Well, since you asked politely...

After 8 years of ownership, gotta say this the first time I saw this message .
"How nice of you to ask, Mr. Tacoma"

 

It's just a pleasant suggestion. You can still pass 2-3 gas stations and price shop it. Mr. Tacoma isn't that serious.

 

Courtesy counts.

 

It should say, "Thank you for keeping me well fed all these years"

 

"Please sir, I want some more"

 

My OCD would never let this happen, you’re a brave soul

 

Boy I wish I had photoshop…

 

Never a good idea to run it that low air can get into the system . I never go lower than 1/4 of a tank .

 

I can happily say I’ve never seen this at. Running to real empty is asking for trouble especially with 140k+ worth of gas run through her. It is however cool, thanks for sharing

 

I will never see this either, but thanks for sharing!

 

To be fair, the dial hasn't past the E line... yet

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuEdU_lrtZk

 

I suggest you let that marinate!

 

I must be your counterpart on this subject. Out of 192 fuel-ups, I'm sure I've seen this message before 100 of them.

Thanks to Fuelly, I present Exhibit A. Pretty sure "Please Refuel" comes on around the 19 gallons area.

 

First warning is 2 gallons earlier. This warning is 2 gallons remaining. If you look at your current MPG you can calculate what is left. There is a group of us who played this game of chicken back in the early 3G days. We’d pull into a gas station immediately as the light went off and two click the pump with results. We went through all the engineering stuff about contaminants and cooling of the pumps. Fun stuff. You’re right, it’s awfully nice of them to politely ask. I’d pay good money to have the photo @bkhlrTaco's posted as my warning screen.

 

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve pulled into a gas station to fuel up when the gas light wasn’t on. And I’ve done hundreds of thousands of miles in gen2's and 3's.

I gotta hand it to Toyota with regard to the consistency of the fuel warning indicator system and actual fuel remaining, it’s been the same for the trucks I’ve driven - 2012, 15, 17, and the 22's I currently drive (about 3 gallons).

 

Remember the talking cars in the 80’s?

My car used to say; “ Hey dummy, are you deaf dumb and blind? Get some damn gas!”

 

What voice did they use? All I can hear is this one. RIP Redd

 

As a matter of fact the voice did tell me once that I was so ugly my face could be used to make gorilla cookies!

 

Keep that up and you very well may be rewarded with a burnt out fuel pump.