Have you ever just run out of gas while driving? Or even heard of this happening to someone?

[Ronnie G]

Years ago I helped my friend move to Anchorage for his first big job after finishing his degree. His whole life was crammed into a Volvo SUV towing a small trailer, with just enough space for us to fit in the front seats.

We were humming along through one of the most isolated parts of B.C. Canada at 2 a.m. when the car starts sputtering and dies. We didn't know it at the time, but the gas gauge was totally off and the MPG was awful due to the weight of the trailer. After feeling despair for awhile, eventually some Hoser getting off work drove by and offered to take my friend to the nearest gas station, maybe 25 miles away. So off my friend goes, into the night with some stranger, not even knowing if gas is the issue because the gauge still says 1/3 full. Anyway, they return oddly quick based on having to drive there & back and we fill up with the gas can. My friend confirms the guy drove like a lunatic, but was friendly.

It ruined the potentially enjoyable trip because we had to spaz about gas every two hours; the stations are few & far between in the more remote areas. So yeah, plan accordingly when you drive through Canada and thank you random Canadian kid.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

I used to drive around with a Jerry can padlocked to the bed of my truck because the gas gauge was fucked. I ran it right dry a couple times.

 

[Brooke Shields]

Anyone got a newer car that estimates how many miles you have left?
Mine beeps with the light on at 30miles left, I think i've gotten to as low as 5 or 6. I'm not brave or a loser enough to find out if it can go below 0.

 

[bumbum8]

Yep. My first car was a piece of shit with the needle stuck in E and my even shittier druggie cousin would either straight up steal my car or syphon gas out of it until I got a locking gas cap.

 

[StlakerFatti]

Twice before:

My Diablo spyder had a fuel leak after i barely drove it in the last five years (less than 5 times total), leaving us stranded on the outskirts of Miami Beach, miles from the next truck stop.

When i traded my Enzo in for a Ferrari 458, Acura NSX and Bugatti EB40, i gave the dealer a test drive and it turned out that the fuel gauge was stuck at 2/3 full. We made it 4 miles at most.

 

[NortheastPhilly]

Anyone got a newer car that estimates how many miles you have left?
Mine beeps with the light on at 30miles left, I think i've gotten to as low as 5 or 6. I'm not brave or a loser enough to find out if it can go below 0.

I was a kid in my aunts car with a bunch of my cousins and we went past 0 once. It was pretty lit. It wasnt even a newer car, like an 01 Grand Caravan

 

[TorpidSloth]

I don't even like my phone battery to go under 50% before charging. Quarter tank and I'm filling it up.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

I ran out at the window at Burger King in December at about 3am after the U2 concert at the Sphere. My buddy bought the tickets and about 42 jack and cokes so I was wasted. Gave the drive thru bitch an insaaaaane amount of shit for not letting me use the bathroom. Wife came and picked me up and we pushed the van into a parking spot with the car. I went and banged on the window and screamed insane shit at the BK lady again. Wife tried to apologize but there was no smoothing that over. I grabbed a gas can from home and went back out and gassed up the van to bring that home and leave the car in another spot. If I were them I’d have fucked with my van.

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

Years ago I helped my friend move to Anchorage for his first big job after finishing his degree. His whole life was crammed into a Volvo SUV towing a small trailer, with just enough space for us to fit in the front seats.

We were humming along through one of the most isolated parts of B.C. Canada at 2 a.m. when the car starts sputtering and dies. We didn't know it at the time, but the gas gauge was totally off and the MPG was awful due to the weight of the trailer. After feeling despair for awhile, eventually some Hoser getting off work drove by and offered to take my friend to the nearest gas station, maybe 25 miles away. So off my friend goes, into the night with some stranger, not even knowing if gas is the issue because the gauge still says 1/3 full. Anyway, they return oddly quick based on having to drive there & back and we fill up with the gas can. My friend confirms the guy drove like a lunatic, but was friendly.

It ruined the potentially enjoyable trip because we had to spaz about gas every two hours; the stations are few & far between in the more remote areas. So yeah, plan accordingly when you drive through Canada and thank you random Canadian kid.

Anthony you left out a crucial detail to this story, how did you expect to get back?

 

[chocolatehellhole]

after the U2 concert

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

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Im not gonna pretend they have no great songs but I certainly never would have paid $500 for it myself. Plus it was at the Sphere, the best new venue in the world

 

[Rick Roblinson]

Yes. But it was because my first vehicle ever was a used 92 Ford F150 when I was in HS. It had a front/back dual fuel tank switch. I always had a little in both tanks. So when the main one went out I knew it was fawkin time to gas up. Never completely ran out on both, I would have felt extra dumb.

 

[johnnynoname]

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what a lucky young man

 

[BonnieMcFarlaneMe2]

I ran out at the window at Burger King in December at about 3am after the U2 concert at the Sphere. My buddy bought the tickets and about 42 jack and cokes so I was wasted. Gave the drive thru bitch an insaaaaane amount of shit for not letting me use the bathroom. Wife came and picked me up and we pushed the van into a parking spot with the car. I went and banged on the window and screamed insane shit at the BK lady again. Wife tried to apologize but there was no smoothing that over. I grabbed a gas can from home and went back out and gassed up the van to bring that home and leave the car in another spot. If I were them I’d have fucked with my van.

You’re lucky you didn’t get arrested hahaha.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

You’re lucky you didn’t get arrested hahaha.

Fucks yeah nigga