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I think I learned my lesson this morning

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I always wait until the last minute (or last few miles) to fill up my gas tank.  My mileage indicator has always been very reliable and tells me how many miles I have to go before the tank is empty.

I pulled into the gas station with it on ZERO miles this morning.  It had 5 miles when I got home last night and the gas station is less than 2 miles from my house but apparently it takes some gas to start the engine.  Big Smile 

I was literally praying my entire way there with my heart pounding because I had no options if I ran out of gas.  I would have been walking.

Luckily I made it, but I'm not going to do that again for a very long time!

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  • beccabradbeccabrad member
    I do that all the time and just did it yesterday.  I realized I was past zero miles and decided I better stopSurprise.  DH drove my car to empty to find out just how far past empty it would go and it seems that I have about 30 miles after it says zero miles left at least that's what he says.  I've ran out of gas before on the interstate (in another car) and had no options except for some stranger to take me to the gas station ~ scary.
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  • NDwife07NDwife07
    Bah! And in this weather, too! Glad you made it!
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  • manda429manda429
    Totally sounds like something i would do!  I hate getting gas....Glad you made it!
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  • amstepamstep member

    My dad and my husband would tell you that you'll burn up the car's fuel pump if you consistently drive it under 1/4 of a tank of gas.  Evidently, the fuel pump needs to be kept cook by the gas in the tank (where it sits), and if there isn't anything in there to cool it down, eventually it will burn itself out.

    That's the speech I hear EVERY time I get low on gas.  Stick out tongue  My mother has burned up 3 or 4 FPs in her lifetime, lol.  I haven't so far, but only because they've scared me into believing them!

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  • fruitcakesfruitcakes member

    Oops!  I get "reprimanded" all the time for that too :)

     

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  • blondbomber23blondbomber23
    imageamstep:

    My dad and my husband would tell you that you'll burn up the car's fuel pump if you consistently drive it under 1/4 of a tank of gas.  Evidently, the fuel pump needs to be kept cook by the gas in the tank (where it sits), and if there isn't anything in there to cool it down, eventually it will burn itself out.

    That's the speech I hear EVERY time I get low on gas.  Stick out tongue  My mother has burned up 3 or 4 FPs in her lifetime, lol.  I haven't so far, but only because they've scared me into believing them!

    This. I burned up a FP back when I had an eclipse. It wasn't cheap either.
    I still consistently drive low on gas though. I've been down to "0" miles a couple times and got gas right away. My mom assures me that there are many miles left after it says it's empty before you actually run out of gas. I don't want to find out though. :)

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  • MrsJMBMrsJMB
    Glad you made it!  Joe goes way past my comfort zone on letting the gas get low.  
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  • IU_babyIU_baby member
    imageamstep:

    My dad and my husband would tell you that you'll burn up the car's fuel pump if you consistently drive it under 1/4 of a tank of gas.  Evidently, the fuel pump needs to be kept cook by the gas in the tank (where it sits), and if there isn't anything in there to cool it down, eventually it will burn itself out.

    That's the speech I hear EVERY time I get low on gas.  Stick out tongue  My mother has burned up 3 or 4 FPs in her lifetime, lol.  I haven't so far, but only because they've scared me into believing them!

    This was the speech I got from Ryan this morning!  Along with condensation building up in the tank because it's winter and all of the grossness at the bottom of the fuel tank being pushed into the engine.  Whatevs. 

    Thinking I might have to walk a mile+ in flats with no socks and 30 degree temps scared me enough. 

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  • SusieDMBSusieDMB
    I've definitely pushed it too.  It makes me mad when gas stations are so far off in pricing sometimes that I'll drive to the next one or back to the cheaper one I saw.  I definitely pushed it to the limit when I worked in Kokomo and it would be 10 miles between stations.
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  • lemen99lemen99 member
    oh no!! That stresses me out big time!
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