Gas Tank Reserve?
09-07-04, 06:55 PM
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Gas Tank Reserve?
Have had my new SC for a couple of weeks and I still can't keep grinning! 
I recently filled up the tank and it showed the range to be 277 miles. Since my average MPG was showing 18.4 and the tank is supposed to be 19.8 the calculation doesn't add up. It looks like the trip calculator is only calculating the tank to be 15 gallons. Is this because it considers the last 5 gallons a reserve? I've had this feature on other cars and it always calculated the MPG times the size of the tank. Anyone understand this?
I recently filled up the tank and it showed the range to be 277 miles. Since my average MPG was showing 18.4 and the tank is supposed to be 19.8 the calculation doesn't add up. It looks like the trip calculator is only calculating the tank to be 15 gallons. Is this because it considers the last 5 gallons a reserve? I've had this feature on other cars and it always calculated the MPG times the size of the tank. Anyone understand this?
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