Running on empty - Page 2

ThatRoundHeadedKid · #16 10-21-2005, 02:38 PM

Running on Empty is a good song by Jackson Browne......

Oh, speaking of, did anyone see that episode of Top Gear where Jeremy took an Audi A8 4.2 TDI on a 400 mile round trip and made it on one tank and at the end, he was literally running on nothing? THat was pretty impressive there.

SiGNAL748 · #17 10-21-2005, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatRoundHeadedKid

Running on Empty is a good song by Jackson Browne......

Oh, speaking of, did anyone see that episode of Top Gear where Jeremy took an Audi A8 4.2 TDI on a 400 mile round trip and made it on one tank and at the end, he was literally running on nothing? THat was pretty impressive there.

It actually had more to do with the fact that the gas tank on an A8 is nearly 25 gallons.

93rollaracer · #18 10-21-2005, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ThatRoundHeadedKid

Oh, speaking of, did anyone see that episode of Top Gear where Jeremy took an Audi A8 4.2 TDI on a 400 mile round trip and made it on one tank and at the end, he was literally running on nothing? THat was pretty impressive there.

I've gone 500 miles on a tank when it was pure highway driving (like 496 of the 500 miles were highway). The last 50 or so were on E but I made it.

jcz1987 · #19 10-21-2005, 08:08 PM

I get about 360 miles in one tank of full gas. My E light goes on at 2.1 gallons before empty so I get around 54-60 miles left before empty. I have driven my car where it said on my dashboard the range I had left for gas was 2 miles.. so I have driven my car almost to no gas due to my 20 mile commute to school every friggin weekday...

Nicole8188 · #20 10-21-2005, 08:21 PM

Never run out of gas. There's a hot guy that works at the gas station up the road from me, so I visit as much as possible. I've lied about the thing not printing me a receipt just so I could go in and see him. It's sad.

But yeah, I have a gas light, but I never really even let it come on. I usually fill up at about 1/4 tank.

xokayxo · #21 10-21-2005, 08:33 PM

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Never run out of gas. There's a hot guy that works at the gas station up the road from me, so I visit as much as possible. I've lied about the thing not printing me a receipt just so I could go in and see him. It's sad.

that's not sad. i would do the same thing if guys that worked at gas stations here weren't so quasimodo-esque

i've never run out of gas either.

Nicole8188 · #22 10-21-2005, 09:22 PM

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quasimodo-esque

Bwahahaha!!

I'm definitely using that to describe people from now on. "Quasimodo-esque" I think that qualifies as one of the best words ever.

Heep · #23 10-22-2005, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ThatRoundHeadedKid

at episode of Top Gear where Jeremy took an Audi A8 4.2 TDI on a 400 mile round trip and made it on one tank and at the end, he was literally running on nothing? THat was pretty impressive there.

Correction - it was an 800 mile trip on a single tank...

Sean · #24 10-22-2005, 11:06 PM

I've bought 39.78 liters of gas for the 40 liter tank.

For you non-metric folk, that is a little less than a cup of gas left.

craigcully · #25 10-23-2005, 12:22 AM

Ha! Anybody seen that episode of seinfeld where Kramer and the car salesman see how far they can go on E? Hilarious!

speediva · #26 10-23-2005, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jcz1987

I get about 360 miles in one tank of full gas. My E light goes on at 2.1 gallons before empty so I get around 54-60 miles left before empty. I have driven my car where it said on my dashboard the range I had left for gas was 2 miles.. so I have driven my car almost to no gas due to my 20 mile commute to school every friggin weekday...

20 mile commute?!?! I drive 100+ miles round-trip, 5 days a week!!!!

Anyhoo, I have had the gas light come on in the Subaru, but I filled up at the next "affordable" station. I don't even know if the gas light works in the Infiniti. MOST of the time, I don't let the gauge get lower than 1/4 tank.

ec437 · #27 10-23-2005, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jcz1987

I get about 360 miles in one tank of full gas. My E light goes on at 2.1 gallons before empty so I get around 54-60 miles left before empty. I have driven my car where it said on my dashboard the range I had left for gas was 2 miles.. so I have driven my car almost to no gas due to my 20 mile commute to school every friggin weekday...

crazy. In my 1990 325is, I get the exact same mileage out of a tank, and my gas light comes on at the exact same time. Looks like BMW aims for a target.

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I've bought 39.78 liters of gas for the 40 liter tank.

For you non-metric folk, that is a little less than a cup of gas left.

My dad told me this story about how he once pulled into the gas station in his old '68 torino, and right as he was grabbing the key to turn the car off it sputtered and died. It was out of gas.

grimmy · #28 10-23-2005, 06:12 PM

I've run out of gas 3 times with my car. Because of that I have a realy good idea as to how far I can go before having to refuel. As a matter of fact I think that everyone should run out of gas just for that reason.

craigcully · #29 10-23-2005, 06:24 PM

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As a matter of fact I think that everyone should run out of gas just for that reason.

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

PBking82 · #30 10-23-2005, 06:25 PM

Only time I ever ran out was when the sending unit in my truck went bad and the gauge stopped working. Went to go out to start it in the winter and went to go take a shower. Come back out and it's not running, "hummm thats strange" won't start either, guess i'm outta gas. Peace-

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