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Have You Ever Run Out Of Petrol?

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Barmaid | 17:27 Sat 28th Sep 2013 | ChatterBank
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Yep and very embarrassed. I had just offered a lift to a colleague and instead of the lift she ended up helping to push the car to the nearest garage!
Never. Now ask me whether I've put petrol in a diesel car.......
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!
Yes, once on purpose. I had a new car (Jimney) which didn't seem to be getting the miles to the tankful that it should, so I put a can of petrol in my car and drove it from full to dry......then I realised that the MPG was quoted in UK gallons but the tank capacity was quoted in US gallons...d'oh!
No but I have run out of oil and blown up the engine. That was embarrassing as the oil warning light had been on for weeks but I thought it was faulty.
Yes, a few times, but I think the worst time was on the M5 at around 2am. I had to get my dad out of bed to bring a can full up to me, he was, to say the least, unimpressed!
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.
No, thank goodness. I'm one of those people who always have at least 1/4 of the tank full. I'm told it's good to take it really low but just don't want to chance having to go out for some reason when petrol stations are shut. By the way, I don't live near a petrol station.
No, I haven't.

I have very robust views on those who cannot read their fuel gauges.

It goes along the lines of imposing heavy penalties for every minute they increase my and every other motorists journey time......

Along with not using indicators, running out of fuel is my motoring rant!
Good view from up there Eccles?
No, but what makes you ask? Have you an embarrassing tale to tell?
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...☺

Many years ago, when I was giving someone else's wife a lift home at silly o'clock in the morning, managed to hitch a lift, got some petrol and got the Lady home in time.
Only once, 100yds from the petrol station. Slight miscalculation ☺☺☺

Current car has a low fuel warning that gives an estimated miles to empty starting at 40 miles. At 35 miles i get an additional red warning and thats when I chicken out and buy some fuel.
Baldric, should we believe you?
I have so many questions, Baldric....not least...in time for what? ;-)...x
In time for her husband to not get suspicious?
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.

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