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Old 12-11-2009, 11:47 PM   #15 (permalink)
antennahead
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Originally Posted by Matt View Post
For the first time, I was lazy and waited until my "stupid light" came on to get gas. It was flashing and showing that I had 20, then 10, and then zero miles left on my tank. Luckily, I finally hit a shell station.

Thing is, I filled it up and it only took 16.7 gallons. So either my tank really had 40+ miles left on it or my tank clicked full 2.3 gallons from actually being full.

What do you think, besides me being stupid for letting the tank get that empty in the first place.
Yep, when I get down to two dots, the warning comes on. From there, the mileage till empty will jump all over the place depending on your "lead foot". The only time I have seen this warning to be of any value on Nissan vehicles is when you are cruising on the interstate and have the cruise control set, so the "consumption" isn't subject to "lead foot" and shifting gears. That said, the DTE (distance to empty) still showed " -----" , and I drove another twenty miles until I found a gas station. When the warning in the Z comes on at two dots on the gauge, if I fill up soon thereafter, it takes close to 17 gallons. Nissan is giving us a two gallon cushion.

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