2008 Chevy Fuel Tank Question

BillandCarole wrote:
As it turned out, there was 5 gallons even still in the main tank. (We also have a 30 gal Transfer Flow fuel tank that took another 28 gallons.) We don't like getting this low on fuel but we were coming out of Tucson and when we hit Vidal things looked good fuel wise. However when we hit the mountains just south of Barstow the fuel went fast and the totalizer burped and went from 11 gals to 7 in just a few miles. We stopped in Barstow looking for Diesel but had problems with paying 4.69 to $4.79 a gallon. We stopped, and restarted and the totalizer and fuel gauge went up to 11 and 1/8th respectively. ??? This brought up the question of exactly how much was actually in the tank(s) and how much of that we could actually use. I'm still not sure but running out is NOT what I want to do. The incentive to gamble for us was the $1.20 a gallon difference between Barstow and the next refuel point, Edwards AFB.

BII&Carole,
Interesting, the areas you are talking about are exactly the areas I travel. We start in north calif. and go to the Phoenix area every winter for 4 months. Your Barstow experience was exactly what I was referring to--- high prices and not that many diesel fuel stations. :( I also had the experience of finding that the Diesel station i would usually stop to refuel up had gone out of business when I went to fuel up the next year. With my 60 gal. tank, I can drive from the Sacramento area to Phoenix on 1 tank of diesel, although I never go below 1/4 of a tank:).