Running on empty

[grimmy]

Originally Posted by craigcully

So long as you have a jug of fuel to get you to a gas station.

First time I ran out was in the middle of farm land outside of Phoenix. that was a fun walk. Builds character.

[96Civ]

I ran out of gas in my 65' GTO as I was merging onto the freeway. I didn't make it to the offramp. The gas gauge read 1/8 full too. I was heading to the other side of town to get gas because it was cheaper. I ran out of gas twice in that car because of the lieing gas gauge.

[2.2 Straight six]

i've run out in a friend's car, on a track though. there were two of us in the evil-understeering honda, just as we passed the pit entrance it cut out...

my dad almost ran our retal car in spian out of fuel, he then drove into the petrol station an stuf about 14 litres of diesel in it (petrol car). as many times as i said you shouldn't drive with all that diesel in there he didnt listen, we then flew the thing back to the apartment at about 110mph, hoping if it cut out we could coast it a bit before starting to push it. cost about £400~$800 for the rental company to sort out the buggered fuelling system.

[XROTARYGUY]

I used to run one of gas all the time on my work truck. It didn't have a working gas gauge. No matter though. I always had gas in the back of the truck. I got into the habbit of not worring about fuel level so much. That habbit bit me more than once in my personal car. Luckily my car only weighs about 2200 lbs, so I just kinda rolled/pushed it to the next gas station. I've driven it on the started a number of times as well.

[KustmAce]

Ive run out once.

That was a fun walk. At 1 AM. In South Denver.

[fredjacksonsan]

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[fredjacksonsan]

I was transporting a car with my brother from Virginia to Colorado. The old VW Jetta's gas gauge was out and it had a small tank, so we were filling up every 200 miles or so. In the middle of nowhere, Kansas after more than 18 hours of driving, my brother was sleeping against the window. I started messing around, letting off the gas intermittently. Sure enough, he woke up wide-eyed since something was wrong with the car. I told him "gotcha" and he went back to sleep. Welp, about 15 minutes later the car did that on its own. He cracked an eyelid and told me it wasn't funny anymore. 30 miles from the nearest anything, it was my turn to be wide-eyed as I told him, "I'm not doing it this time".

Now we were both wide awake as the next exit crept towards us. We got off, and had to wait at the stop sign to turn left for the gas station. Not for traffice, but for the most rusted pickup we'd ever seen. The inhabitants of the pickup had probably 180 years between them, and we though we'd run out of gas right there. AFter forever, they finally pulled out and we were right on their tail. The station was about 1/4 mile up the road, but we didn't make it. We coasted to a stop just short of the turnoff, and pushed the Jetta about 20 yards to the pumps.

We figured that was pretty lucky, considering the scale of Kansas.

[Mr Wiggl3s]

Haha what the fuck is this, you close it, and the next day open it to post something
According to other people you aint been here in a while

[Whumbachumba]

Mine comes on with 3-4 gallons left in the tank. If I drive easily, I can get 60-80 miles out of it. Drove home one day when it first turned on at school, that was 35 miles.

[fredjacksonsan]

Originally Posted by Mr Wiggl3s

Haha what the fuck is this, you close it, and the next day open it to post something
According to other people you aint been here in a while

Reopened by request. Posted so that people would know it's reopened.

[thadrawr]

Originally Posted by Jimmiz71

I've never run out of Gas or tested my limits.. I fill up when I get to the half tank mark.. This Thread reminded me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes out the Saab and wants to see how far He can go Once the Needle is on the Empty line..By the end hes holding hands with the Salesman cruising down the freeway..
-Jimmy

just let it ride

[tommy_boy]

I have only ran out of gas three times, but when your gas gauge is broken, it's too be expected. The first time I was just about a block away from work, so someone from work came and picked me up, and my roommate went and put gas in my car. Worked fine after that. The second time was I had just left my parents house, and they have 10 gallon tanks, so I was able to get some gas. The third, and last time, I was on my way home from another town, and I thought I had more in there, but I didn't. Once again, parents to the rescue. Well, I am going to get my gas gauge replaced soon, so that will cure that. Plus I know how far I can go on 1 tank of gas, so it's all good.