Geesh, I can't believe I ran the car this low, AGAIN!!

The alarm went off at work and I rushed off at 1am to meet the cops.... the entire time I'm crossing my fingers that I don't run out of gas.





Mark

 

Not good for the HPFP.14.5 gallon tank?

I still have not put gas in mine since the week before the dyno weekend at Larry's

 

I've put about 4K miles on mine since that weekend.


Mark

 

Your JCW must have 20+k now mine just turned 2000

 

Yup, 19+ on it....

 

Wow... what did it say on the OBC for mileage 'til empty at that point?

 

Yep that's really pushin it Mark

 

WOW! I took 13.7 gallons one day and was freaking out. My "distance til empty" was 8 miles.

 

OK, I'm confused. I thought they had a 13.5 gal tank with a 1 gal reserve.
So it's a 13.5 gal tank plus a 1 gal reserve?
Also, why bother stating a reserve? Why not just say it's a 13.5 or 14.5 gal tank.

 

Your Lucky bro thats cutting it really close. I usually have to will up at like 2 carrots and Im still pushin like $41 to fill up then. $3.25 a gallon sucks! they need to lower the price on base out here!

 

Oh trust me guys, I was prepping myself to push my car. It wouldn't have been bad but I ran out the door in sweatpants and a sweatshirt.... No jacket and it was cold outside.

The OBC showed - - - about about a mile or so before I got to the gas station...lol.

I usually get gas when the last two carrots come on but each time I'd think to myself, okay, on the way home...

Last thing I need to do is trash the fuel pump.

Mark

 

Not long after I got KOOPER, my GF and I drove out to go for a bike ride. As we got to the parking lot, I commented on needing gas on the way home. Long story short, our trip was interrupted by a trip to the E.R. On the way to the hospital, I remember seeing the DTE show --.-- and Lona was FREAKING OUT as she really wanted to get me there without us having to push.. A couple of stitches and a $50 fill up later, we made it! Never again.

 

Thank god for fumes lol. Lowest I've ever let mine go is one carrot. I dont even like going out any playing around if I dont have a full tank! Gas out in town in Spain is like .98 euros a liter. So around $5.00 a gallon! Way to much and thats for 91 octane.

 

Ouch! I remember my 3 years in England paying more per liter than I paid per gallon on base. We were given little coupons to use on base - based on the distance we lived from work and we could only buy that much gas on base and the rest came from the local BP station.... I learned to ride a bicycle and then I got my first mini! Now I still ride bikes and I've got another MINI! The more things change, the more they stay the same!

 

Just goes to show you... don't **** a woman off or you'll end up like Craig with stiches.

I'll bet you'll never do that again... one beat down was enough!!



Mark

 

 

ITA

 

I've seen the ---- twice in Kid Charlemagne. Kraemer always was my favorite character on Seinfeld!

 

13.2

 

Been there, done that!! Ain't owning a shop fun??!!

 

It wouldn't be so bad because the alarm at my main shop very rarely goes off....

BUT, the alarm at my second shop (which is almost 20 miles away) has gone off at least a dozen time in the last couple of months.

Had the alarm company come out and turns out it was a defective sensor.

So in answer to your question... NO!!!



Mark