[harry]

The gas gauge is just another 'idiot light' to me. It doesn't really tell me anything reliable but it does spur further action. Similar to how a maintenance required light lets me know I need to plug in the code reader and check it out. When the gauge indicates low, I'll pay attention to how much mileage I'm expecting and then time the next fill-up around that.

(Tracking mileage is done on my phone. Using the data stored there I can accurately gauge how many miles I can get using the odometer. I've done this for the entire life of my truck and I can peg a 3500 mile roadtrip's cost within 5$)

That said - I feel that I would prefer an accurate reading on the tank status through the gauge to be standard. I wouldn't feel so uncertain when driving someone else car past the last gas station for 50m en route to Vegas.