Is this new, or so common that it's never mentioned at all anymore? A search of the forums showed no mention of this little oddity. Every other car I've ever owned or driven in used E and F to denote Empty or Full on the fuel guage.

Maybe I should be glad they're not in Sanscrit:

 

Lol~ That's hilarious!

Really makes you wonder who was the math genius that designed to 06 gauges~

 

It's new on the 06s. R stands for refill, 1/1 means full. I know, it's stupid, F and E are much better.

 

I will go with the good ole' F and E anyday!
Cheers,
Chris

 

Well mathematically, 1/1=1=100%, so it technically makes sense. A lot more sense than the committee that decided on when the light behind the translucent orange storage hatch comes on, or decided that you must either use a key or return to the front door to lock the hatchback.

 

My Dad's old 1973 VW Beetle's gas gauge was like that.

 

us tCs have it like that. i believe the R stands for Reserves. it says that somewhere in the manual.

 

either wayy thats too funny

i havent seen a gauge like that since i last sat in my pops 85 xj6

 

WAIT...WHAT DOES THE "R" MEAN??? RESERVE???

 

My 70 VW was like that.. I guess Scios are trying to become European!!!

Yes, "R" stands for "Reserve"

 

The tCs have always been like that.

 

I always thought R stand for refill...

 

If you don't like it, replace it.

 

just white out the numbers and replace them with with stupid stuff like 1/32 (empty) or 47/49 (full) just add bunch of redundant fractions inbetween, get your point accross. "do you need gas? " - "heck i dono"