difference between being prepared and treating every low fuel warning like the car is about to stop immediately.
Modern cars are designed with a reserve when the low-fuel warning comes on.
The exact amount varies by vehicle, and you shouldn’t treat the remaining range estimate as a guarantee.
But the warning light generally doesn’t mean:
“You have approximately thirty seconds before this vehicle becomes a lawn ornament.”
It means:
“Fuel is getting low. You should refuel.”
Which is…
exactly what I do.
Eventually.
