Zero Miles To Empty.....

[99WhiteC5Coupe]

I rarely let the fuel level in any of my vehicles drop below one-half.

I live in the Midwest with a lot of spring and summer storms, and bad winters. Storms bring trees and their limbs down onto power lines - and power outages.

When severe storms are forecast, I always fill all my vehicles (event if they are only down 1/8 of a tank).

I have seen people run out of gas in dangerous locations, including the expressway - sometimes with kids or infants in the car. I always thought they should be given a ticket for being stupid.

 

[Adieu]

From 1/8th of a tank, mine takes 27 gallons to fill it up, it has one hell of a reserve built into the gas gauge.

Thats...just ~2 gallons reserve

1/8 of a 33.5 gallon tank is 4.something gallons. 27+4 = 31

 

[bobmbx]

So many of our members keep coming up with driveability issues and wonder why! Running a tank low on fuel is never a good thing. Factor in dirt/sediment/rust, you get the picture. Some people like living on the edge, I used to but then life kinda took that away, or was it the Wife. Wives never let you play with your friends!

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When I go like, 3 or days without a good BASE jump, I'll run my tank low to get my adrenaline fix. Living on the edge and all.......

 

[Muddy Bean]

I’ve run all my vehicles close to empty many many times. I drive almost 45,000 miles a year some years and have driven most of my cars to 250,000 miles and two of them to 300,000 miles. Never once replaced a fuel filter, fuel pump, injectors. Nothing. No issues, no drama. Let’s keep the “living on the edge” rhetoric appropriate to what it really stands for. Now excuse me while I go pet this friendly wild lion that just walked up to me.






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