Car fuel gauges.

[soulman101]

Impossible to trust them isn’t it?

Back in the 70’s and 80’s you’d be on empty and seem to be able to drive forever.

Nowadays you blip the accelerator a millimetre and your range drops by 5 miles!

Today I left Harrogate showing a range of 360 available miles for my hybrid and I had zero electrical charge, this was all petrol range.

Journey distance was 165 miles and simple maths tells you I should’ve arrived home with 195 left in the tank, give or take.

I arrived back with 263 miles left available.

So I’d covered 165 miles and only used 97 miles of range AND I’d had the air con, sat nav and radio all in use.

Modern technology eh…….no better than my 1972 Austin Marina when it comes to the fuel readings.

High Mick ,I drove my MGB for a year with no working fuel gauge, relying on the trip ommitor.
Every time I petrol in the tank I estimated 25mpg per gallon , every 6 weeks I ended up with a full tank.

[Stevil81]

High Mick ,I drove my MGB for a year with no working fuel gauge, relying on the trip ommitor.
Every time I petrol in the tank I estimated 25mpg per gallon , every 6 weeks I ended up with a full tank.

Mine is terrible, it does 2/3 of what the range is, but most of my mileage is round town I guess.

That is impressive using the fuel guage as a marker though, did the hotter weather make it more efficient?