Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am (Post 2847768)

My first encounter with the estimated fuel gauge involved the little lady demanding to know why I took her out on a country road without a proper fuel load. As the gauge kept spelling out how many miles were left 50 miles then a mile later 41 miles then another mile 29 left. It fell right off then went to bars. The entire time I'm being ridiculed. When we got to town and found gas I too only took about 17 gallons as well.

Fuel starvation is more likely to occur down at the dregs.