Miata Mailing List: December 1992, Message #16
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re:  Fuel Gauge Accuracy
   Date: (none)

email.ncsc.navy.mil!moore (Moore) writes:
>I haven't seen anything about how far you can stretch the E reading
>on the fuel gauge: anyone gone significantly beyond the empty mark?
>Not that it would be too much effort to push the car, but the most
>I've ever made is 280 miles. Post to me if you think it's of limited
>interested please.
My gas gauge always seems to be pessamistic. I usually have about 3 gallons
left when it hits "E".

Well, I've gone as much as 360 miles, though I'll usually fill up
about 280-300 miles or so.  The best mpg I've ever got is around 40
on a long trip on flat ground and the worst was about 24 on another
trip with some "hot-car" friends where I spent most of the trip at
or near readline in 3rd or 4th (*) trying to keep up with a Ferrari Mondial,
an Eclipse GSX, a Taurus SHO and others.

As always YMMV :-).

(*) Don't try to calculate the speeds, I *couldn't* have been going
	that fast 8-).

- Alan