That's why they call it a guage; otherwise, it would be called an accurate. The reason it reads empty when it still has gas accomidating the idiots in the population. There is always some sfb who insists that they run it until it's empty. But the empty while still fuel isn't always the case. It is wise to view 1/4 to 1/8 as empty. Based on the average credit card debt per American, it's obvious that operating within the budjet, rather than overspending is a hard concept to grasp. So it's a waste of time trying mentioning that a guage reading empty is bad news.

Tom, when you say it only takes ten gallons to fill it, you leave out an important part of the equasion: How much gas is in the tank when the guage reads empty? The fgf tank won't hold its rated capacity. Mine is pretty generous: I can pack exactly 13.3 gallons in my 18 gallon tank.

The car was designed to only hold 10 to 13 gallons of gas. (I've heard rumor of people able to get around 16 gallons in.) It's because Pontiac was one of the more clever competetors during the performance wars. NHRA required cars to have at least 18 gallon tanks. During a drag race, the tank had to be full. The definition of full was up to the filler neck. The solution was to tilt the tank so is has a 5 to 8 gallon air bubble when full to the filler neck, reducing total vehicle weight. And according to the way the rules were described, it was totally legal. Shortly thereafer, the definition of a full tank was changed from full to the neck to having 18 gallons of fuel in it.