How many times have you ran out of petrol?

Question

How many times have you ran out of petrol?

Answer 1

only once when I got my first car petrol gauge was faulty so not really my fault but since then I always make sure I have enough

Answer 2

never, I am not stupid.

Answer 3

Never........ My car runs on diesel

Answer 4

Never - I drive a Daewoo Matiz with a 0.8 litre engine. It never runs out of petrol.

Answer 5

oh god thousands of times when we ahd a black transit petrol one that had no working fuel gage lol very funny now not  at time lol

Answer 6

It only happened when I was dating this hot babe and that was on purpose. I would always remmember the spare can in the boot after a while.

Answer 7

Only once - had a faulty gauge!

Answer 8

Tee hee. I'm not saying. But its usually when testing a new car, just to see how low that gauge really goes.

Answer 9

Never.

Answer 10

Fortunately, never in 47 years of motoring. These days running out of fuel with modern cars can prove problematic.

Answer 11

After many years of driving I've never run out of petrol or diesel but I've used it as an excuse for not turning up for things loads of times.

Top Tip. Always carry a spare can of fuel and dont park your car up at night with hardly any in. ( like my wife does)

Answer 12

once and it was 3 mins from entering a long tunnel with a tow fee of 100 pounds so i was very lucky i bought 5 pounds worth of petrol and used the foot matt as a funnel i didnt tell my boss when i got back and was very lucky i didnt get in that tunnel.

Answer 13

None.

From a pilot's standpoint, I deliberately "overbudget" fuel. Having had to run from a gun wielding psycopath, I never let the tank run lower than half.

You'd be amazed by how much fuel a 4x4 burns over 80 mph, or slogging across the river to get away from an xgf.

I'd rather keep ten gallons in the tank than run the risk of her making a lucky shot. I have to be alive to face the charges for all the laws I violated; being alive is a good thing.

JT

Answer 14

when i used to ride motorcycles i ran out all the bloody time!

which was the Major down fall in MCs...

have not been on a motorcycle in years now!

(since i have been married...ironic!)

Have they sorted this problem out now?

Answer 15

Once and never again.Managed to get it on the forecourt of the garage about 30 ft away from the pump on a slight incline

and it was raining.Bloody thing was so heavy that me and wife had to get help to push it to  the pump.

Answer 16

Three times...

Answer 17

Even in my Taurus with the broken fuel gauge, I never ran out. I just have a knowlege on how far I can go on a tank.

Answer 18

twice once at 2.30 am in my work van had to knock up a farmer who sold me a gallon of petrol.

this was before moblie phones.

and once on the way to a garage to fill up luckily it was on a hill and i managed to roll into the garage,

I now carry a can of Diesel at all times so i never run out now,

Answer 19

never and i hope it never does happen

Answer 20

I ran out twice in the same day.

Answer 21

never... watching that needle like a hawk

Answer 22

In the last thirty years i have run out of petrol once,That was enough.

Answer 23

Never.. well not so far anyway.....lol

Answer 24

twice, years ago

Answer 25

I've never ran out of gas I watch the gas gauge and my car never goes below a quarter of a tank.  Good luck

Answer 26

My car runs on diesel, so never.

The petrol engine car I had never ran out either. There's this instrument called a fuel gauge, it indicates the amount of fuel you have left.

I know sometimes they don't work, but the handbook will tell you your tanks capacity, you can work out roughly how far it will take you, and watch the mileage if the fuel gauge is broken.

The dodgiest incident I had was when I took a newly purchased car on a longish run, gauge worked OK, until it went below 3/4 tank, then it registered empty.  The little old lady who had the car before me had topped it up every time she went out, so the tank had never been less than 3/4 full. (I got it changed.)

Answer 27

Once, but didn't realise that was the problem and ended up wrecking the starter motor desperately trying to get the car started again!!!!

Answer 28

Only once. I`ll never do that again !!