lit " 0 miles to empty". How far can I go with that?

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06-20-2011, 08:03 PM

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Ford_Dude

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ya the other week I paid $60+ on one fill up we're close enough to being like euro

06-20-2011, 08:14 PM

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pascal

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Originally Posted by mapitts

That is why most of my folks got on boats and headed WEST.

That's what I did...
Only I did it by plane.

06-20-2011, 08:26 PM

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atomicpunk

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I read the thread title and thought of this episode of Seinfeld:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuEdU_lrtZk

06-20-2011, 08:42 PM

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Ford_Dude

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Originally Posted by pascal

That's what I did...
Only I did it by plane.

I think my folks took planes, boats and land to get here

06-21-2011, 08:08 AM

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Nuke

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I think a few of us may have come in spaceships...

06-21-2011, 10:00 AM

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jdmcbride

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Originally Posted by Nuke

Are you broke? Fill the damned tank. Running that low makes you that more likely to...:

...
...
...suck the garbage at the bottom of the tank into the fuel system, clogging injectors

I've always been baffled by this explanation. Isn't the fuel pick up at the bottom of the tank? If so, wouldn't it suck any garbage that is in the bottom of the tank anyway? (With all of the sloshing going on around corners and over bumps.)

Not picking on you Nuke, but I've heard this before and I don't understand it.

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06-21-2011, 10:10 AM

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2007bluestang

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Originally Posted by jdmcbride

idk if its at the bottom but if it is then the garbage would be floating at the top and when the fuel level was really low then it would get sucked in to..just my educated guess lol

06-21-2011, 11:28 AM

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Nuke

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To be honest, I've often wondered the same thing. I just threw that out there for the potential that it's either a real issue or for the flames.

06-21-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by SamsBlueGT

That said, if you reach 0 miles to E and have a Mustang with MyColor gauges your fuel gauge should change to red once you reach that 0 mark. And then you should have roughly a gallon left.

Well well...that's interesting.....

I'm thinking all my guages are red all the time.....

06-21-2011, 12:38 PM

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jdmcbride

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Originally Posted by potman

Well well...that's interesting.....

I'm thinking all my guages are red all the time.....

If you select a different color - other than red - for the MyColor illumination, the gas guage will change to red at 17 miles to Empty (mine does).

I have often wondered if my car overheats, does the water temp guage turn red when it gets to a certain point? Same for low/high oil pressure?

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