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| Tweet Topic Started: May 28 2011, 03:25 PM (296 Views) | |
| George K | May 28 2011, 03:25 PM Post #1 |
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When you're driving along, and the gas gauge is reading close to empty, how low do you let the gauge go before you fill up? 1/4 tank? 1/8 tank? Less? |
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| brenda | May 28 2011, 03:31 PM Post #2 |
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If I'm just cruising around the local area, I let it get close to empty. If I'm far from home and not sure where all gas stations are, 1/4 tank is time to refill. |
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| George K | May 28 2011, 03:32 PM Post #3 |
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My car gives me a "50 miles to empty" warning. I usually fill up at 1/8, unless I'm lazy, in which case I wait for the warning. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| 1hp | May 28 2011, 03:34 PM Post #4 |
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My gas gauge doesn't work (well known problem with Chevy Silverado). When the trip odometer reached 300 miles, I gas up. There'll be about 5-6 gallons left in the tank at 300 miles, so I guess I don't cut it very close - 15mpg, 300 miles = 20 gallons, so I'm down to about a fifth of a tank at that point. |
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| sue | May 28 2011, 03:37 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Usually about the 1/8th mark. Gas is more expensive here on the island, so I try to wait until a trip to the mainland to fill up. So |
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| George K | May 28 2011, 03:38 PM Post #6 |
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Reminds me of my dad. When I was growing up, he had a 1957 VW Beetle. It didn't have a gas gauge, so he had to keep track of the mileage. If he ran out of gas, the car had an "auxiliary fuel tank" that he could engage with a lever on the firewall - I think it had 1 1/2 gallons in it. What a horrible car. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Mikhailoh | May 28 2011, 04:21 PM Post #7 |
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Down to when the light comes on or there's a particularly cheap day. I got $3.74 the other day. Back up to 3.89 today. |
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| John D'Oh | May 28 2011, 04:28 PM Post #8 |
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I fill up every other Thursday (pay-day) whether I need to or not - typically I've got about a third of a tank at that point, since it's only a 10 mile drive. I use somewhere that gives us money off for Stop n Shop points, and it's on the way to work. I plan my life out like the German war machine. Back in the days when I paid English pump prices I'd wait until the engine cut out over the hump-back bridge on the way home from work, and then fill it up
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| kenny | May 28 2011, 04:52 PM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I usually fill up when I hear the DING warning and the GAS LOW light comes on. I think that means I have 1.5 gallons left, which can take me 75 miles or so. |
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| Renauda | May 28 2011, 05:07 PM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Try not to go below a 1/4 tank. It puts heat stress on your in tank fuel pump. Sage advice I received years ago from a highly competent mechanic . |
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| dolmansaxlil | May 28 2011, 05:35 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Enough that the fuel pump would quit multiple times over a five year period, assuming you waited until the last possible moment to fill your tank every time? This might explain something. (Not me... Mister Soak) |
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| Mark | May 28 2011, 06:29 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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| George K | May 28 2011, 06:37 PM Post #13 |
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There's a fuel pump in the tank as well? Who knew? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Jolly | May 28 2011, 06:39 PM Post #14 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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1/4. |
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| Copper | May 28 2011, 06:43 PM Post #15 |
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Shortstop
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Usually 1/2 - 3/4, I have a 26 gallon tank, I don't want to see the price for a full tank |
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| Renauda | May 28 2011, 06:44 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Copper, you will probably never have a fuel pump failure. |
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