Ran out of gas today!

I just did it over the holidays. I was driving home to NY - somewhere in Illinois about 1am. Just as I pass an exit the gas light comes on. In my car this means I have about 2 gallons left so I'm not worried. Until the needle starts dropping quickly. 11 miles later the car sputters to a stop about 1/2 mile from the next exit. After a brief bit of cursing I realize I'm about to get a run in after all and get ready to head out into the 12 degree weather. Give the key one last try... and it starts up! I fill it up and sure enough there is over 1-1/2 gallons left so it must just have been the way the gas was sloshing or something...

I haven't done it since college, when I was driving my '72 Super Beetle with the broken gas gauge. I used to tape notes to the dash to remind me when I had last filled up.

The idea was to save a couple of bucks cuz gas is 20c a gallon chaper in Jersey.

Cost of gas can $10 (they wouldn't lend one)
Now I'm taking BIL out to lunch. Cost $15.

Even with the new math I can see that didn't work out to well for me!

I think of you whenever I see an old bug...LMAO...wouldn't know how to get a christmas tree in the Short Bus, but I'd like to try!!

ah-the super beetle- my first car was a 1965 beetle- blankets for heat,2 strong backs & a hill on a winter morning...out of gas? frequently...LOL..but about a siphoned cup fullwould do ya for awhile! great blue & white spray painted paint job tho !
woops-hijack...

no hijack apology nec. My friend's Bug had the rusted out floor boards. Good for disposing the empties, ah the good old days pre DUI's. Rememeber too the windshieldwipers stopped working so we tied strings to them. He'd pull, I'd pull back. Fun times!

No kidding, $100 bot lots of PBR!

I had a friend that had a super beetle in high school and he used to take me and a friend to school (pick us up on the way). He never had gas so we would all chip in like 35 cents each for gas and put in like 95 cents and that would last us till the next morning.