when do you decide to get gas?

[PHiuR]

i try to fill the tank when it gets to 1/4.

someone told me that if you always run your tank dry that you are putting more stress onto the fuel pump. so that it is more likely to fail on you?

 

[monk3y]

Always at 1/4

 

[TriStar]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
i try to fill the tank when it gets to 1/4.

someone told me that if you always run your tank dry that you are putting more stress onto the fuel pump. so that it is more likely to fail on you?

Someone was wrong. You are, however, more likely to pick up debris from the bottom of the tank to clog your fuel filter.

 

[stan394]

my commute is 25 miles each way. I fill up when i know it won't last for 50 miles, which is around 1/8 from E

 

[Schadenfroh]

I live on the edge, i drive it untill i have about 20 miles till empty

 

[imported_malcontent]

Depends. If I am on a trip, then I start looking just under the 1/2 mark. If I am just driving around town, I take it down to below 1/4.

 

[pinoy]

1/8 from empty

 

[HBalzer]

Usually at the most inopportune times, like in a meeting.

 

[HBalzer]

but it's not by choice!

 

[pray4mojo]

1/8 for me.

 

[hypn0tik]

13/17 from empty.

 

[BrokenVisage]

My body makes that decision for me..

 

[loup garou]

When I decide to get Taco Bell for lunch.

 

[KarenMarie]

i have not put gas in my car in almost 3yrs.

the b/f does it for me.

but he has not run out of clean socks, underwear or work clothes, nor had to cook for himself in the same amount of time.

 

[nageov3t]

1/2 for me. because if the dead walk the earth and I need hop in my car to drive away, I dont want to worry about running out of gas at the end of the block just as they start closing in

 

[BurnItDwn]

usually between 1/4 and 1/8 ....

 

[cavemanmoron]

sometimes at 1/3 rd,
sometimes less,like 1/4.........

My beast of a van,the guage is wacky,i try to at about 1/2.

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
i have not put gas in my car in almost 3yrs.

the b/f does it for me.

but he has not run out of clean socks, underwear or work clothes, nor had to cook for himself in the same amount of time.

does that mean, you do not know how to put gas in the car?

 

[x04d DaY]

If you fill at 1/4, you're essentially paying for a 1/4 tank that you'll never use...

 

[shortylickens]

What kind of car?
I notice on some cars, the "oh sh!t" light comes on about 5 seconds before the engine dies. 3 seconds if using A/C.

Originally posted by: x04d DaY
If you fill at 1/4, you're essentially paying for a 1/4 tank that you'll never use...

Gas is liquid. When you pour in more it all mixes together.
And you're not paying for it. The pump stops when the tank reaches full.

 

[spidey07]

about 30 miles past the "idiot light"

no kidding. I know I have about 90 miles after that thing comes on

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: x04d DaY
If you fill at 1/4, you're essentially paying for a 1/4 tank that you'll never use...

if you fill at 1/8, youre essentially paying for 1/8 of the tank youll never use...

if you fill at 1/4 of a tank you will be putting in less gas then when you fill when your tank is empty...

???

 

[HBalzer]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
What kind of car?
I notice on some cars, the "oh sh!t" light comes on about 5 seconds before the engine dies. 3 seconds if using A/C.

Your car has an "oh sh!t" light?

 

[DaWhim]

I reset my trip o meter everytime after I fill it up. usually fill again after 250 miles

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: x04d DaY
If you fill at 1/4, you're essentially paying for a 1/4 tank that you'll never use...

if you fill at 1/8, youre essentially paying for 1/8 of the tank youll never use...

if you fill at 1/4 of a tank you will be putting in less gas then when you fill when your tank is empty...

???

lol..Its ok, x04d day or whatever the fvck his name is, has just had a lapse in judgement. He just didn't think it through.