Grunty

At least it's not a French car.

MerlinsGarage

John's 991

Perhaps normal, in that they all do it, but not normal in that the warning light should not go on at about 3/8ths of a tank (when mine goes on when on track). I asked the dealer about it, and he confirmed that the sensor got confused by the sloshing around.

Oh well, small price to pay for so much fun.

LexVan

Brad said his light came on at 1/4 tank. On the track, no less.

I said that's normal.

Mine comes on at 1/4 tank remaining on a flat cruise home.

TTCarrera

Mind your manners.

Mind your own business.


Why is "Mind Remaining Distance" so hard to understand? There's even an icon of a gas pump to help those who are stumped.

John's 991

Hey Lex, wow, I guess I will stop complaining about it on the track. I am used to it now, and use the analog gauge and remaining miles judge when I really need to refill. The light does not come on when on the street however.

MarcusG

John,

It's not broken. If you drive it like you stole it or are on the track the car is trying to compute remaining distance in mpg and even at 3/8 tank if you are driving around the road course at full throttle you are going to be pushing that remaining distance estimate. Nothing to worry about.

paradocs98

Bingo. When you're averaging 7 mpg on the track, at 3/8 of a tank (around 6-7 gallons), you're only looking at 40-50 miles remaining until empty. The computer calculates this and warns "mind remaining distance." The amusing thing is looking at the calculated range until empty in the multi-fn display as you're driving home after a trackday. You have a full tank of gas, and it reads 120 miles or so as the range. As you continue to drive and the computer recalculates at higher and higher mpg, the range starts increasing--180 miles, 210 miles, etc. "Hey--I'm growing gas in the tank!"