14.5 gallon tank
Say you're on the highway and the nearest gas station is like 50 miles (ok... maybe it happens). So you would need like 2 gallons to get there. Your light comes on - and according to your numbers, you'd have about 2.5-3 gallons left after the light comes on. Plenty to get to that gas station.
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Originally Posted by Huey
right but i've driven 30miles with the light on and filled up and it still only did around 12 gallons.
Just a thought...
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id rather it tell me ahead of time. id rather be safe than sorry, id rather fill up when that gas light turns on, instead of having to fill up on the side of the road aiting for AAA. All cars give you a warning, they arent going to have the light turn on 1 second before your car turns off.
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I'm just glad the tC has a fuel light. My first truck didn't have one, and on one embarassing day... *flashback*
Me and my girl went to a neighboring(bigger) city to go to the mall(to return a tux from prom the night before). It was her birthday, so we went out to eat, saw a movie, shopping, etc. When we got ready to head home, the gas guage was at 3/4 of a tank(20 gallon tank), and our trip was around 35-40 miles long. More than enough fuel to get home. We passed through a town with gas stations and I checked my fuel guage, still 3/4 of a tank, then half way between this town and the next town, the truck dies. I pull over and check everything, it's all good, then I notice the guage has dropped to well below empty. I manage to start it and haul cheeks, then coast to a stop. I ended up pushing the truck up a slight hill in flip flops while she steered. Luckily a friend of mine saw me and picked us up.
Happy Birthday! was all I could tell her.
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Me and my girl went to a neighboring(bigger) city to go to the mall(to return a tux from prom the night before). It was her birthday, so we went out to eat, saw a movie, shopping, etc. When we got ready to head home, the gas guage was at 3/4 of a tank(20 gallon tank), and our trip was around 35-40 miles long. More than enough fuel to get home. We passed through a town with gas stations and I checked my fuel guage, still 3/4 of a tank, then half way between this town and the next town, the truck dies. I pull over and check everything, it's all good, then I notice the guage has dropped to well below empty. I manage to start it and haul cheeks, then coast to a stop. I ended up pushing the truck up a slight hill in flip flops while she steered. Luckily a friend of mine saw me and picked us up.
Happy Birthday! was all I could tell her.-Z
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Maybe you should read the manual. It CLEARLY states that the gas light comes on when you have an estimated 2 gallons left. And doing some ELEMENTARY math you have: 14 - 2 = 12 gallons per fill. Brilliant.
Come on people.
Come on people.
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* flash-back too*
Remember was having dinner with my ex-gf in a japanese restaurant. I was overwhelmed the by the magic
that nite with her, actually left my car on with the keys in and I LOCKED the car myself by locking it inside before i left the car 
(not my tC 
).
Then we found out when we get to the car, then I realized how low the gas indicaor could be
Remember was having dinner with my ex-gf in a japanese restaurant. I was overwhelmed the by the magic
that nite with her, actually left my car on with the keys in and I LOCKED the car myself by locking it inside before i left the car (not my tC ).Then we found out when we get to the car, then I realized how low the gas indicaor could be
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Re: 14.5 gallon tank
Originally Posted by Huey
if we have a 14.5 gallon tank and you wait to fill up when the gas light comes on, why does it only put around 12 gallons in the car?
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Re: 14.5 gallon tank
Originally Posted by Necromancer
Originally Posted by Huey
if we have a 14.5 gallon tank and you wait to fill up when the gas light comes on, why does it only put around 12 gallons in the car?
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Re: 14.5 gallon tank
Originally Posted by Necromancer
Originally Posted by Huey
if we have a 14.5 gallon tank and you wait to fill up when the gas light comes on, why does it only put around 12 gallons in the car?
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Re: 14.5 gallon tank
Originally Posted by Necromancer
Originally Posted by Huey
if we have a 14.5 gallon tank and you wait to fill up when the gas light comes on, why does it only put around 12 gallons in the car?
Don't mess with Huey, he'll shoot you!
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i used to think that i wouldn't let my car's fuel light turn on when i didn't have a car since my boyfriend would always wait for his to turn on and make me worry...... now that i have my car .. i dont wanna fill up... now i'm the one rolling to about 20-30 mi after the light turns on... aaahhh.. sooo expensive...
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Originally Posted by jaewon223
hey wyldkard do a google image search of "wyldkard" ... kinda funny
That's funny. The first pic is NOT me, the 2nd pic I don't know what that is, the 3rd pic is a graphic I did for SE-DFW's first meet, the 4th pic is of my car club logo from back when I had my xB and was co-founder/member of StyleWagons...it's actually in Durant Scion's owner's gallery on their website.
Also, if you were to google my first and last name, you would find a couple of hits on me. 1 of them is a quote I had in the Dallas Morning News on the Scion community in DFW.
I'm famous, I guess.
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