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Old 05-10-2015, 01:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RobertISaar View Post
this is possibly why or at least contributing. fuel gauges are not always linear, though certain vehicles are far worse offenders than others. every GM vehicle I've been in likes to hang onto Full for nearly 4 gallons of usage, then drops fairly rapidly down towards empty, then when on empty, there can be anywhere between none and ~2.5 gallons of fuel in the tank.

it's kind of dumb, but it works well enough.
Aye, yup! Contributing, I'd buy. But the discrepancy is crazy big.

I test a different vehicle every week. Not sure if any of them are linear. It's always fun to watch the Distance to Empty numbers changed based on driving style.
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