Originally Posted by
Rattigan_Roger
It's really too bad BRP doesn't fix the analog gauge.
Especially when they stick them on the higher level models as some sort of incentive.
The reason the analog gas gauge is inaccurate is because the fuel tank is oddly shaped.
There is a float in the tank (just like a toilet)
The gauge is proportional to the float level.
When the float is halfway down, the gauge reads half the fuel is gone but that isn't true due to the tank configuration.
The digital gauge uses the same float but apparently has programming that accounts for the odd shape of the tank and displays more closely the actual fuel level left in the tank just as we've come to expect in every vehicle made in this century and half the last one.
It seems very odd to me that the high end models have useless gee-gaws that are purchased at a premium price then are owner disconnected.
If they can't make the gauges work properly why not stick gauges that can be made to work instead?
Maybe an oil pressure gauge, tire pressure oh, I dunno a volt or amp gauge.
The product planners sort of missed the boat on this one, IMHO
rant over.