. on the other hand I have had two times during my Yaris's lifespan that I was either at 2 or 3 bars and ran out of gas which was a very weird phenomenon to say the least.

[bronsin]

I had my last segment blink and for quite some time too.

Once.

You would be completely out of your mind to trust a fuel gauge that far, as a regular thing.

Unless it was a test and you had a couple of gallons in a can with you.

I normally fill up at the halfway point since I seldom go thru a tank a month.

[Foot]

Hard to say on the last blinky, I think I have gone around 40 miles. When I filled the tank I think I put just under 11 gallons in the tank.

[ciscobear]

Most I ever got with my standard 15" inch wheels on was 650km. I don't play around on fast blinky, I think got around 50 km between slow blinky and fast blinky, will recheck and update.

[edmscan]

When I see any blinky .. I figure that is close enough to empty for me and I make my way to the gas station. I have never run out of gas yet .. as I don't want to tempt fate. So really I would have to say 5 KM is about it for me and the blinky .. as well I don't want to be walking.

[daf62757]

When my Yaris goes blinky, I go fillin'!

[mr_miles]

The new yaris doesn't have a digital gauge, but a standard style. no blinky light for me :(

But I have a nasty habit of taking my average mpg and dividing it by how many miles I've gone lol, so sometimes i'll wait till almost the last minute, but i typically put fuel in when I've gone between 340 and 400 miles. the most I've ever put in was 11.2 gallons.

[1.5]

I'm too scared to get stuck so I have never done more than about 5 miles on the blinker

[david_827]

When my Yaris goes blinky, I go fillin'!

HAHAHAHA :laughabove: thats a good one

[nookandcrannycar]

I take the total number of miles I have on the tank when when the drop to 1 bar happens, divide by 7 (for the 7 bars that have disappeared) and apply that per bar amount to the last bar as well (and yes, I know the 'tick down interval' (for lack of a better way to describe it) Isn't equal for each bar (I read CTScott's very interesting thread/experiment related to this). My 'method' has worked very well for me. The only times I've run out of gas were when I went WAY over that number of miles for the last bar. At those times I knew I was risking running of of gas, but re a time crunch or no gas stations available I pressed on, trying to make it to my destination.

[FHT_Racing]

I usually go around 20-25miles after the blinky

[screenprintr]

I've gone about 400 miles on a tank. So, I know when I hit the last bar I still have about 60 miles. I usually refill about 360 mile reading.

With all the driving I do, I hit 360 miles after 3.5 days of driving. I hate it, cause I was hoping that with a small car, I'd be able to drive for a week before stopping for gas.

Funny thing is, we can refuel an aircraft in the air, but can't refuel a car while driving.

If anything, why not have the ability to pull up to a gas station and a robotic arm come out and plug into our car then refuel it?

In NJ, a gas station attendant has to fill up your car. I don't remember how to put gas myself.

[nookandcrannycar]

In NJ, a gas station attendant has to fill up your car. I don't remember how to put gas myself.

I love New Jersey gas prices, but that attendant fill up law (similar law in Oregon ) drives me crazy. I once drove north from Fort Lee to go to the Palisades Mall and paid more to get gas in Nyack because I didn't feel like 'playing the part of being unaware of the law' that day trying to fill up myself in New Jersey. I've never had New Jersey plates (only CA and TX) and have been able to pump my own gas there a few times.

[nookandcrannycar]

If anything, why not have the ability to pull up to a gas station and a robotic arm come out and plug into our car then refuel it?


I wouldn't trust that the tank would truly be full :biggrin:.

[screenprintr]

They'd still have sensors like they do now. Last week when it was really cold, I had to wait 5 plus minutes until the girl came out to fill my take. They she ran out of tape so no receipt.

[nookandcrannycar]

They'd still have sensors like they do now. Last week when it was really cold, I had to wait 5 plus minutes until the girl came out to fill my take. They she ran out of tape so no receipt.

What would happen if you just started filling it yourself ? (without being able to claim ignorance as you have New Jersey plates) Would they call the cops?....or would they just insist on taking over for you? What if the attendant was on the same timetable yours was and you filled the tank and finished and drove away in less than those 5 minutes? Would the attendant write down your plate number and give it to police/sheriff/whatever the LEO and would you later be contacted by that LEO? The last time I got gas in New Jersey was in June of 2010 and I could swipe my card and get the pump started --- is this still the case? If not, then what if the pump asked your zip code --- would you be allowed to enter it and then have the attendant pump the gas? Some people might not want to give the attendant the billing zip code for their credit card.

[Kar98]

> What would happen if you just started filling it yourself ?

The attendant will come running and literally act as if you were in the actual process of setting the whole damn station on fire, because nobody but a pimply high school kid could possibly possess the kind of advanced training necessary to operate a fuel pump safely. And then they look at you like YOU are the idiot. At least that's how it is in Oregon. YMMV.

On the thread subject, as soon as I notice the last bar blinking, I get gas. That means usually no more than 20 miles. Once I did 30 miles and was sweating bullets. People do get run over all the time here in Dallas, when they run out of gas on the highway.

[nookandcrannycar]

> What would happen if you just started filling it yourself ?

The attendant will come running and literally act as if you were in the actual process of setting the whole damn station on fire, because nobody but a pimply high school kid could possibly possess the kind of advanced training necessary to operate a fuel pump safely. And then they look at you like YOU are the idiot. At least that's how it is in Oregon. YMMV.

On the thread subject, as soon as I notice the last bar blinking, I get gas. That means usually no more than 20 miles. Once I did 30 miles and was sweating bullets. People do get run over all the time here in Dallas, when they run out of gas on the highway.

LOL. I once asked the clerk at a motel I stayed in in Medford why Oregon has that law. He told me it is because the state doesn't want those jobs lost re increasing the unemployment rate. He also mentioned that the state likes that the job of attendant can help people re entry into the workforce. My understanding is the law exists in New Jersey for similar reasons.

Screenprintr's post, to me, offered me the perfect situation to ask those questions as I specifically wanted to know how far they would take the situation. I once (in '06 '07 '09 or '10 -- can't remember which year at this moment) pulled into a gas station in Bedminster, NJ very late at night, parked as far away from the attendant station as I could and, after getting most of the way through the fill-up, the attendant came running up and explained that self service wasn't allowed. I said "Sorry" and pointed to my California plate. I'm just wondering what the consequences would have been had I had New Jersey plates, or for Screenprintr had he not waited, but rather fueled himself and finished and drove away before the 5 minutes it took for the attendant to be free.

[mr_miles]

> What would happen if you just started filling it yourself ?

The attendant will come running and literally act as if you were in the actual process of setting the whole damn station on fire, because nobody but a pimply high school kid could possibly possess the kind of advanced training necessary to operate a fuel pump safely. And then they look at you like YOU are the idiot. At least that's how it is in Oregon. YMMV.

That's my biggest issue living here.

Sometimes, I just want to pump my own gas. Makes me miss cali.

and there's always that one attendant who just flings the gas cap off and lets it swing on the side of the car, and that's the same guy who spills fuel down the side ruining paint, too. *twitch*

[nookandcrannycar]

That's my biggest issue living here.

Sometimes, I just want to pump my own gas. Makes me miss cali.

and there's always that one attendant who just flings the gas cap off and lets it swing on the side of the car, and that's the same guy who spills fuel down the side ruining paint, too. *twitch*

But all you have to do is drive across the river. I've stayed in Tigard and in Lake Oswego, but each time I've gotten gas, It's been in Vancouver, WA.

[mr_miles]

unfortunately, where I live requires a 30 minute drive in either direction to get to WA....I can go north on hwy 30 to Kelso / longview, or South on 30 to Portland and then up the 5 to Vancouver. Whenever I visit WA for stuff, I usually plan it so I can get fuel. sometimes it ends up being cheaper there, too. I like how Oregon has the attendants to create jobs, but I think it should be optional to pump it yourself.

[nookandcrannycar]

unfortunately, where I live requires a 30 minute drive in either direction to get to WA....I can go north on hwy 30 to Kelso / longview, or South on 30 to Portland and then up the 5 to Vancouver. Whenever I visit WA for stuff, I usually plan it so I can get fuel. sometimes it ends up being cheaper there, too. I like how Oregon has the attendants to create jobs, but I think it should be optional to pump it yourself.

I love to drive (even to get gas) but you're right, that's too far to drive unless you have an additional reason to go to WA.

[screenprintr]

The last couple of fill ups, the attendant was inside the store. I started to fill, but she came out in the cold freezing weather. If I was her first of all I'd quit. Too cold.

Then she came out with no coat. She's heavy, but I don't care it was like below 20. Of course that was the biggest reason I stayed in my car. Lol.

[nookandcrannycar]

The last couple of fill ups, the attendant was inside the store. I started to fill, but she came out in the cold freezing weather. If I was her first of all I'd quit. Too cold.

Then she came out with no coat. She's heavy, but I don't care it was like below 20. Of course that was the biggest reason I stayed in my car. Lol.

I love New Jersey, but not during the Winter! (and New Jersey was the first place I ever visited outside of California, Nevada, and O'Hare Airport....and that trip was during the Winter!)

[Yaristeve]

I had a chance to test this tonight.

Driving on the freeway, my gas gauge went to the last, blinking bar. I noted the mileage and dropped my cruise control to 68MPH. I was able to drive 29 miles and then went to my usual filling station where I filled it with 10.76 gallons.

[STC]

Only time was first fill-up after dealer fill. I went around 20 mi on blinky. Now I fill on the second to last bar.

Cheers! :smile:

[GTBaker]

I've gone 30kms while my range indicator said 0KM remaining. Not sure I would want tot push it any further.

[daf62757]

This thread made me think, has anyone installed an after market gas tank on their Yaris that gives them more fuel capacity? I have thought about trying to do it, but would it take a custom tank that uses an existing Yaris gas tank that is expanded?

[CTScott]

This thread made me think, has anyone installed an after market gas tank on their Yaris that gives them more fuel capacity? I have thought about trying to do it, but would it take a custom tank that uses an existing Yaris gas tank that is expanded?

I could sure use one. My local supermarket has a gas rewards program, and the nearest one of the chain with a gas station is not very convenient. So, I go about once every month to two months and by then I have enough points to get $1.00 or more off per gallon. I used to just fill my Yaris, but realized that it is a waste of the points to only get 8 to 10 gallons (with the limit being 35). So now when I go I bring five gas cans and get 25 gallons plus the Yaris tank. Then, for the next month I fill the two Yaris at home with the reduced price gas.

[bronsin]

In the last six motnhs I managed to drive my Yaris 1034 miles. :eek:

Now THATS how you save money on gas! :headbang:

[bronsin]

. He also mentioned that the state likes that the job of attendant can help people re entry into the workforce. My understanding is the law exists in New Jersey for similar reasons.

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Long before jobs became scarce NJ was a no (customer) pump state. Years ago people here just wanted the attendent to do it or they would go elsewhere. :iono:

I think there was also the sense that people arent smart enough to pump their own gas. :eek: That its best left in the hands of professionals. :eek: Its a "safety" thing. Like back up cameras. The average motorist cant be bothered to look behind himself when backing up so a camera is provided. :biggrin:

It does have the effect of providing jobs which is good. My wife wont let me return the shopping carts to the supermarket. I must leave them in the parking lot. She says it makes the store pay someone to do it. :smile:

The same thing happens when I fly. The business I rent the aircraft from gets nervous when I pump the gas myself. They provide lineboys for that.
I prefer to pump it myself. When Im done I rock the wings to get the airbubbles at the top of the tank to the filler and then squeeze a little more in.

Thats what the deckhands did when Doolittle took off the Hornet to bomb Tokyo in his B25. :biggrin:

[nookandcrannycar]

That its best left in the hands of professionals. :eek:
Who graduated from pump jockey school with honors! :biggrin::rolleyes:

My wife wont let me return the shopping carts to the supermarket. I must leave them in the parking lot. She says it makes the store pay someone to do it. :smile:

Zip code 77388 just got an Aldi. I went to the preview 'tasting' opening and then the 'purchase' opening on a subsequent day. One of the ways that Aldi holds down prices is a 25c deposit on carts so they don't have to pay someone to round them up. I went to pay for my items, swiped my mileage credit card, and a pin request came up. I told the clerk my card was a credit card. She said we don't take credit cards. I pulled out my debit card and paid. I like some of the prices, but I won't be going back. If I can't get more frequent flyer miles (plus the protection my credit card offers), forget it. This is also one of the reasons I don't go to Costco.

The same thing happens when I fly. The business I rent the aircraft from gets nervous when I pump the gas myself. They provide lineboys for that.
I prefer to pump it myself. When Im done I rock the wings to get the airbubbles at the top of the tank to the filler and then squeeze a little more in.

Thats what the deckhands did when Doolittle took off the Hornet to bomb Tokyo in his B25. :biggrin:

:thumbsup:

[nookandcrannycar]

I could sure use one. My local supermarket has a gas rewards program, and the nearest one of the chain with a gas station is not very convenient. So, I go about once every month to two months and by then I have enough points to get $1.00 or more off per gallon. I used to just fill my Yaris, but realized that it is a waste of the points to only get 8 to 10 gallons (with the limit being 35). So now when I go I bring five gas cans and get 25 gallons plus the Yaris tank. Then, for the next month I fill the two Yaris at home with the reduced price gas.

LOL. More power to you! :thumbsup:

[udikurniawan99]

full in gasoline: 42 litre equal with 11.095 galon
with my yaris E type i can reach 600 km or 372 mile.

[nei-k]

I have an 2008 Yaris, with 998cc engine. Fuel tank has 42 liters, and if i refuel immediately after last line starts blinking, i can put maximum 36 liters of gasoline. So i know i always have a backup of 6 liters, enough for 60 Km of hard city traffic or 120 km on national roads. But i don't push my luck that far, so usually i drive maximum 50 Km in the city and 90 Km on nationals

[mryaris]

I was digging through some boxes (just moved to Dallas from Denver) and I found my Yaris paperwork from when I bought the car. Inside were all the little tags explaining how things work. One was the fuel gauge......it says when the slow flash starts on the last bar you have approx. 1.6 gallons of fuel left and when the flash gets faster you have 1.1 gallons left. So.....theoretically, if you are getting 40 MPG, you should be able to go 64 miles on that last bar before running completely out of gas.

I ususally go another 40 miles or so before I fill up......I know I have at least a gallon left when it blinks and I average around 40 MPG, so no woriies of running out of gas. YMMV though! ;)

I'll see about posting a picture of the tag later today.

[nookandcrannycar]

it says when the slow flash starts on the last bar you have approx. 1.6 gallons of fuel left and when the flash gets faster you have 1.1 gallons left. So.....theoretically, if you are getting 40 MPG, you should be able to go 64 miles on that last bar before running completely out of gas.

^^^^^ This sounds exactly right.

I once ran out of gas in my Yaris while pulling into a station to get gas. I filled the tank, not to the absolute top of the neck, but to the point where I could see gas in the neck. That tank = 12.777 gallons. I (at some later date) read CTScott's thread re his having calculated that the maximum capacity of the tank is 12.8 gallons.....point in the neck I eyeball the gas to absolute top of neck = 23/1000th (0.023) of a gallon..very logical.

40 x 12.8 = 512 and 512 / 8 bars = 64...and a 64 miles per bar average has always (since that 'run out' pulling into the station long ago) been the 'rough mental note to myself' to 'check if I'm keeping pace with 40 mpg' as I eyeball each tank.

With my 'extreme fill' style, the first bar always lasts the longest, and this jives with another passage from CTScott that indicates the fuel gauge doesn't (for lack of a better way of putting it) register/account for amounts above 11.1 gallons, IIRC.

[mryaris]

Here's a pic of the tag:

http://myfiero.com/uploads/32603_.jpg


I don't quite go to as much of an extreme when filling it up as you do nook......I do always wait until that last bar starts flashing before I fill it up.

**Edited to say, I rotated the pic before I uploaded it but it keeps defaulting to the sideways shot......no idea why. Sorry.**

[helenback56]

on my 1.4 diesel I used to get 40-50 miles on the blinky fuel light on motorway driving and never ran out.

[Septembersrain]

I'm ridiculous. I may never know the answer to this.
I'm the type who fills up at a half a tank.

I hate running it empty for fear of gunk that will be at the bottom.

[Idahotom]

Every vehicle I have ever owned, always gets to the E or past before I fill up. That adds up to a lot of extra weight I have not carried around, and time saved also.

Gunk? You know your fuel intake is at the bottom of the tank right? It's not like if you fill up at 1/2, the fuel is coming from halfway up in the tank, it is always coming from the bottom.

[Ben_]

I have ran out of gas once. The gauge blinks slowly then blinks faster then you are out. It went about 30 miles after blinking slowly then only a few after blinking quickly. Basically one it starts blinking you better be on your way to a fuel station

[JimKellyfan]

I try and not let the blinking light come on at all, typically stop with two ticks left, that trip or next. Any car with a fuel pump, manuals need to be re-primed, and electrics, well, I don't want mine cavitating and believe the fuel helps keep the pump cool, like a water pump kinda, not really but I don't wanna defeat its purpose of pushing fuel by pushing air around turns.

[vivalaflam]

The most I've ever driven was like 30km after it started blinking fast. I was sweating bullets that day :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[Jcp123]

I don't get the benefit of E...mine won't read any lower than 1/4. As soon as it reads 1/4, I have about 7/10 of a gallon left.

Ah, one of the many things I could/should fix.

[jambo101]

I let it go to one bar once, i usually fill up at 2 or 3 bars,
running out of gas is dangerous and in some circumstances cost you your life.

[nortonfb]

Montreal drivers are uh, different. I left a racing stripe on my seat.
Norton

[vrait]

I need to stop doing this haha.
I'm not use to this small of a tank yet.

[Jcp123]

Not sure I understand? Although despite the small tank, I have more range than I am used to. And I do like seeing that needle stay as high as possible for as long as possible. I fill up every two weeks, whether I need it or not, and usually have plenty of range to spare. Something I'd never dream of doing in my Mustang. Or the T-bucket hot rod which will replace said Mustang.

[vrait]

I'm saying I always fill iy past full. And I never let it get below half.

[nookandcrannycar]

On both my 2nd Gen and my 3rd Gen I fill up to the same point, where I can barely see gas in the neck, but my 'style' re when to fill up is quite different with each.

With my 2nd Gen, I keep a running total in my head re at what 'miles on tank' on trip odometer A each bar drops. I have a ballpark idea of how close I am to 'my usual', and can adjust my habits accordingly. I don't pay any attention to the blinking on the last bar.

With my 3rd Gen, I remember concluding (don't remember if it was stated directly by someone on a thread, was a conclusion from multiple CTScott posts, or exactly what) that the moment the fuel warning light comes on = about 2.2 U.S. Gallons to zero. I watch for the light. When it illuminates, I reset Trip Odometer B to zero. I then allow for a worse than worst tank ever (with my 2nd Gen -- which was a bit over 32 MPG) scenario of 30 MPG. I then look to fill up within 66 miles. During the whole tank I use the instant MPG screen (overestimates, but still helpful re my style of use) to monitor my habits.

[07liftback]

I usually calculate my mpg and how many miles I've traveled to figure out how much gas is left. I miscalculated one time and stalled my engine literally as I was about to drive across a busy intersection to the gas station across the street. Thank God I barely made it across as the slope was in my favor and just as the light turned red too...

Then I ran up to the gas station attendant to see if he had any fuel canisters for sale and he offered to help push my vehicle. This guy was pretty damn strong to be able to push the yaris up the sloped hill but it was only about 10-20 feet. Tipped the guy and filled the tank up with 12.9 gallons if I remember correctly.

So lesson learned, make sure you fill up as soon as you guys see the blinking light on E

[Flammable]

I love New Jersey gas prices, but that attendant fill up law (similar law in Oregon ) drives me crazy. I once drove north from Fort Lee to go to the Palisades Mall and paid more to get gas in Nyack because I didn't feel like 'playing the part of being unaware of the law' that day trying to fill up myself in New Jersey. I've never had New Jersey plates (only CA and TX) and have been able to pump my own gas there a few times.Yes both NJ and Oregon need to send the attendant law the way of the dodo bird. Same goes for the silly time change twice a year.. Sheesh here we are almost 20 years into the 21st century and still following customs from knuckle dragging days lol.:confused:

[LittleIndian]

I drive a 2009 Yaris base sedan. When it reaches close to empty, the gas the gauge starts to blink. I've gone close to 20ish miles while blinking until I filled the tank. Based on how much fuel the fill was I was able to tell that I had used only 1/2 a gallon from the point of gauge blinking and fill up. I could have gone another 20 miles before the car died from no gas left.

[nookandcrannycar]

I drive a 2009 Yaris base sedan. When it reaches close to empty, the gas the gauge starts to blink. I've gone close to 20ish miles while blinking until I filled the tank. Based on how much fuel the fill was I was able to tell that I had used only 1/2 a gallon from the point of gauge blinking and fill up. I could have gone another 20 miles before the car died from no gas left.

The blinking was something I don't remember noticing until someone pointed it out on a thread. With the 2nd Gen gauge with the bars, I would just keep a mental note of what the 'miles on tank =' at each bar drop. I got so good at judging it that I often was 5-10 miles short of running out of gas (I was always starting from the same reference point because I always fill until I can just barely see the gas in the neck). However, for some reason 'the bar setup' sort of motivated me to see how close I could come without running out of gas (not to mention that it doesn't hurt to actually use one's AAA membership to get value for what you are paying for0. I'd guess I've probably run out of gas 8-9 times in my 2007. Once after I had just pulled into the driveway of a gas station :laugh:.

With the 3rd Gen, I've noticed that I have just under three gallons to exhaustion when the warning light comes on (100-130 miles), so I try to get gas within the first 100 miles after the light first comes on. I have yet to run out of gas.