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01-28-2013, 02:48 PM | #1 |
How Far Have YOU Gone on "E"
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. |
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01-28-2013, 03:09 PM | #2 |
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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).
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01-28-2013, 03:43 PM | #3 |
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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.
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01-28-2013, 04:14 PM | #4 |
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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.
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01-28-2013, 06:19 PM | #5 |
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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.
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01-28-2013, 07:42 PM | #6 |
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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.
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01-28-2013, 08:48 PM | #7 |
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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.
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01-28-2013, 09:04 PM | #8 |
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When my Yaris goes blinky, I go fillin'!
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01-29-2013, 12:19 AM | #9 |
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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. |
01-29-2013, 10:17 AM | #10 |
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I'm too scared to get stuck so I have never done more than about 5 miles on the blinker
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01-29-2013, 11:00 AM | #11 |
01-29-2013, 11:53 AM | #12 |
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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.
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01-29-2013, 03:21 PM | #13 |
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I usually go around 20-25miles after the blinky
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01-30-2013, 10:10 PM | #14 |
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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. |
01-30-2013, 10:53 PM | #15 |
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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.
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01-30-2013, 10:55 PM | #16 |
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01-30-2013, 10:58 PM | #17 |
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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.
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01-31-2013, 12:32 PM | #18 |
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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.
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