600 mile tank...should I go for it??

Do you have AAA?

 

Evan- You know my opinion........hell yeah!

 

If you decide to go for it, take a couple of gallons of gas along with you, just in case. If you don't make it you'll at least join the growing number of Prius owners who have run out of gas.

 

You can get a cheap gas can for about $5 at many convenience stores. A lot of gas station/ convenient stores keep them for those who run out of gas "by mistake".

That's what I'd do. Normally it is dangerous to keep gas in the car, but for your "experiment" it might be OK.

Once the "experiment" is over, pour that gas into your tank, then keep the empty can in the car for when you decide to aim for 700.

 

GO 4 IT!!!

 

I keep a quart of "emergency gas" in the car at all time. Before anyone says it is dangerous -- it is not really gasoline. It comes in a little yellow bottle and is safe to keep in the car or trunk. It is designed to work in a hot engine and will save you if you run out of gas. I bought it in an auto supply store about a year ago, think it was about $12 -- which is cheap for peace of mind.

 

that "its not really gas" part would make me a bit nervous. not worth damaging a nearly brand new car, epecially one that i love

 

The product is made by Pennzoil and is called Roadside Rescue. It comes in a yellow one quart bottle with a red funnel attachment to aide pouring into the gas tank.

Not trying to sell the product or make claims for it, but for those that are interested here is a link for more info:

http://www.napsinfo.com/pdfs/New%20Emergen...%20Additive.pdf

 

hehehe

The man can stare down death on a daily basis, but a flashing gas guage? nope

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Saddest of all is that if you crammed the gas in, you could have done over 700 miles with that average. I realize that you've never gotten that much gas in your tank, so it might not be possible, but then again.......

 

Go for it on this tank, Evan! We have faith you can do it

PS - I'm slightly bothered that I now get so excited about a tank of gas.

-m.

 

Evan , i know exactly what you are saying. that is why it took me so long to get my 600 miles tank. i was lucky in that on my tank, the bar didnt start blinking until i hit 570 miles. it was the most stressful 32 miles of my life!!

you notice from my signature, i tolerated it long enough to make it, but it was tough!

 

YOU CAN DO IT!!

I have gotten 580 miles on 1 tank, avg on the screen said 53.2. I was calculating the milage on my calculator and sweeting bullets while trying it, lol. If you are getting 58, well look out, i say you prob can get 630 or so. good luck, im going to try it even father next time, i still have the road side assistance thou.

2005 prius, 2200 miles so far

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Evan,

I'm a little bit late for this thread, but I know how you feel. I have only gone thru three tanks full so far. My last tank I had 564 miles and the MFD said 58.3 and I had only one fuel pip showing - but not blinking. Reading all the posts about the 'guess gauge' has me a little gunshy about how much fuel remains in the tank. I was facing a 46 mile drive at 5am and I pass 16 gas stations on the way, although not all are open then. I could have pushed it but didn't. I put 10.153 gallons in when I filled it, so I think I could have made 600 easily. In 27 years of driving I have never run out of gas.

Someday I will achieve a 600 mile tank tho. I would definitely have 1 gallon of gas in a container in the car for the event specifically. I keep telling myself that preparing in that manner for running out of gas would allow me to continue saying that I never run out of gas. Kinda cheapens it thou, you know? Maybe I should just run it until it runs out of gas then put that 1 gallon in. That way I could say that the only time I ever ran out of gas was 'intentional'. LOL

 

the best tank i had was 603miles. my screen showed 54.1mpg. so i'm sure you could've made it to the 600mile mark. when i filled up it stopped at 9.8 gallons so i had to pump it up to 10.5gal.