Once i drove mine until it read 0 on the DTE reading and then had to drive
about 15 miles to the nearest gas station...
>From: "Dave Scelfo" <macncheesemonster@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Low-gas light
>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:32:14 EST
>
>About a month into ownership, I drove it til I had 1 mile on DTE meter.
>Needless to say, I was really really scared. I filled up and it only took
>18 gallons. Those bastards with their safety factors.
>
>--
>Dave
>
>
>>From: "Frank Johnson" <frankwjohnson@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>>Subject: DML: Low-gas light
>>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:02:30 PST
>>
>>Ok, there was a little talk about this earlier and so i decided to look in
>>the manual to see what the real deal was.
>>Well, it says that the light will come on when there is 3 gallons or 11.1
>>litres of fuel left.
>>Mine will come on when it hits the 1/8 tank line. So after reading that
>>part of the manual when i saw the light i drove another 15 minutes or so
>>city, and got her filled to the very peak.
>>Thing is, my gauge now read about 1/16 tank, and i put just over 66 litres
>>in. So there was still about 17 litres in there--about 4.6 gallons.
>>So maybe they just want to give the drivers a little extra warning?
>>But i like to drain my tank almost completely dry, then fill it up. Makes
>>me feel like i spend less money on gas that way as there are fewer trips
>>to
>>the pumps.
>>That, and i go across the Ambassador bridge to gas up. :)
>>
>>Frank WJ
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