Life Have you ever run out of gas?

**RockChalk** · 01-29-2010, 08:28 AM

I've been driving around for a few days with my gas light on and was just curious if anyone has ever run out of gas before? How long were you stranded? Any cool stories about a random helping you?

I usually cut it pretty close, but have never actually run out. My mom, on the other hand, will never let her car get below a quarter tank. Just wondering how low everyone else lets their gas get.

To borrow from FAX, sorry if Repost

seclark · 01-29-2010, 08:35 AM

several times when i was a kid(<25 years old)
i always fill up the tank when it gets to 1/4 tank.

does the lawn mowers count?
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**Bane** · 01-29-2010, 08:36 AM

Yep.I had a 97 S-10 pickup years ago,and for some reason the gas gauge broke.I would usually try to watch my milage and get gas when I thought I was down to 1/4 tank or so.Well you know how that shit goes,forget to reset the trip meter,or just flat ass forget to even look.Yeah! It happened several times.

kepp · 01-29-2010, 08:37 AM

I've run out of gas twice...both times when I was a teenager. One time I had to walk about 5 miles home and the other time some guy picked me up and gave me a ride home. Thinking back on it, I got lucky it wasn't some psycho.

MOhillbilly · 01-29-2010, 08:38 AM

ran out of gas on fort street and seen two schmooz and a big ass frog,diffrent time though, but it was a big ass frog.

**BigRichard** · 01-29-2010, 08:39 AM

Back in my younger years I ran out of gas all the time. Just too dumb to pay attention I guess. I haven't done it in probably 10 years though. However, I worry my wife because I run it down to E all the time.

seclark · 01-29-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

ran out of gas on fort street and seen two schmooz and a big ass frog,diffrent time though, but it was a big ass frog.

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MOhillbilly · 01-29-2010, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by seclark

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damn close. Maybe went 5# or better.

Lonewolf Ed · 01-29-2010, 08:44 AM

Once, and it was right as I pulled into the gas station. I was driving a hunk of junk work vehicle, this old panel truck. The gas gauge didn't work, among a host of other things such as the headlights. There was no A/C at all (except in winter...) and the heater only fogged up the windshield. The "heater" worked best in July and August, that being the engine in the dog hatch compartment right beside me. I put a kitchen thermometer on the dash panel and drove out to a delivery and when I got there, it showed 139 degrees inside that truck. It was 104 outside that day, but when I got out of the truck, I felt a chill for a moment. I really ought to savagely beat my boss, shouldn't I?

blaise · 01-29-2010, 08:53 AM

Yes. I had a 1979 Buick Electra beater that, when the needle got to that empty line, it immediately stopped. Most cars give you that little grace under the line, but that one didn't. That thing sucked gas. It cost you five bucks just to drive down the street.

Dayze · 01-29-2010, 08:55 AM

never ran out of gas, but had to flip the reserve on my fuel on the bike; and had to go another 30 miles for fuel.

gas tank held 4.2 gal (inclusive of .8 gal reserve); and when I fillded up the tank, I put 4.1 gals of fuel or thereabouts. Damn close on that one.

**Rausch** · 01-29-2010, 09:05 AM

Did it once.

The gas gauge went out on my 2nd car.

I figured it out the hard way...

MichaelH · 01-29-2010, 09:10 AM

My first car was a 1972 Chevy Nova with a 350 in it and a Holley 4 barrel carb. The gas gauge didn't work. If I didn't pay attention, which happened a lot at 16, it would just quit running.

kc rush · 01-29-2010, 09:14 AM

Twice.

When I was 17 I had to walk 3 miles home to get my dad's gas can and 3 miles back to the car. Not a big deal, just a waste of time.

When I was 21 I picked up my paycheck from work and was on my way to the bank so I would have enough cash to get gas. I ran out about a block from the bank, so I walked to the bank, cashed my check, walked to the gas station across the street and got a small gas can so I could drive the rest of the way to the gas station.

SCTrojan · 01-29-2010, 09:42 AM

Twice. Same story as most everybody else: When I was a kid, I had a '72 VW Bug with a broken gauge. Never had to walk anywhere since I grew up in a small town and there was always someone along quickly to take me to a gas station.

View Poll Results: Have you ever run out of gas before?
Yes - just once though	32	33.33%
Yes - more than a few times	27	28.13%
Nope, but I've been close	29	30.21%
Nope, I never let it get close to that low	6	6.25%
Gaz is my personal driver	2	2.08%
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01-29-2010, 08:28 AM
RockChalk Dirty Bit Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake of the Woods Casino cash: $1236002	Have you ever run out of gas? I've been driving around for a few days with my gas light on and was just curious if anyone has ever run out of gas before? How long were you stranded? Any cool stories about a random helping you? I usually cut it pretty close, but have never actually run out. My mom, on the other hand, will never let her car get below a quarter tank. Just wondering how low everyone else lets their gas get. To borrow from FAX, sorry if Repost
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01-29-2010, 08:35 AM	#2
seclark MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: nemo Casino cash: $-410100	several times when i was a kid(<25 years old) i always fill up the tank when it gets to 1/4 tank. does the lawn mowers count? sec __________________ "Mr. seclark. Wrong for gravy, wrong for jelly, wrong for biscuits." -rj "If every Planeteer who was disliked by another Planeteer stopped being a Planeteer we wouldn't have any Planeteers." -rj
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01-29-2010, 08:36 AM	#3
Bane C.H.I.E.F.S Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: **** your face Casino cash: $10005055	Yep.I had a 97 S-10 pickup years ago,and for some reason the gas gauge broke.I would usually try to watch my milage and get gas when I thought I was down to 1/4 tank or so.Well you know how that shit goes,forget to reset the trip meter,or just flat ass forget to even look.Yeah! It happened several times.
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01-29-2010, 08:37 AM	#4
kepp MVP Join Date: Aug 2005 Casino cash: $3459212	I've run out of gas twice...both times when I was a teenager. One time I had to walk about 5 miles home and the other time some guy picked me up and gave me a ride home. Thinking back on it, I got lucky it wasn't some psycho.
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01-29-2010, 08:38 AM	#5
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri Casino cash: $9949903	ran out of gas on fort street and seen two schmooz and a big ass frog,diffrent time though, but it was a big ass frog. __________________ True Son of Liberty
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01-29-2010, 08:39 AM	#6
BigRichard Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan Join Date: Nov 2008 Casino cash: $-1950454	Back in my younger years I ran out of gas all the time. Just too dumb to pay attention I guess. I haven't done it in probably 10 years though. However, I worry my wife because I run it down to E all the time. __________________ "You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez
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01-29-2010, 08:44 AM	#9
Lonewolf Ed Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Olathe, KS Casino cash: $10606233	Once, and it was right as I pulled into the gas station. I was driving a hunk of junk work vehicle, this old panel truck. The gas gauge didn't work, among a host of other things such as the headlights. There was no A/C at all (except in winter...) and the heater only fogged up the windshield. The "heater" worked best in July and August, that being the engine in the dog hatch compartment right beside me. I put a kitchen thermometer on the dash panel and drove out to a delivery and when I got there, it showed 139 degrees inside that truck. It was 104 outside that day, but when I got out of the truck, I felt a chill for a moment. I really ought to savagely beat my boss, shouldn't I?
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01-29-2010, 08:53 AM	#10
blaise In Search of a Life Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $9989900	Yes. I had a 1979 Buick Electra beater that, when the needle got to that empty line, it immediately stopped. Most cars give you that little grace under the line, but that one didn't. That thing sucked gas. It cost you five bucks just to drive down the street.
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01-29-2010, 08:55 AM	#11
Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1699358	never ran out of gas, but had to flip the reserve on my fuel on the bike; and had to go another 30 miles for fuel. gas tank held 4.2 gal (inclusive of .8 gal reserve); and when I fillded up the tank, I put 4.1 gals of fuel or thereabouts. Damn close on that one. __________________ Life is 99% inspiration, 1% Perspiration, and 1% Attention to Detial. RIP & Godspeed: Saccoppo Lonewolf Ed Fire Me Boy
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01-29-2010, 09:10 AM	#13
MichaelH Go Chiefs! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Gastonia, North Carolina Casino cash: $9192006	My first car was a 1972 Chevy Nova with a 350 in it and a Holley 4 barrel carb. The gas gauge didn't work. If I didn't pay attention, which happened a lot at 16, it would just quit running.
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01-29-2010, 09:14 AM	#14
kc rush Blah Blah Blah Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In front of the computer. Casino cash: $1989559	Twice. When I was 17 I had to walk 3 miles home to get my dad's gas can and 3 miles back to the car. Not a big deal, just a waste of time. When I was 21 I picked up my paycheck from work and was on my way to the bank so I would have enough cash to get gas. I ran out about a block from the bank, so I walked to the bank, cashed my check, walked to the gas station across the street and got a small gas can so I could drive the rest of the way to the gas station.
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01-29-2010, 09:42 AM	#15
SCTrojan Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Across the park Casino cash: $4889719	Twice. Same story as most everybody else: When I was a kid, I had a '72 VW Bug with a broken gauge. Never had to walk anywhere since I grew up in a small town and there was always someone along quickly to take me to a gas station. __________________ And to the Royals: it will take a lot more than this to break my fandom. I wish I knew how to quit you. But I don’t. - Rany on the Royals - July 2, 2009 This was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of season. This was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of team. Sports are pain. And then, suddenly, they are perfection. - Rany on the Royals - Nov. 2, 2015
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