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Lexus Lie

bruce — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:14:00 +0000

I ran my car down to empty on the fuel gauge and one mile left on range indicator. I then filled up with 16 gallons ($3.88/gallon!). It would not take another drop.

I then looked up the tank capacity and found that it should hold 18.8 gallons (2006 Lexus GS300). On my last tank, I averaged over 29 mpg, so Lexus has built in a pad of more than 80 miles! I do believe that you shouldn’t be burning the last gallon of gas from a car as the water and junk settles to the bottom of the tank, but that seems like an excessive pad. The important thing is to know about the pads and not sweat it if you seem to be in trouble. Somehow the budgeting process from my Time Warner Cable days came to mind…

New to Me

bruce — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:56:01 +0000

The last new car I got was 30 years ago – a Pontiac Firebird Formula. Since then, Rhonda has gotten every new car we bought.

The pattern continues…I found this one owner 2006 GS 300 with less than 14,000 miles at CarMax:

It drives great and is superbly engineered. It is *much* more practical than my second choice:

BMW 540i

bruce — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 22:46:00 +0000

Yup, I did it. It’s 5 years old and it’s got a lot of miles, but I do love it. I think it’s the 6-speed stick that gets me…