Thread: When your MPG go up, does your cruising range go up?
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Old 04-11-2008, 07:07 AM
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Default Re: When your MPG go up, does your cruising range go up?
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Originally Posted by scmjem View Post
The other crazy thing is a I filled up for the first time yesterday because the gas light came on, yet I only put in 13.9 gallons....I could have gone another 60-100 miles! Isn't that so early for the gas light to come on?
The low fuel light comes on when you have approximately 2.5 US Gallons of gas remaining. The overall capacity is 17.2 US Gallons. The remaining gas and what you added is 16.4 gallons... So you were close to the set point.

I think all manufactures do not want to risk the liability of the vehicle running out of fuel so the warnings can be a bit optimistic... And being on a slope can confuse them when the gas sloshes around in the tank...

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