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*Chris07LB* · 09-13-2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Angry Andy

What's the fucking point in deliberately running a tank dry on one of the most fuel-efficient combustion engine-powered vehicles currently on the market?

One will ever know.....

Maybe to afford that one last $0.69 soft taco at Taco Bell??

sherryberry · 09-13-2007, 04:03 PM

my bars go down randomly. it's never real consistent but i do get consistent mpg.

DeliciousYaris2007 · 09-13-2007, 04:06 PM

I push about 30 miles after it starts blinking, and that's it. It starts looking desperate after a while. Does yours start blinking faster? I swear mine does. (I pushed it 45 once...scared the shit out of me lol)

I get around 400 (maybe little over) if I top off the tank. I drive kind of fast though, so that takes its toll on my gas millage :(

sherryberry · 09-13-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DeliciousYaris2007

I push about 30 miles after it starts blinking, and that's it. It starts looking desperate after a while. Does yours start blinking faster? I swear mine does. (I pushed it 45 once...scared the shit out of me lol)

i never let it get to that point. I think someone else said that it's bad to drain your tank like that since it's running on fumes.. I just fill up whenever it gets down to 2 bars.

DeliciousYaris2007 · 09-13-2007, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sherryberry

i never let it get to that point. I think someone else said that it's bad to drain your tank like that since it's running on fumes.. I just fill up whenever it gets down to 2 bars.

Good idea, but I'm a poor college student who for some reason believes if I run it down, it saves me money in the long run. I think it's actually in the manual not to allow that to happen.

*Chris07LB* · 09-13-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DeliciousYaris2007

Good idea, but I'm a poor college student who for some reason believes if I run it down, .

Just wait until it costs you a new fuel pump... you'll feel different then.

marcus · 09-13-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DeliciousYaris2007

Good idea, but I'm a poor college student who for some reason believes if I run it down, it saves me money in the long run. I think it's actually in the manual not to allow that to happen.

sorry bro i dont know how ull be saving money for running it all the way down .. you still need to buy gas after.. buying the gas sooner will give you less gas to pump anyways...

landrym28 · 09-13-2007, 05:52 PM

Somebody told me that the gas tank is like a funnel shape. It always costs more to fill the top half of the tank than it does the bottom half. I never noticed that until I tried it one day. It costs me around $40 to fill my tank...and it's around $25 to fill the top half..and about $15 to fill the bottom half.

I always "top up" my gas once I get to half full...just to save any future problems that could happen with waiting until there's one bar left.

*Chris07LB* · 09-13-2007, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by landrym28

Somebody told me that the gas tank is like a funnel shape. It always costs more to fill the top half of the tank than it does the bottom half. I never noticed that until I tried it one day. It costs me around $40 to fill my tank...and it's around $25 to fill the top half..and about $15 to fill the bottom half.

I always "top up" my gas once I get to half full...just to save any future problems that could happen with waiting until there's one bar left.

$40 to fill??? What the hell do you guys per gallon there???

landrym28 · 09-13-2007, 06:07 PM

where I am...I think it's $1.01 per litre. At that time that I tested it out, gas prices were around .97 cents a litre (or in that area). Hence, it was around $40 to fill a 42 L tank.

DeliciousYaris2007 · 09-13-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris07LB

Just wait until it costs you a new fuel pump... you'll feel different then.

Oh yes, I know...

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Originally Posted by marcus

sorry bro i dont know how ull be saving money for running it all the way down .. you still need to buy gas after.. buying the gas sooner will give you less gas to pump anyways...

Oh, it doesn't really. It's a frame of mind, lol. One I need to change. Just a bad habit.

marcus · 09-13-2007, 06:35 PM

yup first half give me about 344 km.. 2nd half about 250km with about 3 liters left on the tank

sherryberry · 09-13-2007, 06:46 PM

usually costs me a lil less than $30 to fill up my tank from 2 bars.

and deliciousyaris, def. get out of that frame of mind... i just usually always fill up on fridays and that is when i am down to 2 bars.

DeliciousYaris2007 · 09-13-2007, 06:56 PM

I have to fill up about every four days if I let it run all the way down. Costs me about $30, sometimes under. I drive about 80-90 miles a day.

sherryberry · 09-13-2007, 07:02 PM

geez that's a lotta driving. i drive 40 miles a day. and fill up every 6 days or so.

Just wondering, what are gas prices like in NY?

*Chris07LB* · 09-13-2007, 07:28 PM

I get about 3 round trips out of one full tank of gas, filling up each time at around the 365 mile mark.

Yea, I drive a lot.

DeliciousYaris2007 · 09-14-2007, 02:42 AM

I have been paying around $2.75 per gallon for gas lately. Gotta search around though for it.

*Chris07LB* · 09-14-2007, 04:48 AM

$2.45 here in JErsey.

09-13-2007, 04:03 PM	#56
sherryberry Drives: 07 Blazing Blue Yaris Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,305	my bars go down randomly. it's never real consistent but i do get consistent mpg. __________________ Don't Milk the Cat! -Said by me during a game of Cranium.

09-13-2007, 06:46 PM	#67
sherryberry Drives: 07 Blazing Blue Yaris Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,305	usually costs me a lil less than $30 to fill up my tank from 2 bars. and deliciousyaris, def. get out of that frame of mind... i just usually always fill up on fridays and that is when i am down to 2 bars. __________________ Don't Milk the Cat! -Said by me during a game of Cranium.

09-13-2007, 07:02 PM	#69
sherryberry Drives: 07 Blazing Blue Yaris Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,305	geez that's a lotta driving. i drive 40 miles a day. and fill up every 6 days or so. Just wondering, what are gas prices like in NY? __________________ Don't Milk the Cat! -Said by me during a game of Cranium.

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09-13-2007, 04:06 PM	#57
DeliciousYaris2007 Drives: White, Sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central/Upstate, NY Posts: 63	I push about 30 miles after it starts blinking, and that's it. It starts looking desperate after a while. Does yours start blinking faster? I swear mine does. (I pushed it 45 once...scared the shit out of me lol) I get around 400 (maybe little over) if I top off the tank. I drive kind of fast though, so that takes its toll on my gas millage :(

09-13-2007, 05:52 PM	#62
landrym28 3,300+ at one point.. >:( View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Hatchback RS Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada Posts: 542	Somebody told me that the gas tank is like a funnel shape. It always costs more to fill the top half of the tank than it does the bottom half. I never noticed that until I tried it one day. It costs me around $40 to fill my tank...and it's around $25 to fill the top half..and about $15 to fill the bottom half. I always "top up" my gas once I get to half full...just to save any future problems that could happen with waiting until there's one bar left.

09-13-2007, 06:07 PM	#64
landrym28 3,300+ at one point.. >:( View User's Garage Drives: 2010 Hatchback RS Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Saint John, NB, Canada Posts: 542	where I am...I think it's $1.01 per litre. At that time that I tested it out, gas prices were around .97 cents a litre (or in that area). Hence, it was around $40 to fill a 42 L tank.

09-13-2007, 06:35 PM	#66
marcus toyota View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris RS Blazed Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: toronto, canada Posts: 3,637	yup first half give me about 344 km.. 2nd half about 250km with about 3 liters left on the tank

09-13-2007, 06:56 PM	#68
DeliciousYaris2007 Drives: White, Sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central/Upstate, NY Posts: 63	I have to fill up about every four days if I let it run all the way down. Costs me about $30, sometimes under. I drive about 80-90 miles a day.

09-13-2007, 07:28 PM	#70
Chris07LB Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,174	I get about 3 round trips out of one full tank of gas, filling up each time at around the 365 mile mark. Yea, I drive a lot.

09-14-2007, 02:42 AM	#71
DeliciousYaris2007 Drives: White, Sedan Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central/Upstate, NY Posts: 63	I have been paying around $2.75 per gallon for gas lately. Gotta search around though for it.

09-14-2007, 04:48 AM	#72
Chris07LB Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,174	$2.45 here in JErsey.