After the last light goes out, I stop and fill up, and it takes just under ten gallons in the 10.6gal tank. Therefore, I could probably squeeze another 50mi out of it after the last bar goes out, but I haven't tried.
I know this is off topic, but you guys/gals already talked about it some in this thread. Running out of gas, do the gas gage lights go completely out? i only push it to the last light being lit before i chicken out and fill up.
Well I can say without driving a prius i enjoy the gen1 insight better. haha. oh and in a pinch you can have someone sit in the middle if need be. Not the I have done that before but you can still get 70+mpg with 3 people.
Yes, confirming what RobertSmalls said, the last light does shut off. Like him, when mine does it, it is very close to 10 gallons, if I fill up and it loses the last bar right before the fill, it will be just a hair less than 10 gallons. So if you figure what you might be able to hypermile in about a little over a half gallon, that is about how much wiggle room you have. I've personally gone to work and back 30 miles shortly after the last light went out. Not the brightest idea and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else but I was probably getting 70 or 80mpg and came in very close to nil. I've used the FCD and mathematically run slightly past 10.6 gallons and put 10.71 gallons in with a slight hiccup losing some out of the filler neck(whoops), so if you run out of the last bar, I'd say it's time to fill up, even more so if you are on a long trip, make sure you know where the nearest station is.
Yes, confirming what RobertSmalls said, the last light does shut off. Like him, when mine does it, it is very close to 10 gallons, if I fill up and it loses the last bar right before the fill, it will be just a hair less than 10 gallons. So if you figure what you might be able to hypermile in about a little over a half gallon, that is about how much wiggle room you have. I've personally gone to work and back 30 miles shortly after the last light went out. Not the brightest idea and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else but I was probably getting 70 or 80mpg and came in very close to nil. I've used the FCD and mathematically run slightly past 10.6 gallons and put 10.71 gallons in with a slight hiccup losing some out of the filler neck(whoops), so if you run out of the last bar, I'd say it's time to fill up, even more so if you are on a long trip, make sure you know where the nearest station is.
All of this assumes that the car has never been hit and the volume is still the original volume.
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And it assumes that you fill to the same level Honda did when they decided to call it a 10.6gal tank. I fill to the first click, but some folks fill to the brim.
I have run out of gas (about a month ago) and NO there was no smell of anything burning and NO my fuel pump is just fine. A few times recently I've pumped over 10.5 gallons in. Almost always I run it down to no bars watching the mileage carefully, the time I ran out I knowingly pushed it too far. I always reset my odometer to zero upon fill-ups so I can keep a good record of exactly how far I can go each tank (this also is a good indicator of potential problems later) using the mpg/odometer I can calculate exactly how far I can go ie if you are getting 60mpg and have gone 585 miles you should be able to safely go another 15 before you get scared... know the tank is usually 10.5 gallons but I plan on 10 usable.
I have a 2005 Insight CVT and a 2007 Prius. They are both nice cars. The Prius is just all around a more practicle car. You can do a lot more with it since it is bigger, has a regular trunk, etc. Also the ride is smoother, although it's not exactly a lot of fun to drive. I get around 50mpg in the summer and a little less then that in the winter. Toyota's hybrid system is definitely better than Honda's in that you can drive for short distances on electric only (think drive-thru, or construction traffic). There are some downsides to the Prius. The 2nd gen has a plastic bladder for a gas tank instead of a real gas tank, and it can be a real pain in the butt. Typically I can only get in around 8 gallons of gas before it cuts off, even though I know it can hold at least 10 gallons. Sometimes its worse then that and you have to sit there and babysit the gas pump for the entire fill up. This is a known problem that has been talked about forever on the Priuschat forums. Luckily they went back to a regular tank on the 3rd gen Prius. Another thing that bit me once is that the little light in the trunk doesn't go off by itself like the Insight one does. Yep, I left it on, at the airport, and luckily the service truck knew how to jump start the Prius (which isn't exactly like jumping a normal car). The positives on the Insight is that it does get a little better gas mileage, is more fun to drive since it is lighter, and has a very unmistakable uniqueness factor. There are actually a few around town where I live, but still most people have never seen one and so you get a lot of questions and attention. That could be good or bad depending on your personality. Negatives are the everything rattles like crazy over bumpy roads, and fixing them isn't nearly as easy or cheap as the Prius (almost 2 million cars on the road vs. 18,000). Obvious negatives are the small size and no real trunk.
If I had a family (kids) and had to choose I would definitely pick Prius. Since I don't I always buy 2 seaters for myself, and I picked the Insight mainly to be different from my wife's Prius, and cause I really think it's a neat car from an engineering perspective.
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but you can still get 70+mpg with 3 people.
