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Old 10-22-2006, 11:22 AM
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Default Trip Computer (Miles till Empty)....

I was down to 5 miles on the Trip computer and just got to a gas station...

How acurate is that thing with gauging miles left?
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You have a little bit after it reaches 0 (watch out for the uphills) ive run out of gas from that
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Default 0 miles left means you're in the reserve which is probably ~2 gallons...

so you realistically have 40 miles left when it says 0, but no need to push it to the reserve.
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You sure? The manual says you hit reserve when the yellow light comes on...
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Default maybe the b7 is different....

or maybe they tell you it's when the light comes on so you don't run out of gas. I can't say with certainty but iirc the yellow light comes on at what like 25 miles left ?

If that's true you still have a while to go once it hits 0.
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2nd that, I've gone least 30 miles after the trip comp said 0 miles.
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Default Doubt it

I had 50km left on the tank and the low gas warning went up. Filled up and it took in about 53L of gas (tank size is 62L or 16.6 gal).
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Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Cramer tried to drive as far as he can on E! lol
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There's got to be a good story to this..
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Not really, Seinfeld is always in the back of my head though.


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