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      01-12-2013, 05:18 PM   #2
alexwhittemore
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Drives: 2009 Crimson 328i
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Los Angeles

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The light in my car at least (09 328) comes on with a range indication of something like 35 or 30mi, and it's definitely range-driven, not remaining capacity driven. For example, if I'm driving aggressively, the light may come on, but then turn off if I start driving more economically. I think the 2.1gal is an estimation based on typical range at that fuel level.

That said, when my range indicates zero miles, there's still something like a half gallon in the tank. That's based on a specified 16.1gal tank (in my car, anyway) and a fill up at absolutely zero miles range indicated a couple days ago - the car took 15.6 gallons. Granted, the pump was having trouble with early cutoff, but I moved to a different pump to finish the fill, and the car read full after, so I can only assume everything's accurate.
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