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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave
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1) More accurate mpg numbers
2) It's a game with myself to see how many miles I can get out of a tank
3) I have a tank that nominally holds 34 gallons. The grocery store I use (Kroger) gives me a discount on one fill up per month up to 35 gallons. If I run till empty I can go all month on one tank and 35 gallons fills me up into the filler neck. In the last 7 months I've driven 7,853 miles on 7 tanks.
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...let me "back-pedal" here for a moment and say that I agree 100% with #1 above...especially when attempting to "calibrate" my
SGII for the
first time. However, once I have things "dialed-in" I revert to 1/4-tank threshhold:
1) to eliminate "running OUT of gas" anxiety.
2) ensure the wife won't run it "empty" accidentally.
3) guarantee the in-tank fuel pump is NEVER exposed.
...hence, almost ALL my fill-ups measure around 300 miles, because typically I can easily get 100-miles per 'each' 1/4-tank mark on the gas gauge. However, on LONG trips, it's 400 miles between fill-ups, because of the better highway MPG's.
...here in Tucson, it's FRY's, instead of Kroger's, but same "food-for-gas" scheme.