QUIRKS AND FEATURES

"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo) 03/19/2018 at 20:20 • Filed to: Autoraid.com/overdrink

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Volvo 850 fuel gauge is divided into thirds, rather than halves or quarters.

Well except for that little 2. That’s also random

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Alfalfa 03/19/2018 at 20:26

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it also appears to be rather non-linear in its scale. wonder what kind of mechanism they’ve got going to account for that.

LongbowMkII > Alfalfa 03/19/2018 at 20:27

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Drove a friend’s S80 and it started at 22, is it gallons?

Alfalfa > LongbowMkII 03/19/2018 at 20:29

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Mine is. Your friend’s S80 likely is too, Volvo likes big fuel tanks it seems.

Alfalfa > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 03/19/2018 at 20:31

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Yah I have no idea. But one thing I’ve noticed in a lot of vehicles this age and older is that the needle itself doesn’t tend to move linearly, maybe this was just an easy way to counteract that?

crowmolly > Alfalfa 03/19/2018 at 21:44

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Hey, we need a gas gauge but all we have are these voltmeters...

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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Alfalfa 03/19/2018 at 21:56

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The second half of my tank definitely goes faster than the first. I think Half on the gauge is actually closer to a third.

MINIGTI > Alfalfa 03/19/2018 at 22:10

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The gas gauge (of dubious accuracy) in my Jaguar is marked with (1/2) for half and (1/1) for full.

Long-Voyager > Alfalfa 03/20/2018 at 07:41

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Side point, is the gauge reading in gallons/liters instead of divisions as you’re thinking?

My van has quirks as well:

Quirk #1: I can make roughly 200 miles on my 1st 1/2 tank of gas. The 2nd 1/2 tank is good for 50-100 miles.

Quirk #2: HVAC controls only light up when they damn well feel like it.

Quirk #3: Who the hell am I kidding, I drive 90s Mopar, they’re all quirk.

Alfalfa > Long-Voyager 03/20/2018 at 09:40

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The numbers represent gallons, but they’re still divided into thirds. I’m not quite I get your drift.