I think I tired filling up at zero bar. did some math and find out it still had about 2.5~3 gallon left.

my mpg is averaging about 24 mpg, with the max of local and freeway (i would say about 40/60) ...
am i driving too conservatively?

 

The accuracy of the gas guage is so inconsistent from car to car. I've filled up at no bars before and still had about 2 gallons in the tank. You really can't depend on the bars to know how much gas is in the tank.

I get about 20 MPG.

 

How long do you think it takes until the engine is broken in for consistent gas consumption? When I look back at when I got my RAV 4, I think the fuel consumption was pretty crappy in the beginning as well and then improved and stabilized once I hit 2,000 miles or so. It's probably the same with the S2000?

Which brings me to another point. Those EPA statistics are pretty much calculated in a controlled lab environment (aka fairy land), but shouldn't there be some kind of recognizable relationship between those numbers and what we see in everyday driving?

 

I'm pretty consistently getting 1gal = 2bars, with about 2 gallons left when the gauge shows empty.

 

Thanks for the responese.

I'm going to keep a MPG record just because I love numbers. I'm also going to keep track of the number of bars (hopefully they are easy enough to count... 10 orange bars per side of 1/2, right?).

I'll eventually report my results as #bars vs (13.2-gals pumped=how much gas was in the tank)

 

Good luck, just don't run out of gas.

Like I said previously, the meter is not very accurate.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Destiny2002
[B]Thanks for the responese.

I'm going to keep a MPG record just because I love numbers.

 

I was driving home from work on the highway and the gas light came on with no bars - I was panicking and made it to the first gas station where I found out I had around 2 gallons left Now I go by the odometer

 

I haven't kept accurate records of MPG but my guess is I'm doing a lot worse that 20/27, I'm having fun tho. I'm going to start keeping track . (almost 3k miles in just over a month)

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by moonpie
[B]I was driving home from work on the highway and the gas light came on with no bars - I was panicking and made it to the first gas station where I found out I had around 2 gallons left

 

I'd say there's @2.5 gallons left when the warning light "first"comes on. After that it goes on and off and bars come and go.