Did anyone see last weeks Top Gear were they raced 3 diesel cars over 700 miles. No fuelling allowed and they had to make it by a certain time? There was diesel Jag, a VW polo and a Subaru liberty. (Yes they could have used an I30). It was quite amazing to watch. Particularly at the end when their fuel guage and trip computers were telling them that they had no fuel left and yet they still were driving.
A similar thing happens to the I30 trip meter at the 50km to go mark - it just goes blank. I usually fill soon after this point.
Has anyone managed to drive until the fuel has actually run out? Is 50km about right? Or can it run for quite a while after like the Jag and the Polo did.
The display going blank after only 50km left seems to be the norm. I once drove my Stilo JTD to that point, and actually drove 65 kilometers more after the display going blank, and it did not go dry.
But on pump, I did fil the whole 58 liter capacity withouth trouble, so there may not have been that much left.
Notice that since these modern CR turbodiesels generally use less than 5 liters per 100km, gauging the last 50 km is technically VERY hard, that's only 2.5 liters! That's why they are showing blank, the sensor really isn't getting any sensible reading anymore.
The range to empty display on our i30 seems to be VERY pessimistic, but the car only has run 1800 kilometers so far, things may change.
