It's those very devices that make it possible to drive your car to an empty tank, or follow a GPS into a river.

My first car had no fuel gauge.

http://members.trainorders.com/andro...pPositions.jpg

lol .. well our gas light turns on at around 3 gallons left in the tank.
if you avg 28~30 mpg you have 84+ miles before empty.
I've never gone bellow 1 gallon remaining hahaha

Yep, I read that ....... my mid 60s VW bug had that reserve set up ..... :thumbsup:



Which reminds me of a back-in-the-day flying story ...... :rolleyes: ....... sorry, but it does.

It was late evening when we took off from the airport in Lewiston, ID, heading for the Tacoma, WA area.

I was flying right seat in this company owned Cessna 172. The pilot was this really old retired air force pilot.

As we just started up the side of the Cascade mountain range, the engine started sounding funny. After looking at the fuel gauge, I suggested to the pilot that he switch over to the reserve (other) fuel tank.

He said that he wanted to wait and see how far the plane would fly on a low tank and that he would switch tanks when the engine started to sputter ..... :eyebulge:

I yelled ....... FOR CRYEN OUT LOUD, IT'S ALMOST DARK AND WE ARE FLYING OVER MOUNTAINS ....... SWITCH THE TANK NOW!

He did.

I told him he could do that experiment sometime when I wasn't in the plane.

THE END


humfrz

Well it has finally happened. Hum has repeated a story!

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/e6/e629e...c751c1b8b9.jpg

Well, it was bound to have happened ........ :sigh:


humfrz

Well, there's your problem.

http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/cdm-...21920-409.jpeg

Oh, give the man a pass. It's a good story.


BTW, have any new pictures of your car yet?

Happened to me on my first car with no issues following it. Well, unless you count a broken gas gauge, but I'm 100% sure that was a problem before I ran out of gas.

I was just shocked. I thought the supply was endless.

I like the existing pictures. Just because I have used them 4,785.7 times means nothing.

I admit, even though I knew it would happen, I still died a little inside.

lol .7 :clap:

Have I told the story about the girl in Nevada that was hitch hiking because her car ran out of gas ...... ??

Oh, maybe ....... so, I just won't tell it again ....... :(


humfrz

No you have not. I have the list right beside me.

Hey, now's no time to get amnesia.