How far can you go on 1 bar (mileage/tank)

In my 2009, I have run out of gas in as little as 7 miles once the last bar started blinking. (I have also driven 30 miles with it blinking, without running out) Now I drive 400 miles and start looking for a station.

 

I've seen these 1 bar threads go on for pages.

Tom

 

Well I had 1 bar on my 2010 and filled it with 35litres so potentially 2 gallon left?

 

The tanks are different, but not the fuel tank threads. This was supposed to be a wry comment about beating a dead horse. We visit this same topic several times a week, hence the comment about the threads going on for pages.

Tom

 

Bob Wilson does this for sport. The base post has his distance and gallon figures, but the problems he describes in that post are a side issue. He posts more data and a somewhat better resolution if you read very very deep into the thread.

35 liters is about a quart over 9 US gallons.

 

So, the driving distance depends on your mpg number.

Anyway, following is our findings among JP owners.

	pip	liters	gallons
1	1 solid -> 1 blink	1.8	0.48
2	1 blink -> empty	7.5	1.98

Ken@Japan

 

If you assume that you will one day run out of gas.

 

I agree with ADSGREEN, I also filled and had 2 gallons left at the time, good for at least another 50 miles on my 2010.

 

u lie

 

last bar starts blinking when tank is aprox 12% full, iow, you have the proverbial 8th of a tank.

so figure out how far ya went with the prev 7/8th, and divide by 8. subtract a mile, (jus in case) and tha is how far you can go.

all this assumes the tank was full in the first place.

 

CANVIEW tracks info computer to computer. it tracked gas gauge readings in 2½ % increments in whole #'s iow;

100, 97,95, 92, etc. the last bar would ALWAYS start blinking at 12 %

 

I'm under the impression that the gauges themselves are just not accurate enough to warrant much confidence in them. In my experience, the gas level depends on the slope of the ground. I noticed with prior cars that when parked on an incline facing uphill the gas level is lower than when parked on flat ground. The reported results on the computers are only as accurate as the gauges themselves are.