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Old 05-23-2013, 07:05 AM   #6 (permalink)
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I am on my sixth car and all of them have had low fuel indicators, but I have only seen it light up once, and not the time that I ran out of gas. My Ultragauge keeps track of how much fuel I have left and it warns me when I only have twenty miles left (less than a gallon)--every twenty seconds!

Maybe my bulb is out or there is some other problem, but a quick search indicated that the light is not very useful, but I would look into your car.

People always tell me to not let my fuel tank get low, but since gas is expensive and my grocery store gives me a discount on gas, I try to wait as long as I can before filling up. Once I have one gallon left, it starts sputtering if I accelerate too hard.
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