On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:18:27 -0400, Jim Strickland wrote: > Speaking of which, I was really low on gas the other day. > I put in 13.4 gallons! Anyone manage to fit in more than that? I did! On my run back from the UK last year... When I pulled up to the ferry dock my tank-light came on, but I remembered from the year before that there was a gas station just outside Calais, so I wans't bothered by it... Once I got off of the ferry and onto the highway, the first sign I saw siad (in French) theh the gas station had been closed and that my first chance of filling up was going to be in "Duinkerke", which is in Belgium... So I rolld down my window, turned of the blower and AC, shut off my stereo and drove north at 60mph instead of my usual 75+mph When I pulled up to the pump my engine quite on me and I needed 51.1 liters (13.5 gallons) to fill up my car... > I suppose most people don't often bring the level so low. I never intend on running that low again; since the tank light switch on my other car went out too and I ran that dry, I've bought a 5 liter (1.3 gallon) jerrycan that I keep filled up in the boot at all times for both my cars... Every 8 or so tankfulls I empty the jerrycan into the tank and refill it, so the gas in the jerrycan is fressh when I might need it... JAN van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... Shifting Expectations... Driving a Nissan... DMC-12 "Dagger" since Sep. 2000 100NX "Saphire" since Nov. 2002 ------------------------------- To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/