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Originally Posted by JARblue
Don't top off. The risk/reward just isn't worth it. I can drive my Z down to zero dots on the gauge, then put another 40 miles on it, and then fill up 18.5 gal pretty consistently. And that's the gas pump stopping it automatically. Considering the tank is 19.1 gal, I'm not sure what would happen if I tried to top off an additional gallon  |
Every pump around here cuts off wicked early. I've driven both cars down way past 0. The Z ALWAYS stops at 17.5 and the Civic which is 13 gallons stops at 10.5. I have never had any spillover from pumping an extra gallon.
Then again, i live in an area where gas stations are thieves and even when you stop pumping, the price rises slowly every few seconds per cent. I've got 2 stations left in my city that don't do that crap. And yes, I've reported the stations multiple times for illegal price gouging.