I get 225-240 kms in the first 1/4 tank,180-200 second 1/4,120-130 third 1/4
I have never gone more than 10-15 mins,from the light going on about low fuel,but when I fill ,the fuel # works out ,in our case 8 litres is when the light comes on ,and I fill 42-43 litres .50 litre tank.
So the guage is sort of off .Not a big deal,it is always the same,without back road spirited motoring.
I commute 800 kms a week,500 miles .Anyone else see this .sorry I'm not going to convert to many #,s

 

With out taking the time to convert to miles, the proportions for distances for each 1/4 tank seem very close to my experience with my '02 Cooper.


Once that light comes on, I can take my eyes off it even though I know I can go further, I end up pulling in for gas in short order !

 

From what the tech tells me as the tank runs down the MINI goes through a series of safe modes .To protect itself from running out . Don't really ever want to go there. So I see the last 1/4 as reserve.As long as I get great MPG,not really a problem,but one would think that if you had a car with more than one computer in it, they could build a good float.Geez

 

I ran outta fuel with 13km's worth left on the onboard computer So much for accurancy. Mind you, I was kinda testing the car to see how accurate it was. I found out the hard way right downtown. That sucked.
Cheerio,

 

Did your MINI slow down first, then just sit and idle.My tech told me that this is how the MINI trys to prevent itself from running out .13 Kms is only about one litre of fuel.That warning light comes on with 8 litres in the tankOH JEEZ HAIL GOT TO MOVE POCO

 

In my experience, all gauges in the universe are biased to the "front" part of the tank. for one thing, if you fill a tank to the gills, the float (and needle) go WAY past their normal full mark but you can't tell cuz their movement is positively stopped.
The real MINI racers ? have met, swear by the incredible accuracy of the "volume meter" on the car BTW........

 

Ya me too ,just wished that the 1/4 tanks would be closer
what does by volume mean?

 

I didin't check to see how much fuel was remaining, however twice now I have had the Est. Miles remaining read zero and covered 2-3 miles like that. Unfortunatly this knowledge only makes me more more apt to run the needle down. Although I always get a little scared when the needle goes below the E light, I'm also up for the adventure (and never that far from fuel in time like those).

 

I just recently ran my down to 4 Est. miles on the computer, and was fine. Strange thing though the Nav system has since begun to show gas station indicators all over the map. Cool idea but did not know it did that.

 

I did it again. Apparently if you keep driving after the estimated remaining miles gets down to zero, it then goes blank. Amount of fuel put in the car. 13.2 gallons. Capacity according to the manual 13.2 gallons. But does this include the 2.1 gallon reserve? Could I have gone another @50 miles? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

My guess would be that the 2.1 is part of the tank.The way I understand it the car is not right empty if it stops,it is just protecting itself from the injection system from going dry.

 

It is my understanding that the warning light comes on somewhere around 2.1 gallons until empty and the tank does not really hold 15.3 gallons with 2.1 reserve gallons that cannot be used.

The furthest I have gone is to have the computer display 3 miles until empty :D

 

I Know ,like most ,that you can go beyond the reserve light coming on.But the tech at my dealer says that the car goes into "protect mode" if you run it right down.In other words ,stops running before it goes dry.
Try and start any fuel injected engine that has gone dry,not easy.And not good for it.

 

on my 2004 MC 5S when the low fuel light turns on that is 11 gallons consumed. In all highway driving the first 1/4 tank = 170 mi. and the next 1/4 tank = 125 mi. and the next 1/4 tank = 125 mi. then the light turns on 30 mi. that's 450 miles on 11 gal. of 89 octane gas. About 40 miles per gallon at 75 mph ave. speed andaircondition use 1/4 of the time.

 

:smile:MPG sound great,much like mine,but I burn the recomended 91 octane:smile:

 

The fuel gauge in MM2 seems very logrithmic, or at least exponential. It stays at "full" for a loooong time, slowly creeps to 3/4 mark, and then picks up speed. By the time it hits 1/4 mark, I can actually see it crashing towards empty.

It's like gravity has taken the needle over! Sometimes, if I have the stereo off, I can hear this "waaa-BAM!" sound as the needle free-falls to earth.

 

I've gone several miles on "0", won't be trying that too often!

 

Yup