Terry Shea, writing for AOL Autos , attempts to dispel the mystery of the ever inaccurate, auto gas gauge:
\n Have you ever noticed that your gas gauge stays on full for quite a while before the needle even moves, and then it moves faster and faster as it approaches empty? And then when it gets to \u2018E\u2019 it sort of stays there for a while until the low warning light comes on \u2026 ?<\/p>\n
It turns out it\u2019s partially your fault that gas gauges work that way.<\/p>\n
The engineers calibrate them to do that. Why? Because you, the customer, have told them that\u2019s the way you like it. We spoke with Phil Pierron, an engineer at Ford (his title is actually \u201cTechnical Expert for Systems Engineering in Core Fuel Systems), who told us, \u201cOur customers really didn\u2019t want to run out of fuel when they hit \u2018E.\u2019 Customers do want some amount of fuel when they get to \u2018E.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Apparently, consumer surveys indicate that people don\u2019t like seeing the needle depart from \u201cF\u201d right away either…. According to Pierron, \u201c[Customers] want it to stay on full for an amount of time.\u201d This gives them the illusion that they are getting better fuel mileage or at least not immediately burning through that expensive tank of petrol they just bought, even if they quite literally are….<\/p>\n
[And] while customers want there to be a \u201creserve\u201d of gasoline available when they reach the empty mark … [they] don\u2019t want too much of a reserve. Otherwise, they will complain that their 20-gallon tank only takes 15 gallons when filling up from empty. Apparently, there is a sweet spot where customers are happy to be fooled by their gas gauges, but not too much. We customers sure are a fickle bunch.<\/p>\n
The engineer\u2019s job should be to make things more accurate and efficient, but in this case he has to play psychologist to keep customers happy. [1]
\nWhat could possibly be more straight forward than a gas gauge? You\u2019d think people would be thrilled to have one that simply provided them with accurate information. Not so in our \u201chave it your way\u201d world.<\/p>\n
Most pastors today can identify with the pressure to accommodate an increasingly fickle clientele.<\/p>\n
To suggest that it is challenging in an age of relativism and theological compromise to preach the absolute, uncompromising truths of the Gospel is a gross understatement. Sadly, too many of us have succumbed to the pressure to accommodate the customer. Or put another way, we lie to them!<\/p>\n
We present a re-engineered Gospel with no trials to endure, none of the sufferings of Christ to share, no call to humility or sacrifice, and certainly no coming judgment. These pulpits strive for that \u201csweet spot where customers are happy to be fooled\u201d by their ministers.
\n \u201cFor the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear\u201d (2 Timothy 4:3).
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1. \u201cHow Does Your Gas Gauge Really Work? Why That First Half-Tank Seems To Last Forever\u201d by Terry Shea for AOL Autos , posted Dec 14, 1010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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