Ran out of gas

it's never made sense to me. why is it so hard/expensive to provide more warning?

 

especially on that small of tank...not a fan of filling up when almost 20% of the tank is full, but that's just me

 

I saw the warning on my 2001 and 2004. Never ran down that low on my 2010 and PIP.

Mike

 

My last pip started blinking last night about a mile before I pulled into the gas station. I was able to put in right above 8.4 gallons in (said 10 miles to empty).

 

So there were 2.1 gallons still available on a a 10.5 gallon tank, exactly 20%.

 

if you look at my fill ups on the spreadsheet, that's almost exactly what i get every time.

 

This thread brings up a curiosity of mine that I was thinking of posting as a new thread. But I'll throw it out here:

How many of us PiP owners have ever gone to fill up and added 10.0 or more gallons? Let's call those folks who have added 10+ gallons members of the "10 Gallon Club". I have yet to achieve it. But I have been playing with getting there for the last several months. I follow my fill ups on fuelly.com. Since Feb 2015 I've had four fill ups that ranged from 9.5 to 9.84 gallons. Looking to cross into the 10s, just to know I can do it.

Here's how I walk the fine line of getting towards 10+ gallons consumed, but not running out of gas. Once my last fuel gauge pip starts to flash, I immediately zero my Trip B meter. I assume the flashing starts at 8 gallons consumed. I then use that new Trip B info to try to get 2 or more gallons worth of distance out of what remains in the tank.

Anyway, I am curious. If you're a member of the 10 Gallon Club, chime in! I'd be curious if it's a regular thing you do, or if it's a rare thing that happened because of circumstance.

 

As mentioned a quite a few posts above this one, I recently entered this club. It was purely by accident. Keep in mind, it didn't take very far past 10 gallons for me to "run out of gas."