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Problem is we have two major roads we take here and both are under construction! So traffic can be a real b-tch sometimes. Most of the time, it's decent and it moves. But I get off at 5 which is rush hour traffic time
Then you wait around until the traffic & jam is over with.
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Originally Posted by noelle41
I do have my license. I was a victim of identity theft and dont use credit cards. Only use cash
Get yourself a pre-paid gas card for $10 or $20 and keep it somewhere in the car just for this kind of emergency.
It goes off once I have only one line left. I honestly have no clue how many MPG's my car gets
That's really weird, in retrospect. Your car is only four years old. Do you not have the owner's manual?
Seriously, you don't know, even roughly, what your MPG is? What's this "one line" thing?
Why is that? I'm seriously interested in the thought process of someone with a relatively new-ish vehicle who is unaware of the fuel efficiency of such. Do you know how often you should get oil changes? Tire rotations? Tune ups?
That's really weird, in retrospect. Your car is only four years old. Do you not have the owner's manual?
Seriously, you don't know, even roughly, what your MPG is? What's this "one line" thing?
Why is that? I'm seriously interested in the thought process of someone with a relatively new-ish vehicle who is unaware of the fuel efficiency of such. Do you know how often you should get oil changes? Tire rotations? Tune ups?
It's not really that hard to fathom given that many people can't even tell you the state capital of where they live anymore. It's a sad state but is what it is. If the car was bought used there is a relatively good chance it didn't have the owners manual to give the benefit of the doubt to the OP.
Even still, most people don't read it from cover to cover. For many knowing the mpg's isn't important as they know they need to put gas it in when the car tells them to. If the check engine light comes on then it's time for an tune up or oil change. It's the culture we live in where we need to be told things that in the past we made effort to learn and understand.
Me personally, the first thing I do when I buy a new/used car is to read the owners manual from cover to cover, but I'd venture to guess to say that I'm the exception to the rule, or a nerd, or both.
I avoid the OP's dilemma by always filling up when the gauge gets to 1/2 full. Ran out of gas once in my life because the gauge didn't work and it was a major pain..vowed it would never happen again. I do have AAA but I surely won't be using it cause I failed to fill up. In case of an emergency, if you keep at least 1/2 tank you can travel at least some distance on it. Another plus of filling up on 1/2 tank is you're not putting out a lot of cash at one time...doesn't hurt as much!
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