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How low do you go?
Topic Started: May 28 2011, 03:25 PM (296 Views)
George K
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When you're driving along, and the gas gauge is reading close to empty, how low do you let the gauge go before you fill up?

1/4 tank?
1/8 tank?

Less?
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brenda
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If I'm just cruising around the local area, I let it get close to empty. If I'm far from home and not sure where all gas stations are, 1/4 tank is time to refill.
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George K
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My car gives me a "50 miles to empty" warning. I usually fill up at 1/8, unless I'm lazy, in which case I wait for the warning.
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My gas gauge doesn't work (well known problem with Chevy Silverado). When the trip odometer reached 300 miles, I gas up. There'll be about 5-6 gallons left in the tank at 300 miles, so I guess I don't cut it very close - 15mpg, 300 miles = 20 gallons, so I'm down to about a fifth of a tank at that point.

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sue
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Usually about the 1/8th mark. Gas is more expensive here on the island, so I try to wait until a trip to the mainland to fill up. So sometimes often I do the nervous checking the gauge while willing the car to make it all the way to the first gas station off the highway. Our vw van (like my old beetle) does not have a working gas gauge, so I've hauled a few red cans in my day.
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George K
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May 28 2011, 03:34 PM
My gas gauge doesn't work (well known problem with Chevy Silverado). When the trip odometer reached 300 miles, I gas up. There'll be about 5-6 gallons left in the tank at 300 miles, so I guess I don't cut it very close - 15mpg, 300 miles = 20 gallons, so I'm down to about a fifth of a tank at that point.

Reminds me of my dad. When I was growing up, he had a 1957 VW Beetle. It didn't have a gas gauge, so he had to keep track of the mileage. If he ran out of gas, the car had an "auxiliary fuel tank" that he could engage with a lever on the firewall - I think it had 1 1/2 gallons in it.

What a horrible car.
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Mikhailoh
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Down to when the light comes on or there's a particularly cheap day. I got $3.74 the other day. Back up to 3.89 today.
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I fill up every other Thursday (pay-day) whether I need to or not - typically I've got about a third of a tank at that point, since it's only a 10 mile drive. I use somewhere that gives us money off for Stop n Shop points, and it's on the way to work. I plan my life out like the German war machine.

Back in the days when I paid English pump prices I'd wait until the engine cut out over the hump-back bridge on the way home from work, and then fill it up :)
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kenny
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I usually fill up when I hear the DING warning and the GAS LOW light comes on.
I think that means I have 1.5 gallons left, which can take me 75 miles or so.
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Renauda
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Try not to go below a 1/4 tank. It puts heat stress on your in tank fuel pump. Sage advice I received years ago from a highly competent mechanic .
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May 28 2011, 05:07 PM
Try not to go below a 1/4 tank. It puts heat stress on your in tank fuel pump. Sage advice I received years ago from a highly competent mechanic .
Enough that the fuel pump would quit multiple times over a five year period, assuming you waited until the last possible moment to fill your tank every time? This might explain something.
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May 28 2011, 05:07 PM
Try not to go below a 1/4 tank. It puts heat stress on your in tank fuel pump. Sage advice I received years ago from a highly competent mechanic .
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George K
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There's a fuel pump in the tank as well?

Who knew?
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Jolly
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1/4.
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Copper
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Usually 1/2 - 3/4, I have a 26 gallon tank, I don't want to see the price for a full tank
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Renauda
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Copper, you will probably never have a fuel pump failure.
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