For three years my 2003 Prius has never taken more than 10.8 gallons for a single fill. It's only reached that amount once. I've filled the tank in all different climates and altitudes. Imagine my surprise while I'm watching the pump go beyond 11 gallons and finally click off at 12.395? I was pissed and confused too. I mean, the weather has been great. I've kept my speeds to less than 55 and many other things happened that should have resulted in fantastic mpg. The damn nozzle was all the way inside too!!! Was I driving on fumes??
Anyway, not only did I say something to the station manager, I called the Weights and Measures guy here in town. He's going to check it out but noticed the station's last check was "recent" (6 months ago recent?). I also mentioned that another gas station (Sunoco) has pumps that jump up 3 or
4 cents before any gas flows. Sounds like the gas is flowing back into their tanks (how convenient) after it shuts off.What do you think about this 12.4 gallon fill up? Has anyone ever ran out of fuel and filled the tank beyond 11.9 gallons?
TIA mark_