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How far can you go after the gas light has come on in your car?

3 points by irrelative 19y ago

karzeem 19y ago
This made me chuckle. The thing for them to worry about is that there's not much reason to come back to the site (Zillow has a milder form of the same problem), but maybe they'll figure something out for that.
natrius 19y ago
For this to be accurate, everyone who is voting has to have driven their car until the gas completely ran out. I'm assuming most of them haven't. Do I have too much faith in humanity?
- chengmi 19y ago
  or, you could estimate it fairly accurately using the following formula: (fuel tank capacity - gallons needed to fill tank when gas light turns on) * (average miles per gallon) I have about 4 gallons left when the light turns on. 2 gallons left when the needle dips below the "empty" line. The emptiest my tank has ever been is 0.5 gallons left.
- bootload 19y ago
  "... For this to be accurate, everyone who is voting has to have driven their car until the gas completely ran out. I'm assuming most of them haven't. ..." I've tried. In a 3Ltr, V6 I've managed to get a good 20Km of travel at a very slow 40Km/h. I won't go into the details but the gauge was empty when I left and by the time I made the destination I wasn't going to risk it driving to the service station to fill it up. I cannot believe the average of 47miles ( http://tankonempty.com/viewcar/Toyota/Camry http://tankonempty.com/viewcar/Toyota/Camry ) the gauges must be out of calibration or they are the 4 cydr. models. Here's an interesting article about "Justin Davis" the creator of "Tank On Empty" ~ http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16632 http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16632
michaelneale 19y ago
Hmm... is this the redditisation of news.YC?
- queensnake 19y ago
  Isn't pg or someone supposed to be behind the scenes, pulling irrelevant crap?
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henryw 19y ago
There's lots of stories on that site saying tank on empty results in overheated and broken fuel pumps.

3 points by irrelative 19y ago

This made me chuckle. The thing for them to worry about is that there's not much reason to come back to the site (Zillow has a milder form of the same problem), but maybe they'll figure something out for that.

natrius 19y ago

For this to be accurate, everyone who is voting has to have driven their car until the gas completely ran out. I'm assuming most of them haven't. Do I have too much faith in humanity?

chengmi 19y ago
or, you could estimate it fairly accurately using the following formula: (fuel tank capacity - gallons needed to fill tank when gas light turns on) * (average miles per gallon) I have about 4 gallons left when the light turns on. 2 gallons left when the needle dips below the "empty" line. The emptiest my tank has ever been is 0.5 gallons left.
bootload 19y ago
"... For this to be accurate, everyone who is voting has to have driven their car until the gas completely ran out. I'm assuming most of them haven't. ..." I've tried. In a 3Ltr, V6 I've managed to get a good 20Km of travel at a very slow 40Km/h. I won't go into the details but the gauge was empty when I left and by the time I made the destination I wasn't going to risk it driving to the service station to fill it up. I cannot believe the average of 47miles ( http://tankonempty.com/viewcar/Toyota/Camry http://tankonempty.com/viewcar/Toyota/Camry ) the gauges must be out of calibration or they are the 4 cydr. models. Here's an interesting article about "Justin Davis" the creator of "Tank On Empty" ~ http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16632 http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/16632

michaelneale 19y ago

Hmm... is this the redditisation of news.YC?

queensnake 19y ago
Isn't pg or someone supposed to be behind the scenes, pulling irrelevant crap?
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henryw 19y ago

There's lots of stories on that site saying tank on empty results in overheated and broken fuel pumps.