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Old 09-18-2008, 10:07 AM
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gas light!! how many miles do i have left to drive?

its seems to come on a little prematurely compared to my other cars..can u help me out? how long can i drive..(highway) once that light is beamin at me
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If I recall you have about 40 miles left depending on your gas mileage. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I think about 2 gallons after the light comes on.
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I was thinking about 50 but 40 is safe to figure,
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LOL, 40-50! It's more like 25-30 at highway speeds.
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Tank is 60 liters, light comes on at 50 liters so 10 left = 2.5 of your fine US gallons x your highway mileage......

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My dad was a pilot and told me that you always have just enough fuel to get you to the scene of the crash. I'm sure that applies to cars somehow as well.
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when the light comes on, my rule is max 30 miles. i prefer no more than 20.
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From experience a week ago...I went about 27 miles from the time the light came on until I found a gas station (I reset one of the tripmeters when the light came on). When I filled up, the car took 13.9 gallons. So, with a capacity of 15.8 gallons, and averaging 20.3 for my trip...I COULD have driven about 65-66ish miles before being bone dry.

That was the first time I stretched to over 280 miles on a tank, all highway with cruise set at 85.

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In my experience, if you cruise at 80 you should net 310-325 a tank. I have on more than one trip. I do generally stick to the 20-30 rule just to be safe.
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Originally Posted by StealthTL
Tank is 60 liters, light comes on at 50 liters so 10 left = 2.5 of your fine US gallons x your highway mileage......

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this is dead on..

and i have run the tank dry twice to prove it..

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Did you make it to the scene of the crash?
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i heard the car dies with a gallon left in the tank...?
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It probably depends on which side of the saddle tank it's in...
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Originally Posted by kersh4w
i heard the car dies with a gallon left in the tank...?
nope.

i have put 16.1 gal in the tank..

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I pushed it just to around 55 miles on a road trip last year and the needle went much lower than I thought it would ever go (several ticks below the empty line) so Stealth's formula sounds rather accurate. BTW - if you ever drive through northern New Mexico in this car you better make damn sure you get gas when you can.
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Originally Posted by swoope
this is dead on..

and i have run the tank dry twice to prove it..

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Swoope takes one for the team once again!

Our car has a low fuel light?! Strange, never seen it...
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Originally Posted by JRichter
... BTW - if you ever drive through northern New Mexico in this car you better make damn sure you get gas when you can.
hahahaha
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Originally Posted by Xander
its seems to come on a little prematurely compared to my other cars..can u help me out? how long can i drive..(highway) once that light is beamin at me
Believe it or not, there was a thread on this subject already... it mentions some facts which will tell you that you might have quite a bit less gas than you think... Search and thou shall find.
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Originally Posted by Toly
Believe it or not, there was a thread on this subject already... it mentions some facts which will tell you that you might have quite a bit less gas than you think... Search and thou shall find.
i id a seach on gas light and didnt see any threads that were specific to that sorry..but i only looked through a couple pages
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Originally Posted by I8U
LOL, 40-50! It's more like 25-30 at highway speeds.
I've done 40.
Old 09-19-2008, 07:41 PM
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Yup. I did 15 miles on the freeway when my light poped up! I was like Oh NoZ!
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