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extra gas - what is best way to carry 2 gals around? |
jimkelly |
Nov 24 2015, 12:03 PM
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Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
ran out of gas again : (
knew i was low but did not realize i was bottoming out. the story, i see a low fuel guage, but need to run over to a guy about 5 miles away for buy 4 vcr machines for my son that still watches vhs tapes, but i pass his house by about 8 miles, i leave but go wrong direction and about 1 mile later run out of gas, knock on a few doors and find a guy with some fuel, and i am back on the road, straight to gas station, exxon, in memory of gulf disaster. Attached image(s) |
914Mike |
Nov 24 2015, 07:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 330 Joined: 27-January 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 198 |
I have a Volt, so when it runs out it will switch to the battery for a few miles to get you to a station. Of course you have to ignore the chimes and beeps and messages asking if you'd like to locate the nearest gas station on the NAV to actually run out.
I've run it out twice now, both times with a fully charged battery, so I was not worried about reaching a station. It's true about gas getting stale, my Volt is programmed to only let gas stay in the tank for a year. After that it switches to gas mode so you can use it up. I used 3 gallons a year for at least two years, which was actually more than I needed, so ended up driving a few days to use up what was left, that's why I did the run-it-dry tests... 914 Content: Sometimes the tank sender will stop grounding the Low Fuel light wire even though the gauge works fine, so once you are sure the light itself and the wire is working, suspect the sender. I have one with that problem, and one that works fine. |
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