How Far Have YOU Gone on "E"

[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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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 .

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.