Spare fuel cans

[joggerjayne]

Do you carry spare fuel fuel?

I have a spare 5 litre can in both cars.

I would never drive anywhere without spare fuel.

[yellownana]

I will do from now on :-)

[joggerjayne]

Just little 5 litre plastic ones from Halfords, yellow.

[joggerjayne]

The only time I've used my diesel can was when I pulled up alongside a lady who was standing on the roadside, beside her car, to ask if she was okay.

She'd run out of diesel.

Jayne to the rescue !

[joeluke]

Tell me you drive with EMPTY fuel cans not ones carrying fuel?

[joggerjayne]

Ya ... an EMPTY fuel can would be REALLY useful !!!!!!!

[McMouse]

Would not carry fuel in a container in my car. Purpose of carrying an empty container is to carry fuel from a garage to your car if you run out. Garages are not permitted to supply fuel in anything other than approved container - 5 litre max. Ferry companies and many EU countries ban spare fuel being carried. It is a highly dangerous practice as any escaping fuel vapour could be ignited by any shorting of electrics in car boot.

[pink-kittens]

no way would i carry a full can of fuel in my vehicle - how dangerous!

[joeluke]

JJ, if you are carrying fuel in a can in a car you might as well be carrying a bomb!...........someone rams you hard from behind (NOT a euphemism!) and that can in your boot could explode

[joggerjayne]

"shorting of electrics in car boot" ?

Happily, in 26 years of driving, that has only happened to me ... err, 0 times.

There are lots of things that are dangerous ... like being a lone girl, stranded on the roadside, having run out of fuel.

[joggerjayne]

joe ... if someone rams my Land Cruiser from behind, the only thing that explodes is the front of their car !

=0)

[joeluke]

.....except if a juggernaut is behind you

[McMouse]

In your 26 years of driving how many times have you run out of fuel jj?

[redcrx]

I would rather just keep the car topped up with fuel. keep the extra 5 litres in the tank

[joggerjayne]

Now, Mousey ... here's your problem ...

If I had run out of fuel quite a few times, that would support my argument.

If I have never run out of fuel, I can still pretend that it happens quite often.

=0)

Okay, I don't often run out of fuel. But ... if the needle is on red, and the next motorway services aren't for another 20 miles ... I don't need to panic.

[joeluke]

JJ, you are a dangerous woman.........do you carry anything else 'useful' in your car 'just in case'?

[McMouse]

I seem to recall that you smoke jj. Lighting a fag and fuel vapour..........wow!

[jake-the-peg]

I recall a rather interesting Mythbusters episode where they tried to set fire to a fuel tank by shooting bullets at it.

Absolutely riddled it with no joy - they had to use tracers bullets in the end to get it to go.

Of course you can be unlucky and it can catch a hot exhaust but comparing a spare can to a bomb is a bit overexcitable - I suspect Jayne's 4x4 is diesel anyway.

[ummmm]

She doesn't smoke.....her mates does so she gets to freeze her tits off a lot.

[joeluke]

Jake

So fuel tanks never explode upon impact in some RTA's?

Plastic fuel cans ain't as robust as fuel tanks

Would you be happy carrying fuel in a plastic container in your boot?