Ah. *That* reserve!  --- ;^)

I was thinking literally a reserve tank. Like I had on my very first
car. A '58 Beetle. Flip over the lever down by your right foot, and
you had about 20 miles til empty.

Yup. Good old reserve tank..... and no fuel gauge!

Neil.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:08:51 -0800, "Mike Elliott"
>  <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> said:
>  > In the case of analog-toilet-bowl-float-connected-to-a-rheostat type
>  > fuel gauges, what does the word "reserve" mean? Surely folks aren't
>  > expected to think that once the pointer reaches "E" they still have 0.9
>  > gallons left. I'm pretty distrustful of any readings close to "E".
>
>  I was just referring to the shaded area at the bottom of the gauge.  I
>  know it's not really a "reserve".
>
>  Allan
>  --
>  1991 Vanagon GL
>

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