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Isn't it annoying? My car beeps at 50 miles to go but I've managed to run out once. You do feel a fool. Not as bad as my mum causing dad to run out 'cos she wanted to use her Green Shield stamps!
75 miles with no fuel!
I had an old mk3 golf that the fuel gauge failed on completely. The next couple of years were based on remembering to reset the trip and knowing it would do ~250m on a tank so filling up around 200m.
I never ran out, but I did have one confusing morning at the petrol station where I'd filled up the night before, not reset the trip and promptly forgotten. I couldn't work out why the pump kept stopping until it starting spilling onto my feet....
Update, warning update imminent..
For information on Hybrid Petrol vehicles..
I popped in to my local Lexus dealer (I said I would) and asked the question about
a) how far will the car drive once the fuel “cruising range” reads zero?
b) when the orange fuel light comes on, how much is left in the tank?
c) how far will the car drive on battery alone?
his answers were:
a) the car has a 45ltr tank, when the fuel “cruising range” reads zero there is “about” 10ltrs left in reserve. So as I mentioned earlier in the thread I normally fill it up with £30-£32 (pump price dependant) which now makes complete sense. So essentially I could have carried on my last 5miles easily into Tiverton where I filled up.
b) the orange fuel light comes on when there is about 15ltrs left in the tank. So 5ltrs of Orange then 10ltrs to completely empty.
c) it will drive 12 to 14 Miles in EV mode, it will come on even if the tank “cruising range” reads zero, if the tank is properly empty the EV will only do about 5miles but the battery will be completely flat and there are only two places in the county that can recharge the batteries from completely flat.. no damage is done to the battery if you do run it completely flat (he said they store vehicles completely flat) but the car will need a reset and service then Dyno checks and this is like a PDI and can take up to a couple of weeks to complete.
Obviously this is all road condition, temperature and driving style dependant. As I drive like a grandad I could have probably driven all the way home 🤡🕺
Just thought I’d conclude this thread with some answers just in case you decide to buy a hybrid and wonder just how much “reserve” fuel you have.
Not worth of a new thread but I thought since it's a similar vein and likely to bring a chuckle.
Got a call from the wife Thursday morning .... Boilers not working.(even by this alone I'm sure some of you know where this is heading)
Thursday night we do some diagnosis via the phone....
Is there pressure.... Yup
Is the fire valve open or closed - open
Is the overheat triggered --open
Is the burner locked out.... Yes.
Is their fuel - looks like there is some.
Show me the tiger loop.....empty.
Only gone and run out of Kero.
Doh. Thank goodness for electric showers and wood stoves