Whats the longest you've gone..., ...with the gas light on? Options

[senick]

Yeah, yeah, chastise me to your mechanically righteous hearts' content, but I'd like to know how long we can actually go after that little illuminated gas pump lights up the cluster. I was on a trip yesterday, and seeing as how I had 3 gallons to start with and I get 35mpg highway (95 ST), I figured I'd have a bit more than 90 miles before I really need to refill. Well, eventually I lost my grapes and filled up before testing my theory (out of concern for the fuel pump, which I don't know if that's just anecdotal or really valid).
But, from experience, how far have you folks been able to push it after the light comes on?

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[ricochet1490]

mine starts to ilum at a 1/4 tank. and it pulses every few minutes until ti gets to about an 1/8 tank where it just stays on at that point.... dunno if anyone elses does that...
BUT, I've pushed mine pretty far. As best I can figure, and I do this with relative frequency.... in my 5s, when the needle in ON the E.... I have about 2-2.5 gallons left in the tank. I've driven at least 50 miles before on that...
But I know for a fact I've had it buried on the needle, filled all the way up, and only put in 14.5 gallons..... I've never put in a full 15+ and it's supposed to be a 16 gal. tank. So I figure I still have 25+ miles on top of that.

Side note, one time I did 315 miles to a 1/2 tank, was well past 500 with a quarter to go, and could have possibly reached my destination still, at 615 miles..... best mpg I've ever had. 36.7. Was driving to Long Island from east Ohio and almost did the whole thing in one tank. Didn't get gas until New Jersey when the guys I was driving with stopped to fill the truck and trailer up (was prolly drafting behind them most of the way in reality) - But makes for a good story!