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it depends :)

it comes on earlier if you take corners at a decent rate, and the fuel sloshes to the other side of the tank. I can often go 70km more before filling up and still have fuel to spare. on the freeway when you're travelling straight, it comes on when you are really low, so find a petrol station NOW.

also, i decided to test it once because my fuel light goes on/off all the time. i thought does it come on and stay on when i have only 2L left? well, i got onto the main road, fuel light was still going on/off and the car started stuttering because it was out of fuel.

I actually find the fuel gauge to be more accurate. if the gauge is on empty or higher then I'm OK as long as i don't take a corner quickly. below empty and i have bugger all fuel left.

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it depends :)

it comes on earlier if you take corners at a decent rate, and the fuel sloshes to the other side of the tank. I can often go 70km more before filling up and still have fuel to spare. on the freeway when you're travelling straight, it comes on when you are really low, so find a petrol station NOW.

also, i decided to test it once because my fuel light goes on/off all the time. i thought does it come on and stay on when i have only 2L left? well, i got onto the main road, fuel light was still going on/off and the car started stuttering because it was out of fuel.

I actually find the fuel gauge to be more accurate. if the gauge is on empty or higher then I'm OK as long as i don't take a corner quickly. below empty and i have bugger all fuel left.

I find that the fuel gauge goes up and down quite frequently, it's so hard to tell how much fuel I have left in the tank.

Like I've never had the fuel light coming on, but when it does come on, I want an idea of how much fuel I have left. Instead of having to walk to a petrol station to get some fuel and walk back to the car...

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Mine will go on and off also. Usually on when the car is angled down at the front and then off again as weight transfers to the rear of the car.

It is really hard to tell how much fuel you have left when the light goes on. If I am really poor I usually wait until the fuel light is on permanently but generally try and avoid this because having a car run out of fuel is such a pain in the ass when you could of just filled up. There is also the risk of clogging fuel lines with all the crap at the bottom of the tank. Basically just get fuel when the light comes on.

Whether or not you have an aftermarket fuel pump may also effect how far you get with the fuel light on as they often aren't mounted again in exactly the factory position.

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