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Go to a BMW dealership, take an M5 for a test drive, when the car says it was 32 miles left try to drive it 60. It's a 100k car and it won't make that feat eit
by fleitz 14y ago
Go to a BMW dealership, take an M5 for a test drive, when the car says it was 32 miles left try to drive it 60.
It's a 100k car and it won't make that feat either.
- duaneb 14y agoI mean, I've never driven a car with a digital gas meter before, but on all the cars I've driven they always have tens of miles when the gas light comes on. EDIT: To be clear, it is extremely stupid to do so.
- jlgreco 14y agoSimilarly, the car traveled 19 miles past it's projected range, and still has reserve power when it claims to be empty.
- duaneb 14y agoI'm not trying to claim that it doesn't, but perhaps the tester was a little optimistic about the mileage he would get after it emptied.
- EvanKelly 14y agoMy Volkswagen has it, and I've gotten it down to 5 miles remaining before, but at that level they fluctuate pretty heavily based on how you're doing with MPG. I never try to play that game though because I don't want to dry out my fuel pump.
- dlss 14y agoIf you read the article, Broder ignored repeated warnings to stop and use a charging station...
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- bjourne 14y agoDoesn't it damage the engine to run completely out of gas? If no, are you sure about it? Really sure? So sure you would take your brand new $100k car and run it out of gas just to see what happens? :)
- rayiner 14y agoAll cars, including the Tesla, will run for awhile after the meter tells you "zero." But when you nonetheless run out of gas at some point after hitting that mark, you blame yourself not the car.
- willtheperson 14y agoWhat if I'm in the car and it says 32 miles and I ask the BMW sales guy if we'll make it 60mi. He says, yeah, it is a 100k car and has a new engine you've never used before, it's just the cold weather which as it warms up will cause the reading to show more range. Still my fault?
- pbreit 14y agoI think we all know that batteries and battery gauges work quite differently from gas. Or do we?
- redm 14y ago> Go to a BMW dealership, take an M5 for a test drive, when the car says it was 32 miles left try to drive it 60. Leave that same BMW overnight in a parking lot and it's range wont go from 90 miles down to 32 either.....