Board 8 > Have you ever ran out of gas while driving?

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does anybody run out of gas while not driving
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It's technically possible to leave your car idling and run out of gas.
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My gas light went on today and I filled up.
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GuessMyUserName posted...

does anybody run out of gas while not driving

sure if someone else is driving and you just happen to be riding in the car with them
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I've rarely gotten to the point where my gas light has come on. I stay on top of it as best I can.

ShatteredElysium posted...

Purely out of curiosity I let my tank run down to the fuel low light because of this topic. It says I have 75 miles left in the tank and I have to assume this is a conservative estimate

I'm guessing that most cars give you less of a warning than that? As that seems like a long time

EDIT: On refill I had 2.85 gal left so i assume the trigger is 3 gal left mark

3 gallons seems like a lot. I feel like my fuel light is triggered at 1 gallon. Which is about 20-24 miles. Ive gone 15~ miles on the fuel light before so that's probably the closest I've ever come.

Ill double check my fuel light trigger next time i gas up.
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my gas light went off last night coming home

but that's because I drive up a giant hill which makes the gas hit the back of the tank and the fuel reads wrong.

I hope
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That can definitely happen, but it shouldn't instantly do it afaik. In my expereince that tends to be more of a parking and later starting on a hill thing, which then goes away after driving for a bit.
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Tank had 4 gallons left when I refilled it

The nice thing about this hill is that it's kept my tank from ever genuinely going low!
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Once, fifteen years ago when I was a newer driver. Ive come close a few times since but I try to know my cars well enough to know how far I can push it.
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