Gas gauge ?

[TLyttle]

One more time: here I am, 390kms on the clock, 2 bars missing off the gauge. Nice piece of (worthless) equipment, that gas gauge...

[Canuck]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

One more time: here I am, 390kms on the clock, 2 bars missing off the gauge. Nice piece of (worthless) equipment, that gas gauge...

And you'll see that it will start to go down faster from this point. Like any other gauges, it's not quite linear, the top end goes slower than the bottom.

Like it's been said before, when you reach 2-3 bars left, fill up.

[sbergman27]

Originally Posted by TLyttle

One more time: here I am, 390kms on the clock, 2 bars missing off the gauge. Nice piece of (worthless) equipment, that gas gauge...

Gas gauges have always been nearly worthless. Not completely worthless. People would never have stood for that all these years. Just as cheap, unreliable, and worthless as people would tolerate at the time of the vehicles' sale.

I've watched economy cars evolve from the most basic of conveyances into the grand carriages which we expect to inhabit the bottom rung today. If buyers of the bottom rung of cars begin to demand an accurate gauge, then the bottom rung will likely get accurate gauges.

We're actually doing somewhat better than the Prius-Owning folk. They had to put up with a gasoline bladder for years, and were only granted a real gas "tank" for the 2010 model year. That wreaked a particular havoc upon their gas gauge accuracy.

-Steve