Does it have MPG meter?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by ESBjiujitsu

I just thought it was nifty so i ended up using it a lot plus thats when i was broke so I was always stretching tanks lol. So when i switched cars i didnt know how depended i had become on it. Weird I know.

My last DD had AVG MPG, Current MPG, Fuel Used, and Distance Remaining. It also had "Avg Speed" which I liked since that helps with the correlation of driving to MPG.

Of course, I guess I can't expect this car to be as high tech as 2001 Chevy Astro.

[Draco-REX]

My legacy has too many fuel efficiency gauges and readouts. Though one I'll miss is the analog gauge. It would swing from negative to positive depending on your current mpg in relation to your average mpg. So you could glance down and instantly know whether you were hurting or improving your average.

Being numbers-oriented, I thought that was cool.

[ESBjiujitsu]

hahahahaha!!!! yeah mine was a 2000 audi TT and I dont even think it had the features your astro had lol! Shoulda bought an astro.... hind sights always 20/20 lol

[BoxeRZ]

Originally Posted by ESBjiujitsu

this is a great question and thanks for the answers! i had this in my audi and loved it, and then didnt have it in my ms6 and ran out of gas 2 times within the first month lol....damn im reliant on technology. lol another great feature in the frs!

I respect your honesty, but GEEZ! haha My current cars fuel gauge stopped working about 1 1/2 years ago, yet to run out of gas (knock on wood)! Thankfully it still has a low fuel light, but only comes on when there is 1/2 a gallon left, I owned the car for 2 years before I ever saw that light because it has to be soo low.
This AVG MPG technology will be pretty sweet, let alone a working fuel gauge!

[zoomzoomers]

Originally Posted by speedracer38

I think VW has the best system for the average, current mpg, and miles left to empty.

I'd say BMW & M/B do, but European cars have good systems for this.

[ESBjiujitsu]

Originally Posted by BoxeRZ

I respect your honesty, but GEEZ! haha My current cars fuel gauge stopped working about 1 1/2 years ago, yet to run out of gas (knock on wood)! Thankfully it still has a low fuel light, but only comes on when there is 1/2 a gallon left, I owned the car for 2 years before I ever saw that light because it has to be soo low.
This AVG MPG technology will be pretty sweet, let alone a working fuel gauge!

hey what can i say I am a man of creature comforts when im awarded them. lol. but yeah even i didnt feel too "bright" for running out of gas twice, but in my defense there wasnt many gas stations around where i was, and im very absent minded sometimes hahahaha

[speedracer38]

Ferraris have the worst way of showing when you are going to be empty. They have some stupid little bars that just go down and you have no idea of know how much is left on the last bar


Last year while doing the Bullrun rally my friend and I had a sick stretch of road where we were pushing his LP640 up to 180+mph for quite some time and then we realized we were in the middle of nowhere. We were able to limp it to a gas station 12 miles away with a 0 reading on miles left to go.

[Spaceywilly]

I ran out of gas one time, somehow I thought I thought I could make it 80 miles to my exit even though the gas light was already on. Fortunately I ran out at the top of a hill and there was a service station at the bottom of the hill so I put it in neutral and coasted right up to the pump

[Lighting Red]

To hell with MPGs. I would have liked range to empty instead. My Kawasaki had that feature, my Ducati has that feature, and my TL has that feature.

Range to Empty is even more useful than a fuel gauge!

[bslag]

Originally Posted by Lighting Red

To hell with MPGs. I would have liked range to empty instead. My Kawasaki had that feature, my Ducati has that feature, and my TL has that feature.

Range to Empty is even more useful than a fuel gauge!

Sadly, not in my Lancer. Once you hit 30 miles left (roughly 1 gallon), it just blanks out...fairly useless when it matters most. The Lancer is the only car I've owned that's had the miles to empty on it, so knowing the MPG and size of the tank I've pretty much always just calculated it in my head.

[Lighting Red]

Originally Posted by bslag

Sadly, not in my Lancer. Once you hit 30 miles left (roughly 1 gallon), it just blanks out...fairly useless when it matters most. The Lancer is the only car I've owned that's had the miles to empty on it, so knowing the MPG and size of the tank I've pretty much always just calculated it in my head.

Ugh, the Lancer's range to empty is like a bad joke. I'd laugh, but it's not that funny.

All three vehicles I mentioned go all the way down to zero. I almost to find out the hard way a couple of times! The nice thing is that they each display range dynamically; so you can see your range increase if you drive more gently, or drop if you feel like putting traffic behind you.

[carbonBLUE]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

My last DD had AVG MPG, Current MPG, Fuel Used, and Distance Remaining. It also had "Avg Speed" which I liked since that helps with the correlation of driving to MPG.

Of course, I guess I can't expect this car to be as high tech as 2001 Chevy Astro.

Lol my dad had that van, his avg speed on the indicator was 59.6 mph over 287000 miles... Which is fast, avg speed is based off when the engine is turned on till the engine stops, includes sitting in fraffic, drive throughs ect...

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by bslag

Sadly, not in my Lancer. Once you hit 30 miles left (roughly 1 gallon), it just blanks out...fairly useless when it matters most. The Lancer is the only car I've owned that's had the miles to empty on it, so knowing the MPG and size of the tank I've pretty much always just calculated it in my head.

Miles to empty is just calculated off the amount of gas you have in the tank right? I'd just like to see an accurate fuel gauge so I know how much fuel is actually in there! More useful than "miles to empty" which will vary depending on circumstances and driving.

I hope it switches to gallons per hour when you're idling, that is good information to know. Speaking of which, any current owners able to chime in on this? Does it just say 0.0mpg when you're stopped, or does it give you gph?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by carbonBLUE

Lol my dad had that van, his avg speed on the indicator was 59.6 mph over 287000 miles... Which is fast, avg speed is based off when the engine is turned on till the engine stops, includes sitting in fraffic, drive throughs ect...

Wow, that's pretty impressive. Mine over 289K miles was only about 36. He must have drove nothing but highway and hammer down the whole time.

Even when checked it over highway trips, the second you pulled off for gas, the avg would drop significantly.