my guage works but it never moves these old 4 cylinders are so economical but i never go above 20 mph on my mums farm ha ha

mitch

good thing is the milage per tank is reliable.

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Yeah, I gotta keep an eye on my work truck. The guage will read half full when it's really half empty. Ya gotta watch that.

I nearly run out everytime 2 weeks, i dont have a working fuel gauge and the speedo's stuck so the odometer doesnt work either... Kind of sucks but im getting use to pushing the old girl!
RACT free $10 of fuel on roadside assistance is awsome when this happens alot

Dave

ran out in my old escort up a hill so span it round really fast and rolled about 750 meters to the servo was a pretty big hill and i got some descent speed down it lol

fuel gauges are useless with lpg, sometimes it's 1/2 full then it's full.

i've run out on a steep hill right before the gas station. luckily i keep a spare bottle incase ;)

well, usually people are completely aggro about any delay at the pumps, but the guy in back hopped out to help push and started gushing about old dattos

afterwards he gave me his realtors card

run out in the datto a couple times (buggered fuel level sender ) worst was about 2:00am on a weeknight on the western ringroad in sunshine ..... those of you in the melbourne area may understand my distress at the time !!!!! got offered a lift by 2 girls in a commodore but couldn't convince myself that it could be the chance of a lifetime, so i walked for nearly half an hour to find a servo that was open, to buy a jerry can and fuel then walk back to the car that i left sitting on the side of the freeway. stressed the whole time about the car .... and my dog that i left in there for security reasons .... but it all turned out good in the end

funniest time was with a mate in his comodore ute ... crossing the westgate bridge heading into melbourne he made the comment that we should get fuel, the car started to splutter as he finished saying it then stalled .... we were still on our way up the bridge but had just enough pace to make it to the top and roll down the otherside and into the servo and up to the pump

Ive ran out trying to get to the servo just made it to the bus stop near it then it died 5mins later the bus driver was helping me push it into the servo because i was blocking his stop lol

The only time I ever ran out of fuel was in my '33 coupe back in 1968.
I managed to pull up to the fuel pump & she died as I reached for the ignition to switch it off. She was a thirsty old girl, but fuel was somewhere about 40 cents a gallon [4.5 L], I was single, & an early 30's coupe with rumble seat was cool, [still is] so it was all worth it.