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    Default When Your Gas Light Comes on (Low Fuel)...

    How long do you "ride it out" before you fill up?

    State the Brief specs of your car too.

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    '04 TSX 6MT - Working on it.



    * Of course it's not recommended to let your fuel run too low as it may damage components etc etc. lol >> Dodge Caravan fuel light is programmed to come one when 4 gallons of gas is in the tank

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    94' civic - dont have one , lol , i go by miles anyways about 350 to a tank

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    Im afraid to ride it out. I went like 20 miles on mine. I was scared sh*tless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevykev


    Dodge Caravan fuel light is programmed to come one when 4 gallons of gas is in the tank
    that should allow you to go apx. 20-30 more miles haha

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    I drove my Jeep for two days with my gas light on once. My gas light is ****ed up though, because I ran out of gas after going about 20 miles once and got stranded lol.

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    07 Maxima - i went about 15 miles i dont trust my gas light

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    lol i go to the nearest gas station, the last thing i wanna do is run out on the side of the road



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    I never let mine come on, usually by 1/4 tank I'm filling up. In the work truck I've went around 2 days with it on
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    it was big, made mine look small, probably didn't use all of it

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    I don't ride it out because I got stranded once and it sucked.....had to walk up 85 to Jimmy Carter and then to a gas station and back to the car in 100 degree weather....

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    yeah that sucks ive done it before in the work truck no fun

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    99 miata and no gas light. i know this for a fact seeing as how i ran out of gas a couple times on the way to the gas station to get gas.

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    95 Z28- No gas light but when that thing gets close to E you better get to a station...
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    I have about 2 gallons left at gas light, so I try to find one within 10-15 miles just for being safe.

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    Integra at least 30 miles....
    Altima 30 miles
    SIlverado.. i stop quickly
    Maxima 30 miles!


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    my acura integra I went 60 miles once the light comes on

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    mine has never came on,and ive gotten below empty

    below empty in gas guzzling V8 = scary

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    dont have a light...
    Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
    And I do drive a Miata, so I am gayer than a three dollar bill...

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    i never let my car go under 1/4 of the tank.


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    I drove mine until it died.
    When it dead on 'E' I drove 62 miles until it started dieing.
    on a full tank I drive 42 miles before it moves from 'F'
    I usually ride out 20 miles when my gas light comes on.

    Hmm, I actually need to fill up pretty soon:


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    I've got a 2008 Fit, and I found out that when the gas light comes on, you have a gallon left. I know I can go 15 miles, and when I filled up, I had 0.5 gallons left.

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    I always get to the 160mile mark everytime I get halfway; different story if I boost a few times. I always pump it when it gets before or on the *E*. Worsest I've ever done and my limit is just below *E*! If your close to or under *E*..stick to highway roads cause you'll save more gas if your trying to get to the nearest gas station. The less you stop & go, the more you'll conserve.

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    Seems like most of you just don't "test" it out. It is better to be safe than sorry.

    It took me 2 years to find out where my gas light was located. After that, I became an "E Filler," no problems yet. LOL


    60 Miles after the gas light comes on is pure BRAVERY!



    Quote Originally Posted by BB1_Luda
    I drove mine until it died.
    When it dead on 'E' I drove 62 miles until it started dieing.
    on a full tank I drive 42 miles before it moves from 'F'
    I usually ride out 20 miles when my gas light comes on.

    Hmm, I actually need to fill up pretty soon:

    You're probably the only one that will post a pic

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    i can drive like 70 miles once it comes on lol in my neon

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    i can go for a couple days once my gas light comes on, 350z has a 20 Gal gas tank. but its main tank is only 16 gal. so there is a 4 gal reserve. ive probably gone 100 miles after my gas light b4. its amazing.

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    have about 25 miles after my light comes on...sometimes it likes to play games and come on then go off, again and again

    i usaully fill up when im on the "E"
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    i never let it get below quarter/ i heard that runing out of gas will fuk up your cat...

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    Quote Originally Posted by stock05evo8
    i never let it get below quarter/ i heard that runing out of gas will fuk up your cat...
    driving on low gas CAN fawk up your cycles.. it'll suck up shiet that isn;t supposed to be sucked up cause your low on fuel. it's like trying to suck water from a cup full of ice and barely any water.

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    light doesnt come on. always fill up on E

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    Quote Originally Posted by stock05evo8
    i never let it get below quarter/ i heard that runing out of gas will fuk up your cat...
    Clean your fuel filter and your injectors

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    kinda weird but my old kouki s14 dropped another 1/4 tank mark below the E line... so I've gone nearly 80-90 miles w/ the light on... then again 240s have alot of gas meter problems...

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    Quote Originally Posted by antiv6
    lol i go to the nearest gas station, the last thing i wanna do is run out on the side of the road
    same here. i usually do it before the light even comes on.


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    I don't have a light but i roll around below E for about two days before i'll get gas.

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    I try not to ride mine out, but nearly always let the light come on before I put fuel in it, being that I fill up whenever I add fuel.

    03' Eclipse GS, farthest I've even gotten was 32mpg witht he light on before I decided to stop and fill it up. However, come of the guys over on Club3G have claimed getting low 40's before running their tanks dry.

    On the Imark, the fuel gauge is crap so I really couldn't tell you. But I was getting 30+mpg so it really dosen't matter.
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    My ford e250 van scared the hell out of me a few weeks ago when the light came on. I've had it for 8 months and that was the first time. It has a alarm the dings really freaking loud. As soon as it came on a I found a gas starion. Nothing worse than calling your boos because yopu ran out of gas.

    My crx has no light but I dont let it get below the 1/8 tank. Gas gauge moves around and I've died and rolled into a few gas stations.

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    no light here. i have no choice but to go by mileage, these first gen gas gauges will float all the way from E to 1/4 tank often. very inaccurate. i can let out the clutch and easily watch it drop.


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    i always fill up after I have no more bars on my gas guage, I have a s2000 so its pretty easy to tell when you're REALLY on E, simply cause there's no needles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobbyFresh
    I don't ride it out because I got stranded once and it sucked.....had to walk up 85 to Jimmy Carter and then to a gas station and back to the car in 100 degree weather....
    damn that must of sucked ballz

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    I once drove from gwinnett to hifi buys ampitheater and back home with the gas light on...and sat in traffic both ways...so gas light doesn't scare me

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