The CHP said what you do after you hit empty could lead to some serious danger and a very high cost.
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And let's not forget the damage to your in-tank fuel pump caused by running out of fuel. That can get expensive.
Y'all might recall the problems I was having with my truck a couple years ago that turned out to be my fuel pump. That cost me $800 to replace and no, it wasn't caused by me running my tank dry, it just wore out. I rarely let any of my vehicles hit half full before refueling.
I keep my tank full. As soon as it gets down an quarter I top off and carry a jerry as back up. It's psychologically easier to top off often than driving around with an perpetually empty tank...waiting for the arbitrary jump in fuel price.
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That's why $113 equals 3 tanks of gas when you have a pickup.
ReplyDeleteHell, the "diversity" has been doing that shit all along. They are truly trend setters.
ReplyDeleteI've only run out twice in my life. Once when I was in high school and my '50 Studebaker ran out before I got to the filling station. A nice man gave me a dime to call home. I only had nine cents.
ReplyDeleteThe second was when a friend and my cousin and I were trying to spend a week in Florida on $50 each. I also had a Texaco credit card so when it was my turn I found that there were basically no Texaco stations in Florida (in the mid-60's). My cousin had every credit card there was and ended up buying most of the gas.
Now, mine never gets below half either.
Yep. Saturday traffic was FUBAR on I93 southbound from Boston. Turned out two Indian guys (maybe Pakistani) managed to run out of gas -- in the leftmost lane yet. By the time I got there third brown dude (that's how the ones I know refer to each other, so fuck off) was filling their tank from a 2-gal container. That third guy had parked on the right shoulder, so must have run across three lanes of traffic to get to them. Whatta bunch of idiots.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know where $113 is three tanks of gas because that's damned good. I paid $68 for 16 gals on Sunday in "Metrowest" Massholia.
A man I worked for a few years ago was East Indian by heritage but born and raised by immigrant parents in Guyana. Dark-skinned but not "deep in Africa" black. He was chief of security at a beach resort and funny as hell when he talked about tourists and owners of all stripes seeing "my black ass" come walking up to handle a problem. He was a good man in general and also to work for.
DeleteGood point about the fuel pumps in the tank. The tank has to be dropped out to get in the topside of it. I don't know where "E" really is on my truck, and I've no intention of finding out. It's supposed to be a 35 gallon tank, and even with the idiot display on the dash saying "zero miles to empty" I've never been able to put more than 26 gallons in it.
ReplyDeleteAs a pilot, the most unforgivable sin in aviation is running out of fuel. Part of preflight is dipsticking the tanks with a calibrated dipstick. The only time the gauge on the panel is required to be accurate is at "E", and we NEVER want to see that. Hence the old saying "Never pass up an opportunity to top up the tanks".
The hard "Fuel up at 1/4 tank" rule has too benefits: You can pick which part of town and what time of day you refuel.
ReplyDeleteAnd I firmly believe I killed the fuel pump in my '01 Sierra by running it "damn near dry" in January and then dumping a whole tank of cold fuel on it.
I keep mine so full, the tank strap broke. Of course it's a rusty 20 yo strap.
ReplyDeleteOhio Guy
You still get an "E" for Effort. ;)
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