Yes, gas gauges. Hey, forums are a dying medium and I'm just doing my part to keep this shit on life support.
Anywho... I suddenly find myself in possession of two vehicles propelled by liquid fuel: An Audi Q5 and a Maserati Ghibli SQ4. Both are similarly efficient with the Ghibli getting 15 miles of range per gallon city and 25 highway and the Q5 getting 18 and 26 respectively. Both also have similarly sized gas tanks and can travel about the same distance on the highway but they measure fuel very differently and it's driving me mad.
The Q5 acts like every gasoline car I've ever owned. You fill it it up and the gas gauge goes a bit over the full mark and just sits there for like the first 50 miles before it starts to move down. This is not at all accurate but it makes you feel good. "Hey, I've driven 30 miles and still have a full tank!" The Ghibli, on the other hand, has a digital fuel gauge and that fuel gauge starts dropping after maybe 10 miles. And I fucking hate it.
And here's the thing, it's technically more accurate but years of driving gasoline cars has conditioned me to enjoy that period of time where the fuel gauge is reading full even though I know full fucking well that it's not.
Am I the only one? Would this bother anyone else?
Anywho... I suddenly find myself in possession of two vehicles propelled by liquid fuel: An Audi Q5 and a Maserati Ghibli SQ4. Both are similarly efficient with the Ghibli getting 15 miles of range per gallon city and 25 highway and the Q5 getting 18 and 26 respectively. Both also have similarly sized gas tanks and can travel about the same distance on the highway but they measure fuel very differently and it's driving me mad.
The Q5 acts like every gasoline car I've ever owned. You fill it it up and the gas gauge goes a bit over the full mark and just sits there for like the first 50 miles before it starts to move down. This is not at all accurate but it makes you feel good. "Hey, I've driven 30 miles and still have a full tank!" The Ghibli, on the other hand, has a digital fuel gauge and that fuel gauge starts dropping after maybe 10 miles. And I fucking hate it.
And here's the thing, it's technically more accurate but years of driving gasoline cars has conditioned me to enjoy that period of time where the fuel gauge is reading full even though I know full fucking well that it's not.
Am I the only one? Would this bother anyone else?