flotus1

I would like to find out how much fuel is left when the CT200h says it is out of fuel. This weekend I drove 84 km (52 miles) after the car said 0 km. I must admit that I was a little nervous towards the end.

I filled it with 43.1 liters (11.4 gallons) and that was filled to the brim.

What's the most you have put in?

Miamiboy87

Drove it about 10miles after it zero'd out.

Raidin

I visited my fuelly page and searched for all fill ups that resulted in over 11 gallons. I got 26 total (out of a currently 1,028 total fill ups). Of those 26 was my record, 11.813 gallons. (This fuelly log is #462 for reference if anyone wants to go look it up.)

When I average 50 MPG, I usually get the low fuel light about 100-150 miles before I run out. Range usually hits 0 somewhere around there, where I can still go over 100 miles before running out.

I did run out of gas once. I drove 571 miles (this includes roughly 1 mile on EV mode after running out). When I filled up, it was just 11.702 gallons, which was strange since I did fill up to 11.8~ before as mentioned at the top of my post. (This fuelly log is #502.)

While the 11.8 was my record fill up, the 11.7 where I ran out is right after it as my second best.

I would say that no one should really be trying to max out their 11.9 gallon tank on a long trip, because the car seems to shut down just before that, as evidenced by my experience.

gshadow325

Radin, u got me beat. On the top is mine. But I never top off. Just fill it until it stops.

Raidin

I did the top-off thing for a week as a test, I don't remember what happened honestly, it was back when the car was new and I was testing range. Otherwise, I always wait for a click as well.

flotus1

Raidin, that's really interesting. Thanks for the useful information.

DatSRBoi

Its 11.7 (11.8 maybe if you consider the neck fill)
When I get 50mpg (actual mpg so the dash is saying 52-53mpg) I can fill up at 450miles on the odo and only put in 9.7 gallons. That gives me almost 2 gallons left at 50mpg per gallon.

E46CT

I saw a video on youtube where someone in a 4G prius wanted to see how far he could go when the tank ran down to 0 remaining range miles. he went about 71 miles, and an extra 1.4 miles on a full traction battery alone. apparently the tank has about 1 or so gallons in reserve. Possibly 1.5. since our cars dont get as high mpg as a 4g prius, i'd say 50 miles or so would be our true remaining range when on "empty." i wish there was a recalibration to let more tech minded people decide for themselves when to fuel up. i don't like the idea of a buffer tricking you into showing you you are empty when you have a whole gallon to play with. a whole gallon is a lot for these cars!

spiral

My consistent fill happens around 8.5 gallons when cruising range is less than 10 miles. A couple years ago I was curious how far i could go and thought it was ~12 gal tank. So I took a gallon gas can along for a ride after I hit 0 miles left (so depleted 8.5 gal, 3.5 reserve?) . At 35 miles/gal I should get 120 miles, well, I went 75 miles (distance of my commute) and thought that was good enough, when I filled up I was at 11.4 gal (so obviously less fuel economy than I would have guessed). I know running low can lead to early fuel pump failure (or so says Click and Clack), so I don't push the envelope, but feel comfortable for a bit if I get too low and can't find a station.