Has this happened to you?
There you are driving along and you glance at the petrol gauge. Oops the fuel gauge says it is dangerously close to empty!
Now I really want to get to work before I am late and all the petrol stations have queues a mile long (well almost!) so I decide to carry on and buy some petrol later on in the day.
Needless to say I forget. With every mile I take I am pushing my luck and promising myself that I will get more petrol at the next garage. At a guess I think I have travelled another 15 miles or so until I have topped the tank up.
I have a Toyota RAV4 and in my user guide it says “when the petrol light comes on you should fill up soon.” Well “soon” means different things to different people. Can anyone tell me how many miles they have managed to travel when the petrol light comes on? My husband drives a peugeot and his manual says “when the petrol light comes on you can go approximately 30 more miles.”
I suppose I could experiment and top up the petrol can that I keep for emergencies (usually empty I may add) and fill it up then drive in a quiet residential area until the petrol light comes on. Set the milometer and drive until the tank is on empty. Then I would know how far I can travel before I run out completely. Simple idea, but maybe not too good for the engine.
I suppose the sensible thing to do would be to go the other way and never allow the tank to fall below three quarters empty because surely at the end of the day it really is so much hassle having to panic at the last minute and find somewhere to fill up!
I would be interested to hear how many miles you have managed to get after the light has appeared!
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