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Originally Posted by nemo
I've only ever had one car that when the gauge showed empty it was. Every other one I got more miles out of the first half than the second and could continue driving after they hit empty. It would be nice if they were accurate.
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This may be an urban legend, but I had heard somewhere that when Ford started putting digital clusters in their cars in the late 80's/early 90's, several owners sued because when the distance to empty gauge read "0 miles", they ran out of gas instead of being able to drive another 20 or 30 miles. Most digital fuel computers now have some reserve built in for that reason.