Msn says our cars have a 18.5 gallon tank but we all know you can run past E so does anyone have a ballpark figure of how much each box or quarter is ?

 

You can only every know how much to fill it up.

Call me crazy but I like it when my tank is FULL!

 

It's not an accurate gauge, all it is is an indicator.. not a scientific device.

 

grr i wont know my true mileage until i fill up again then

 

knowing where 1/4 is wont help anyways, the gauge drops slower for the first half tank than the last half.

 

True...there is quite a bit of fuel left in the tank even well below the 1/4 tank mark. I just filled mine when the needle was at ~ 1/8 and got 14.5 gallons in.

 

The only part in the gas gauge "system" is the low fuel light that goes on when you have 1.5 or 1.0 (can't remember which) gallons left. My wife used that to tell her when to put gas in the car. Drove me crazy. Now I drive the '97 and she has the '05.

 

$15???????????

 

heres an idea....fill up your tank, drive miles, record miles until car dies.

 

You cant ever get an accurate reading on the gas gauge. Too many things factor in for me to tell you how many gallons are left at 1/4. Everyone drives different and burns gas at a different rate. All I know is when my gauge is below E and the light is going on and off I never ever fill up more then 16.5 gallons. Its like after E and after the light goes on and off you still got 2-3 gallons left, at least thats the case in my car. But I rather not run out of gas, thats one thing I have not and hope never to do. If I had to guess I would say you have about 5-6 gallons left at 1/4

 

a decent rule is to just fill up at like 300 miles on the tank. leaves plenty of head room.

ive had my idiot light come on, then i ran out of gas 1/4 mile later lol
ive also had it come on and driven 5 miles to a gas station, and filled 16.5 gallons....

 

i just filled up when the needle was right on the half mark and put in 8.5 gallons...normally i fill up right when it hits the E mark (which is still before the low light) but i wanted to check my highway mpg (33 btw)

 

About $12.

 

The way to find your MPG is this:

1) totally fill tank
2) reset trip meter
3) drive around a bunch
4) totally fill tank again
5) look at gas meter, record how many gallons used
6) look at trip meter, record miles driven
7) go go simple math
8) buy a taco
9) enjoy

The last two are optional, but highly recommended. Trying to find your MPG by going the maximum miles on your tank is just a way to get stranded on the road, and having done that, I will tell you that it sucks.

 

i think edge vetto has something new going on.....i get stranded almost everyother week on the road only wishing i had some tacos

 

kind of on/off topic, but I'm currently having problems with my odometer and trip odometer, and I am now unable to calculate my MPG. Sometimes they go in and out together, other times they are totally dead. Last time i filled up at the gas station they started, but then when i drove 10 miles home, they stopped working completely. Any suggestions/help on what needs to be done to fix the problem. thanks in advance

 

had the same problem/ ordered a new speedo from the stealership around 200.00 if I remember right. they will calibrate it to you current milage.
about 15mins to install it yourself.