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Originally Posted by dinfern22
What's up guys!
Haha I thought this would never happen to me but its true, I ran out of gas while driving earlier today.  ...........
Have any of you guys run out of gas while driving?...Any stories? |
......... that's for your poor judgement .........
Of course I have a story ........
It was a hot night, in the late 60s, when I flew into LAX form NYC and rented a car.
I left the airport, jumped on I-105, heading for Riverside.
Ya know how rental cars
usually have a full tank of gas ......
Well, guess what, that POS started sputtering, just as I was passing through the area of LA between Watts and Compton.
Fortunately an exit was right there...... so, I took it. Not too far from the end of the exit ramp, the car quit running.
There I was, dressed in a suit, late at night, somewhere on the border of Watts and Compton. Nope, no cell phone, they hadn't been invented yet.
As I eased out of the car, I was approached, by these three big, bad looking dudes. I put on my meanest looking Clint Eastwood face ..... but, it didn't seem to phase them.
The surrounded me and the "group" leader said "do you realize how dangerous it is for a white guy to be alone in this neighborhood at night??"
He went on to say that what I needed was some "protection" to be escorted up to the nearest gas station. So, although I was an ex Army trained killer ..... I took them up on their offer.
We walked up to this small, corner station, with this bad looking dude, with two mean looking dogs, sitting in a caged office and one of my escorts asked him to borrow a gas can and funnel. He agreed.
We proceeded back to the car and put in a couple gallons of gas.
I thought that now that the car had gas, they would mug me, steal my money and the car .......
Quite the contrary, they offered to return the gas can and funnel and suggested that I move on up the ramp onto the freeway and go at least two exits before I pulled off for more gas.
I thanked them, gave them a $20 for their help and quickly motored out of that area ........
THE END
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