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Have You Ever Run Out Of Petrol?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Not me personally, but when eldest daughter passed her driving test we bought her a second hand metro, she'd had it about a week when she rung me and said she'd stalled it and couldn't restart it, I went to where she was, armed with jump leads, some kind soul had helped to push the car from the busy junction and onto a grass verge. Tried jumping the car, nothing. Phoned garage where we'd bought the car (it was local and we knew the owner very well), he picked it up on a trailer. He took it back to garage, phoned us to let us know there was nothing wrong with the car, the problem was she'd run out of petrol.
I did once. It was years ago in a car park in Cornwall and I was really embarrassed because it blocked the way in. To my surprise, instead of horn-blaring and gestures, two other drivers helped me get it into a space and another went off to get a container of petrol. It must be the friendliest place I've ever been to!
Not personally, but I've been in a car that has run out of petrol. We were on our way to visit my Sister, in Somerset. We'd been to Honiton (In Devon) to drop off our Neighbours with their Daughter.
The road was unlit and cars were blasting past, making our car shake. Dad was stood at the back of the car, shining a torch into the road - "This is GUARANTEED to make people pull over" he proudly proclaimed. No-one stopped... I got out, waved my arms over my head a ccouple of times, and a kind gentleman stopped, and took my Dad to a nearby watering hole, and rang my Sister. Was hard to know how long we were stopped for.
I was more embarrassed for my Dad.
The road was unlit and cars were blasting past, making our car shake. Dad was stood at the back of the car, shining a torch into the road - "This is GUARANTEED to make people pull over" he proudly proclaimed. No-one stopped... I got out, waved my arms over my head a ccouple of times, and a kind gentleman stopped, and took my Dad to a nearby watering hole, and rang my Sister. Was hard to know how long we were stopped for.
I was more embarrassed for my Dad.
Only once when I was trying to earn a living as a single ma when MrG the first ran off with the girl from the pea canning factory.
I drove taxis collecting and delivering children from all over the county to special schools in Kettering and home again in the evening.
The owner of the firm assured me the fuel guage was faulty and he had filled up earlier. I believed him...and ran out of petrol just after delivering the last child home miles away in a village.
I hitched a lift to his office....gave him the keys and told him....your taxi...you find it....I'll find a better job...☺
I drove taxis collecting and delivering children from all over the county to special schools in Kettering and home again in the evening.
The owner of the firm assured me the fuel guage was faulty and he had filled up earlier. I believed him...and ran out of petrol just after delivering the last child home miles away in a village.
I hitched a lift to his office....gave him the keys and told him....your taxi...you find it....I'll find a better job...☺
The closest we came was in the middle of France towing a caravan with no sign of a petrol station. The car's computer thing was showing 0 miles left for ages. When we did get to a petrol station it was so titchy we had to unhook the caravan, get diesel and then go back round to get the caravan back (much to the amusement of the man in the kiosk).
Sorry Zacs; it is a major bug bear of mine.
I have been held up too many times by silly bints (mostly bints but there may have been a male equivalent that I missed) who cannot read their fuel gauges.
The disruption I have witnessed from those running out of fuel cause, the loss of revenue to businesses, the delays to critical deliveries, I sincerely feel that those who do not believe when the needle has gone through the red zone that they WILL run out of fuel are idiots and should be severely spanked.
I have been held up too many times by silly bints (mostly bints but there may have been a male equivalent that I missed) who cannot read their fuel gauges.
The disruption I have witnessed from those running out of fuel cause, the loss of revenue to businesses, the delays to critical deliveries, I sincerely feel that those who do not believe when the needle has gone through the red zone that they WILL run out of fuel are idiots and should be severely spanked.
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