Missus ran out of petrol today

neil3k · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:39

Got a phonecall at work

"I've ran out of petrol so i've rung the AA"

Missus had ran out of petrol and had managed to ignore the blinking light telling her to fill up

Not really after anything just thought my fiancee's stupidity might cheer some of you up

acemastr · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:40

called the AA for fuel? they should make that chargeable...

Typical femme

neil3k · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:41

was free surprisngly

just charged her for the petrol to get her to the garage

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:43

Iv done that before ..... several times, they dont mind you calling them at all

Burnsy2023 · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:54

I think that's the most common call out cause, second is dead batteries.

Barks · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:56

Couldn't you argue that it's irresponsible driving? Could potentially be dangerous or cause congestion if you have to suddenly stop on various roads.

I always thought you can get in trouble for driving without any washer fluid!

Will Gill · 11 Jan 2011 at 18:57

How on earth did she get out of the kitchen?

I'm afraid this was an obvious outcome

G|mp · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:01

Indeed, remind her that the kettle shouldn't run out of water neither!

DM · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:02

See this is one of the problems rearing its ugly head since equality and all that bra burning! Spurious AA call outs for tyre changing and petrol

Hilly · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:08

Knowing Neil well, I believe his missus must have escaped whilst he was asleep, or on the toilet and made a mad dash for it... Only for her to run out of petrol (she's uite dippy like that).

Did she not notice though?!

BigglesPiP · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:10

My brother has run out of petrol before, half a mile after a petrol station on a dual carriageway. He was trying to play fuel light bingo with me in the family Jelopy (176 Punto). He assumed that - like the Uno he crashed before it - empty meant 40 miles left, but it turns out empty means empty on those.

I still don't know if that counts as loosing or winning, we did bring him 5 litres of fuel.

-westy- · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:13

I have the joy of not having a fuel light on my mx5, and the gauge is mechanical - and yes, I ran out a couple of weeks ago. Empty on that gauge is somewhere below the 0 line

neil3k · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:23

hilly said:
Knowing Neil well, I believe his missus must have escaped whilst he was asleep, or on the toilet and made a mad dash for it... Only for her to run out of petrol (she's uite dippy like that).

Did she not notice though?!

she should have the petrol light on the yaris is ******** huge

Lethal` · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:28

BigglesPiP said:
My brother has run out of petrol before, half a mile after a petrol station on a dual carriageway. He was trying to play fuel light bingo with me in the family Jelopy (176 Punto). He assumed that - like the Uno he crashed before it - empty meant 40 miles left, but it turns out empty means empty on those.

I find on my car even when I fill up on the red line (no light) it often has a good 15litres left, but I still don't like to chance it as I don't know how long it has been on the red line

BigglesPiP · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:37

Lethal` said:
I find on my car even when I fill up on the red line (no light) it often has a good 15litres left, but I still don't like to chance it as I don't know how long it has been on the red line

I'm in the habbit of setting the trip in the speedo when I fill up and I know I can do about 350 miles. But with a range of about 10mpg this won't distinguish the last few litres for me.

CaptainRAVE · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:40

I would never leave my car even get to the red light if at all possible. I don't want all that rubbish that has settled to the bottom of the tank to be sucked up into my injectors.

Lopéz · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:42

I don't have a light, and the gauge on the Manta is wayward to say the least. I normally chicken out at 200 miles a tank and fill up. No idea what it actually does to a tank, the only time I ran out I'd done a recent splash and dash and forgotten to fill up properly.

Vonhelmet · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:44

My wife, on the flipside, insists on filling up the moment the petrol light comes on, even though the miles-left-until-empty-ometer is still saying that we've got a good 50 miles worth in there.

deko · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:46

CaptainRAVE said:
I would never leave my car even get to the red light if at all possible. I don't want all that rubbish that has settled to the bottom of the tank to be sucked up into my injectors.

Here we go with this again *sigh*.

Closest I have ever came is cutting out and being able to coast into the petrol station I was heading for. I regularly run around with my fuel light flashing at me, it goes on for at least 50 miles after it starts blinking.

joey1211 · 11 Jan 2011 at 19:47

Was she playing fuelgauge chicken?
Done it myself loads of times and only ran out once. Managed to coast to the nearest fuel station thankfully