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That first shut off is the unpredictable one, with the gas swirling around in the tank and sometimes forced up the filler neck.
For example, if I've been averaging 32 mpg and suddenly I get a tank that figures out to something like 28 mpg and nothing in how I'd been driving recently could account for it, that gets my attention. I make sure my fillup is normal, then wait until the calculation at the next fillup. If the numbers are back to normal, great. If it's still down, something MUST be going on. A simple way to monitor thing in general
I got a "new" used car a year ago and intentionally stopped keeping a gas log. It does have the dash readout and it's been pretty accurate when I've checked it manually. I sort of miss the gas log ritual.
With the car, I let the pump shut off by itself, can hear the gurgle as things settle, then squeeze until a second and third shutoff. No overflow messes for me