Sonoran

I am working on my second tank of gas with my new ZR. I was wondering how accurate the Distance To Empty computer is. I am not concerned too much right now but it would be nice to know if one can trust it.

Santacruzslick

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No...you can't. I believe someone on this site tested it out once and went something like 70 miles after the computer said almost empty. Forgot who it was though.

Peter_in_Atl

When the light comes, get gas. Simple enough. Don't run it all the way down. I'm not sure about my Z but my 2001 Maxima had the fuel pump inside the tank. The fuel is supposed to help keep the pump cool. I had one in the Maxima die on me because I used ride on the fumes.

thumper90501

I never let my gas go lower than 1/4 tank. I heard somewhere that when you get real low on gas that it's "dirtier" or something like that.

zmann

I think pretty much all new cars are designed so that the "empty" light or DTE warning come on when there is approximately 3 gallons still in the tank. It is best not to go to "E", but even if you do, you have a buffer, for sure. You can figure out real easy by taking it to "E" once and refilling. You'll see that you add about 3 gallons shy of the capacity which indicates you still had some fuel in there.

omen68x

Yup. I just filled up at about 30 dte this weekend and had about 2.75 gallons left.

Dr Bonz

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I've driven about 35 miles after the thing read _ _ _ _ and still had about a half gallon left.

Peter_in_Atl

Put 15.2 gallons in this morning without topping off. Computer said I had 32 miles to go.