Everytime I get to 2 bars I fill it up and I always get 10 gallons. Yesterday the light comes on with 2 bars, so I drive it until zero bars. I fill it up and I get 10.2 gallons! Go figure.

 

All fuel gauges are like that. Would you rather it get to no bars and you run out of fuel? The accord is like that as well. You have around three gallons when the light comes on.

Running a car that low of fuel is not very good for the fuel pump.

 

Yeah when you run it sometimes the two bars come back on also.
I usually go an extra 20miles with no bars.
And it's 10.6 or 11 gallon max to fill up.

 

I've had no bars, went 40 more miles, and filled up with 12.2 gallons

 

Why did you do that? I have heard its bad for the car. Mine has never seen 0 bars.

-Eric

 

Eric, I guess that's why they call him "squeezer" - getting every last mile out of it. Personally mine hasn't ever taken more than ten gals or so to fill up.

See you at Quarters on the 26th?

Joser
Silver/Red

 

I'll be there. Looking foward to it.

-Eric

 

I noticed that as well, does anyone know the exact number of gallons that the tank will hold with resevere?

 

My car is brand new, and on my first tank I was driving home from work with 3 bars, in the span of about 10 minutes I had 0 bars and the fuel light on. Freaked me out so now I fill up at 200 miles no matter what the bars say... but I guess thats just a new owner being paranoid

 

Hmm... my owner's manual says the tank is 13.2 gallons. I always fill up when I've got two bars left, too, and fill up with about 10 gallons. I've been keeping track of my mileage and I don't get anything better than 25 mpg. Someone on this board said they are able to get 35 mpg. How in the world can they do that? O_O I want to be able to make only one trip each week to the gas station, too! (my weekly commute is 350 miles)