11-03-2011, 04:31 PM | #1 |
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Fuel gauge
How accurate is the fuel gauge? If it says 15 miles left, is it really 15 miles before it stops or is there a buffer?
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11-03-2011, 04:47 PM | #3 |
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Could be more, could be less. Remember that it's just an estimate based on your recent driving (last 15 mins, I think I read).
Mine got down to 20 miles recently and I was shocked that I managed to put over 62 litres in the tank which means there was very little left in the tank (about 5 litres). Seems that BMW is more accurate than the Audi's I'm used to driving (they always had a big cushion). Personally I try to fuel up as soon as the fuel up reminder comes on.
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11-03-2011, 04:49 PM | #4 |
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A heavy right foot and its more like 10
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11-03-2011, 05:23 PM | #6 |
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I took my last car which was a VW down to -5 miles of fuel remaining once. It's still going. It's a miracle!
I've also had £97 worth of diesel in the X3 - almost down to 0 and expensive diesel out in the sticks You can get an exact reading off the dash hidden menu
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11-03-2011, 06:12 PM | #7 |
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Good to know. On my IS250 I could go 60 miles after the display said 0. No messing around on the X3, 0 means 0. I'll take note how much gas I fill up next time it's close to 0.
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