Distance to empty difference?

Hi,

I own a 17 TRD OR 4x4 and 99% of the time when I fill my tank with shell gas (closest to my house) I get “385 to empty”

Today I was out of town and filled up at a Mobil (tank was half way full) and I got “415 to empty”

I’ve never seen 415 before. I’ve own this truck for a year now. Is Mobil better gas? What gives? I was tripping out today so decided to ask you guys. Thanks in advance.

 

It changes like that, mine usually will say 364 but will occasionally pop up 394.

 

Coincidence. Seriously.

 

It has to do with the computer. Have you made longer trips recently with the truck vs shorter drives or has it been windy where you drive. Did you recently add air to the tires to bring back to correct psi.

 

If you go a couple tanks of good mpgs it goes up. I’ve gone 420 miles before the gas light goes on which means 3 gallons left I think. Now I have bigger tires on.

 

DTE calculation is based on previous driving history (such as a recent long out of town drive on a highway), and has nothing to do with the brand of fuel just added to the tank. That said, your brand of fuel could affect overall MPG as part of your driving history over time.

 

Nope, just short trips here in sunny Southern California

 

You must be catching every light green with the holiday light traffic around here.

 

Awesome! thank you. I appreciate all you guys for taking the time to reply. I thought Mobil had some magical fuel that I’ve been missing out on haha.

 

Oh yeah. Traffic has been 10x worse this week. Good luck trying to find parking at the major malls.

 

Unless that horse on the logo is actually a unicorn

 

I live near the Beverly center.

 

Unicorn piss=mpg magic

 

I’m sorry. I feel your pain. I used to live few blocks from the Grove. Never again

 

Holy shit my always says 384 miles....I’m lucky to get 250 miles to a tank

 

That's a lot. Most of the time mine shows 289ish, pumped today, and got 303.

 

Damn, that’s low. I’m running king 2.5s with 285 tires and get 385

 

Mine never tops 300 but I always get over 300 to a tank.

 

Unless it senses how much fuel is in the tank. Then the difference could be the shutoff point for the gas nozzle.