Either I have a broken fuel gauge or I will have an awesome tank. I am at 178 miles and still on all pips. I just switched my route from the highway to back roads (max speed is 40 mpg but avg 30) and it only adds about 5 min on my 17-mile commute. This is probably a good thing since 87 octane is now $3.01 a gal. Any ideas how much gas is in the first pip? The MFD says 63.8 mpg so far but that is usually way off.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tadashi @ May 22 2007, 06:24 PM) [snapback]447724[/snapback]</div> I seriously doubt that it's consistent. However, 177 miles for the first pip is what I got for my all time record on a tank of gas. MFD miles said 69.9 mpg and calculated said 66.7+. Dave M.
Until last week, I had not seen more than 226 miles on the first pip. This tank I thought my gas gage had broken as I went 265 miles on the first pip. I am now at 80.1 mpg after 380 miles on this tank. I think I have a shot at 1000 miles for this tank.
There is nothing like the feeling of hitting 200miles and still on the first pip. Since I drive 98% freeway it is tough for me to see those numbers often. Good luck on this tank!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tadashi @ May 24 2007, 11:38 PM) [snapback]449575[/snapback]</div> Tadashi, Keep up the good work; you are on your way to a 800 mile tank.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tadashi @ May 24 2007, 07:38 PM) [snapback]449575[/snapback]</div> I see your general mileage this year has been a lot more than mine. If the gauge is consistent between your car and mine, you should get about 830 miles on your tank. Congratulations on a great start. Dave M.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VABeachPrius @ May 25 2007, 08:21 AM) [snapback]449800[/snapback]</div> I'm not sure why you guys are blessed with such large tanks or if you chose to run a tank to the dangerously low level. Even when I can get 200miles on the first pip I still end up having to refill before the 500mile mark to play it safe. I usually do this when I am down to two pips. Are you guys going much lower than that?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 25 2007, 02:09 PM) [snapback]449944[/snapback]</div> I've taken it down to a blinking single pip... and the tank still only took 9.5 gallons
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kdk84 @ May 25 2007, 02:17 PM) [snapback]449952[/snapback]</div> I take it down to the blinking pip as well, usually will take about 10.3 - 10.9 gallons from flashing. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tadashi @ May 22 2007, 09:24 PM) [snapback]447724[/snapback]</div> the fuel gauge is quite odd, I have seen it lose a pip as early as 70 miles, and I have seen me go 180 miles and not lose the first pip.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 25 2007, 11:09 AM) [snapback]449944[/snapback]</div> On my last tank, I got down to two bars at 460 miles, down to one bar at 569 (yes, 109 miles on the ninth bar) and it started flashing barely seven miles later. I filled up at 583.6 miles and it took 11.04 gallons. The most I have ever managed to pump in was ~ 11.5 gallons.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ May 25 2007, 03:35 PM) [snapback]450093[/snapback]</div> Well. That beats most of us. I was starting to think 11.9 gallons was an outright lie. Well not really, but I've never gotten in more than 10.5 gallons, and that includes the one time I ran out of gas. Dave M.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dmckinstry @ May 25 2007, 10:33 PM) [snapback]450176[/snapback]</div> Approximately how far did you travel on a blinking pip before you exhausted your remaining fuel supply? For curiousity's sake
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ May 25 2007, 03:35 PM) [snapback]450093[/snapback]</div> That is the kind of info I was looking for. Thanks
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kdk84 @ May 25 2007, 07:55 PM) [snapback]450189[/snapback]</div> The time I ran out of gas, it wasn't more than 15 miles, but I was on an up hill when I ran out. The last time I filled up I'd got about 40 miles (without running out) before I filled up. Basically, I don't trust the pips at all. Dave M.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 25 2007, 02:09 PM) [snapback]449944[/snapback]</div> F8L, I usually pump between 11.3-11.7 gallons of gas on each fill. I did pump 12.138 gallons a few months back; and I am wondering how that was even possible. It was one of the few times I used a different pump than what I normally use.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kdk84 @ May 25 2007, 01:24 PM) [snapback]449910[/snapback]</div> $3.65 a gallon?? that a steel, it's $3.89 here in south orange county, CA <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(kdk84 @ May 25 2007, 02:17 PM) [snapback]449952[/snapback]</div> You can always travel 30 miles when the pip begins blinking spell corrected ~ whoops
