Petrol Light

[aswearing]

you may have read a post about chancing fate and seeing how long you can beat the petrol light.

well, its fair to say i was beaten.

only just came off of the m18 when, while overtaking, revs decided to conk out. i can justify this by being a student and having a student accout and shyness from petrol stations...

anyway, ended up walking 30 minutes to the nearest station, buying the petrol can, and filling it with petrol, which went all over my hands.

then 30 mins going back. now i am never going below half a tank.

ever.

[pgarner]

unlucky

the worst ive had is had to go alonggggg way around for a short cut came off at juntion 44 on the m6 up the slip road and at the time they had just put in traffic lights at the roundabout and they werent set up poperly (taking ages to change then going through 1 set and getting stuck behind the next set 10m on front by the time it changed the 1st set were red again) so heres me sitting on the slip road and the car starts splutter and misfire. i had sat for 20 miles with the petrol light on thinking it would be fine never again

now i keep a 2gallon jerry can in the boot . dont worry it gets used up and fresh stuff put in every fortnight

[HDi fun]

I always think about filling up once below half a tank. Takes the panic out of things. Also, you can drive onto an empty forecourt instead of queueing.

[waynne]

I wait for the red zone unless of course I have a long journey. I used to run on empty and hit a hill which caused fuel starvation and I conked out - it changes your habits when you have a long walk to a petrol station. My Audi tells me how many miles I have left but this can be erratic when you come of a motorway with 60 miles left into town and at town economy you might only have half that!

[HDi fun]

Likewise my car has a miles left display. They're generally only accurate when the say 0000 and the engine dies. I have an idea that this is a very bad thing with diesels so I avoid running out.

[customcarz]

i try not to run on empty as worried will konk out

[pgarner]

Originally Posted by HDi fun

I always think about filling up once below half a tank. Takes the panic out of things. Also, you can drive onto an empty forecourt instead of queueing.

yeah i try an fill up when its around 1/4 and 1/2 tank and have the jerry can in case