Re: RE: Overhead Console MPG off...

From: Brian Duncan (brian@efogm.msd.ray.com)
Date: Thu Jun 10 1999 - 09:49:51 EDT


haha... I do the same thing. My wife gets real "butt-tight" when I keep
driving with the gas light on and the DTE=0! She always fills up at 1/4
tank.

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brian.duffey@intelsat.int wrote: > > Chris, > > That is standard. My '95 DAK has the 22Gal. tank, and it is always 17-19 > gallons I can get in, even on 'empty'. I remember reading (in my manual, I > think) that the tank has a 5 gallon 'reserve', so 17 gal. + 5 gal 'reserve' > = 22 gal. > > Drives my wife crazy when I'm driving around with the fuel light on, and not > even worrying about it. I figure that when the light goes on, I've got about > 50 miles (conservative) if you figure worst mileage at 10MPG. > > Duff



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