ldstang50 wrote:mezz I know you're quoting Richie, but 7gal is way too much for 350z 'reserve'. If I had to take a guess I would think its about 3 or maybe at most 4 gallons. With that, what the OP should do knowing she has a 20gal tank is fill up and set the tripodometer to 0. When her fuel light comes on again, fill up. At that point, fill up and record the number of gallons filled. This will tell her how many gallons she burned before the light came on, and dividing that number (like you said) into the trip odometer reading will get her gas mileage for that tank. At that point she can estimate how far she has to go until she is actually empty. Example, after driving 250mi, she fills up with 12gallons(when the light comes on)...shortly after the light came on 250/12=20.8mpg for that tank. Knowing she has about 8 gallons left or about 160 miles. So if she were to push her tank to complete empty, she could get 410mi to a tank.
+1 - the 'miles to empty' learns based off your previous long trip aggregates - if the car never made a 300 mile trip on a tank of gas, it will never show it. Base your need to fill-up on the actual gas meter in your car.
The reserve, if you're lucky, is no more than 2 gallons - there should be no reason for a 7 gallon reserve tank, as that would be entirely useless.
Lol to the "vortex" thingy. It goes by another name as well - the turbonator
O man, how come i never thought of putting acetone in my tank! Of course it gives you 10mpg more..... @ richie - you're worse than nala...
