Posted by Piper on October 4, 2007, 12:04 pm
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:11:43 -0400, "a" <a> wrote:
>Bought a 2007 about a month ago and was wondering about the gas gauge.
>I have gone 400 miles on this tank of gas and the gauge only has one block lit.
>I know I am getting 50MPG highway, so I have only used 8 of the 11.9 gallons.
>Is this normal for the gas gauge in this car?
>Thanks
We just fill it somewhere around the last two or three blocks. We
know we could go further, but the owner's manual says it's best to
fill it when you have about ¼ of a tank left. Why push it unless
you're crossing the desert and there's no station for 200 more miles?
-
Piper
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on October 4, 2007, 1:13 pm
> We just fill it somewhere around the last two or three blocks. We
> know we could go further, but the owner's manual says it's best to
> fill it when you have about ¼ of a tank left. Why push it unless
> you're crossing the desert and there's no station for 200 more miles?
Because the weirdos think they're driving a rolling video game, the goal
of which is to show the highest numbers possible in the glowing screen
that has capture their attention.
Driving? Nah. We're watching the glowing screen and THE NUMBERS!
Posted by Tom Ricostronza on October 5, 2007, 6:43 am
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:13:12 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
>> We just fill it somewhere around the last two or three blocks. We
>> know we could go further, but the owner's manual says it's best to
>> fill it when you have about ¼ of a tank left. Why push it unless
>> you're crossing the desert and there's no station for 200 more miles?
>Because the weirdos think they're driving a rolling video game, the goal
>of which is to show the highest numbers possible in the glowing screen
>that has capture their attention.
>Driving? Nah. We're watching the glowing screen and THE NUMBERS!
Man, you just have to hate everything. How bitter and sad.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on October 5, 2007, 9:39 am
> >> We just fill it somewhere around the last two or three blocks. We
> >> know we could go further, but the owner's manual says it's best to
> >> fill it when you have about ¼ of a tank left. Why push it unless
> >> you're crossing the desert and there's no station for 200 more miles?
> >
> >Because the weirdos think they're driving a rolling video game, the goal
> >of which is to show the highest numbers possible in the glowing screen
> >that has capture their attention.
> >
> >Driving? Nah. We're watching the glowing screen and THE NUMBERS!
>
> Man, you just have to hate everything. How bitter and sad.
Hate everything? Nah.
Expose people for being stupid? Yeah.
Posted by richard schumacher on October 6, 2007, 3:14 am
bwilson4use@hotmail.com (Bob & Holly Wilson) wrote:
> I've been running some gasoline energy studies and running the tank
> 'dry' lets me change brands with a minimum amount of dilution from the
> earlier brand. It is deliberate and some of the results:
>
> http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prius/pri_fuel_010.jpg
> http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prius/pri_fuel_020.jpg
> http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prius/pri_fuel_API_020.jpg
Will you let us know if you burn up the fuel pump? That's a piece of
fun to replace, tell-you-whut.
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>I have gone 400 miles on this tank of gas and the gauge only has one block lit.
>I know I am getting 50MPG highway, so I have only used 8 of the 11.9 gallons.
>Is this normal for the gas gauge in this car?
>Thanks