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Originally Posted by MN Driver
When traveling with others, I frequently get the "What do you mean, The fuel light is on AND there are zero bars on the fuel gauge?!" scowl from people as I drive into my final gallon. Some people complain when I'm at a quarter tank and tell me, "...but what if the fuel gauge is wrong and you are really almost empty right now?" They've got no clue how far these cars really go on a 1/4 tank.
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It's not good to run the tank dry very often because that may be hard on the in-tank electric fuel pump, which apparently relies on fuel for cooling. When trying to stretch a tank to see how far you can go, you can get a 1-gallon plastic gas tank, fill it with gas, and bring it along so you can pop it into the tank if you run dry. Or you can even pop it into the tank BEFORE you run dry and then add 1 gallon to the amount you pumped for your refill.
My Insight-I's gauge has been accurate. When I went for a personal tank record a couple of years ago, I went a ways after the last pip disappeared from the gauge. The refill (to the first click of the nozzle) was 10.3 gal. The advertised tank capacity is 10.7. But I don't normally run it quite that low.
