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Old 07-02-2008, 02:15 PM   #14 (permalink)
i_am_socket
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Skeeter - '05 Toyota Corolla LE
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I just want a gas gauge that sits on the top line when full and the bottom line when empty.

Right now at full, it's somewhere around halfway through F and at really empty (but not totally) its somewhere around halfway through E. There are 2 ticks between top line and 3/4, 4 ticks between 3/4 and 1/2, 4 ticks between 1/2 and 1/4, and 2 ticks between 1/4 and bottom line.

How much is left in the tank? I can usually guess to within a 1/2 gallon, but I've gone over 60 miles after the "low fuel" light turns on. If I sit in the car with the power on but engine off, I can watch the fuel gauge slowly drop and slowly rise again when I start driving. You'd think it'd be easy to read on level ground with the car at a stand-still.
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