Anyone try to track the distance each of the 10 pips can be driven? Not all pips are created equal. The 9th pip has the shortest distance of all the pips.
YMMV. I've found that #1 can last up to 200 miles. #2 and #3 only go about 30-40 miles each. For me, #9 goes around 50 miles.
Probably the one thing everyone can agree on is that the worth of one pip is more than a mile but less than a hundred. If you want to estimate the distance of a tank, simply take the last refill amount and multiply by your lifetime mileage average. Then ignore the pips altogether until the last one blinks.
Of course mileage may vary. Same with tank total but people are reporting them anyway. You're gonna have track each pip with Trip A and tank total with Trip B. Then figure out how many gallons each pip represent. 1 pip does not equal to 1 Gallon of gas. The first and last pip can represent as much as 4 gallons.
Depends on how you fill the tank. If you fill to the very top of the filler pipe, the first "pip" can last for about 200 miles. The manual says that when you get to "0 miles left" on readout, (last pip starts flashing) you have about 1.6 gallons left. To be safe, I figure 1.5 gallons X 40 mpg (I avg 45 mpg)or about 60 miles to find a gas station. Never ran out so I can't say exactly how much gasoline left.
Rounding it out, it is around 50. Yet, I've driven almost 120 miles on that top pip, and less than 20 on the bottom pip. YPMV.
Actually, the value of a pip depends on whether you fill the tank from the bottom up or from the top down. Pips on top are lighter than air so they don't contain as much gas. Pips on the bottom are heavier...unless you are in the southern hemisphere and then the molecules get mixed up.
How do you figure it doesn't have a gas gauge? Is there not something that tells you how much fuel you have in the tank? Do you not average approx. the same number of miles per tank before refilling? Sheesh
It can all be explained in quantum theory. The act of observation can skew the results. There is no definite state for a pip. Kinda like Schrödinger's cat.
We know the pips are there even if covered up because the car is still moving but we don't know how many pips are there.
If anyone care to try this, fill up the tank and stop at the first click, reset both Trip A and Trip B. At the first pip disappearance, reset Trip A, record the mileage for each of the 10 pips. On the last pip, record the mileage driven on the last pip while it's solid, reset Trip A when it starts blinking, reset again when DTE reaches 0, The last Trip A records how far you've driven on 0 DTE before filling up. The number of the pip should represent visible pip. So, when you fill up your tank, you have 10 pips. That's the 10th pip. Your record should look something like this 10th pip - 80 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1.333 gal 9th pip - 40 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, .6666 gal 8th pip - 60 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1 gal 7th pip - 60 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1 gal 6th pip - 65 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1.0833 gal 5th pip - 65 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1.0833 gal 4th pip - 60 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 1 gal 3rd pip - 55 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 0.91666 gal 2nd pip - 55 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, 0.91666 gal 1st solid pip - 40 miles, 65 AVG MPG on MFD, 60MPG calculated, .6666 gal blinking pip - 20 - This shows how accurate the 27 mile DTE estimate is. 0 DTE - 50 - This shows how far you've driven when the distance to empty shows 0. Total miles on trip B 650 miles report total gas pumped, and Trip B's AVG MPG and calculated MPG. We can get the accuracy of MPG on the MFD vs calculated MPG. If you can, fill up the tank again at the same gas station, same pump, same time and temperature. Do a little calculation will show how much gas each pip represents. The 10th pip will be irrelevant but will be nice to know what the average is. It's the 9th - 0DTE that I'm interested to see.
