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      04-04-2014, 09:02 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by chris719 View Post
In his defense, some cars have absolutely huge reserves below the 0 mile mark on the trip computer. My Mazda 3 has something like 2 gallons left in the tank when you hit 0 miles on the trip computer. I have gone around 30 miles past 0 in that car. Of course, I'd have run to 0 and fill up to calculate how much gas was left first.
Additionally, I like to have an idea of how "accurate" those calculations are as well - with my N55 135, you could go a solid 10 miles when it read "0" as long as you were babying it.

You never know when you might be in a situation where you are forced to push that limit a little - it is good to know that there is less left when it hits "0" than my 135.
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