How low have you taken the gas gauge until the tC ran out of fuel....below "E"?

 

for some reason i have this fear of running out of gas i dont know why so i try not to let it get under 1/4 tank but ive drivin it to when the light comes on and try to get to the cloest gas station. ive been on my motorcycle when its ran out of gas...not fun

 

Won't you run the risk of burning the fuel pump? I fill-up right after my fuel light turns on.

 

Mine was just a hair over empty when I got to the station. Had 360 miles on that tank. Took 12.9 to fill it up, so I suppose I had another 40 miles or so left to run out.

 

Post pix of your lowest gas gauge reading (WITHOUT running out of GAS!!!)

 

i've gone almost 30miles after the light came on. then i started to panic and went and filled up.

 

The lowest I've been is also a hair over "E", and I also filled it up with 12.9 gal.

 

This reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld when Kramer tests drives that Saab with the salesman and keep driving and driving with the gauge on E.

 

Yeah.. not good for your car... in my 3 years of owning my RSX my light only came on once..

I try to keep atleast a 1/4 tank..

 

i normally go about 40 miles after light comes on. I have had the needle below E and it still only held 13.5 gallons. TC has 14.5 gallon .

 

Don't you mean the "R"

 

heres my question if it's a 14.5 gallon tank then why when you fill up does it only fill up to about 12 gallons?

 

i had the light come on once...that was the first last time it was gonna happen, lol..i was chancing it around town on E

 

It went below the R with my friends. I thought I was going to run out and put 10 bucks in. When do I need to fill up? Below the line or at the line? I'm not too sure when the Reserve starts.

 

Just took it below "R" today. Filled up with 13.32 gals. I have pix to go with my claim. Still had a gallon left!!

 

do you mean a hair above E or a hair below E?

 

Because when it hits R it starts into reserve (hence the R). So there is still a couple of gallons in the tank. Most people dont run for long periods when the light comes on, so it is actually not empty. If you get 14.5 in it... you barely made it

 

oh man great memories.

 

i heard that you should keep at least a quarter tank but preferably a half tank at least. Apparently in our cars, the fuel pump is in the gas tank, so the gas in the tank is what cools down the fuel pump, if you dont have enough gas in there you can cause the pump to overheat and degrade its lifespan...this is what I was told so if anyone knows otherwise let me know, but i'm sticking with a half tank now days.

 

When I went to a local dealer for my first test drive, the dealer handed me some keys to take out myself while he helped some other customers. About 4-5 minutes in, I noticed the fuel was below 'e' so made my way back to the dealer. That, and the dealer that seemed to care less about actually showing me the car (and that it took the dealer 20 minutes to find someone who could get some keys for me) convinced me to go to the other guy.