Should I keep going? Almost at 1000km on a tank

Is there a gas station downhill from you? You may want to carry a gas can with you!

 

I usually assume just under a gallon (about 4 liter maybe) at best when the last pip flashes. If you think you can go another 62 klicks on 4 liters go for it. Just don't kill the battery trying to get to a gas station once you run out of gas. There are several horror stories on the board from people who drove their car on battery alone until it went flat. Then it took a trip to the dealer to get their car started again.

 

I'm pretty sure I saw this once on Seinfeld.

... Brad

 

What? You think it's gong to be cheaper in another 60klicks?

I know you'd love to get 1000km out of a tank just for ego, but running out of gas is not a good idea in a Prius (or any car for that matter) for a variety of reasons. Stop and fill up. Look at it this way, it's way cheaper today than tomorrow.

Icarus

Congrats on ~1000km though

 

My typical distance on 'flash' is about 60 miles / 96 km. If you have a spare 4 liter gas can in the car, go for it. Just try to do the whole distance in one drive to avoid engine warm-up costs.

Have you driven to fuel exhaustion, yet? My first fuel exhaustion went 208 km.

Bob Wilson

 

Oh boy, not another one.

 

Do you gain any benefits to push to the limit? That's the question you would like to ask.

I normally just fill up when on the last pip after/before it start to blink. IMO, pushing the car to the limit won't gain me any benefits.

 

Bragging rights ?

There should be a very tiny advantage from carrying less weight in fuel around on average.

If there are gas stations every mile on his routes through Toronto, he could maximize his savings by putting the minimum amount of gas in at every station. In Canada at 60+MPG he could get away with 80 cents of gas or so to get to the next station. Perhaps one pulse and you can glide to the next station.

If there was the infrastructure of quick pay and fill stations at every light, we could all do this, hybrid or not.


If we're going this far, let's go further and shed the rest of all that unneeded weight. Chuck all the flotsam and jetsam like spare tire stuff. Go anorexic. Drive naked AFTER "elimination" !!


Seriously though, I wonder if there's any risk to the ICE or other mechanicals from running out of gas repeatedly. ICE is designed for high number of restarts and shutdowns. Do the injectors keep firing and is there any risk to them ? Or near the end, fuel supply may be erratic (Unless the bladder helps protect from that); perhaps there is risk to the catalytic ?

We KNOW there is risk to the battery from running it down, but I think that's the main thing that has been confirmed and why Toyota makes it seem so dangerous.

 

1k is pretty sweet, congrats.

good luck driving in a non caring mindset, though. "old habits" die hard.

 

Big deal, I get 4.3L/100km and better every day commuting to and from work without trying hard at all. it said you were getting 4.3L/100km when you had 900km on the tank.
Who cares that you risked running out of petrol in the middle of the road. If it was clever to drive around with the low fuel warning flashing I'd be clapping, can you hear that?
No, no clapping.

 

Congrats on the 1000km tank .. Glad to hear you didnt run out..here is my best tank dont know what it would be in km's but I only went about 10-15 miles when last pip started blinking....

 

Let us know how this works out. I am also very interested in what your MPG's will be.....