Closest to empty?
07-24-2006, 05:17 AM
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Utah
Posts: 184
Closest to empty?
For those of you who have the IUP. When you are running low on fuel a warning comes on at 50 miles left. My question is who has been the closest to zero? I am just curious how accurate the warning system is. I refilled with 13 miles left today. It got kind of scary at points because it seemed like I lost 2-3 miles in maybe a mile of driving. I wasn't driving it hard or anything.
07-24-2006, 05:27 AM
#2
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location:
Posts: 1,541
RE: Closest to empty?
I've taken as low as 8 miles but I don't think its dead on accurate. The milage various according to Average MPG. I've know people with differnent vehicles with this feature to ride it down to zero and still have gas left. Like maybe an 1/16th of a tank.
07-24-2006, 06:34 AM
#5
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Posts: 954
RE: Closest to empty?
ORIGINAL: Racefiend
I went 22 miles past 0. It was great. I've hit zero many times since then, because I know I can....Muahahahah
I went 22 miles past 0. It was great. I've hit zero many times since then, because I know I can....Muahahahah
I have driven over 10 miles After it read Zero miles to empty. BUT when acceration hard from a stop the car would fall right on it's face about half way through firs. Sot after about 3 times, thats when I figured ok that's pretty empty so I better fill up. 05SDI
07-24-2006, 06:50 AM
#6
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location:
Posts: 176
RE: Closest to empty?
Yeah, each car is different due to the tolerances on senders/gauges. I replaced the instrument cluster on one of my cars, and where I could make it pretty far with the gas light on before, after the swap it would run out shortly after the light went on. I run on E quite often, if you haven't noticed yet 
07-24-2006, 09:58 AM
#7
1st Gear Member
Join Date: May 2006
Location:
Posts: 76
RE: Closest to empty?
i went about 15 past 0... i noticed once i did, the est for empty went up the 15 miles... i made a tank last about 370 miles!!!!(road trip, cruise control) average 34 mpg on a v6 w/ steeda filter and magnaflow exhaust.
07-24-2006, 11:12 AM
#8
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 92
RE: Closest to empty?
I don’t pay too much attention to that feature, sometimes it will read a ridiculous low number when I know I have plenty of gas left. Like yesterday it said 31 miles left and I had more than half a tank. Then after shutting down and restarting it said 100 and something. It’s done this to me a couple of times already. Has this happened to anyone else?
07-24-2006, 12:38 PM
#10
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Temecula, CA ...SoCal....
Posts: 345
RE: Closest to empty?
^^^ ha ha ha, thats my favorite episode of Seinfeld!!
But yeah, I have gone about 20 miles after it showed 0 miles left. No problems. I don't pay attention to that gauge to much, just the actual gas guage.
But yeah, I have gone about 20 miles after it showed 0 miles left. No problems. I don't pay attention to that gauge to much, just the actual gas guage.