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I experienced it....

 

three times and neither time was easy-going. First time in a European city center as a passenger in my father's Golf MkI the car stopped dead in the middle of a very busy intersection and I had to help him push it a few hundred feet to safety (super embarrassing). He was behind the wheel and the only reason for it happening was his extreme frugality which meant he was accustomed to driving until it was running on fumes so he could optimally measure fuel consumption. Second time was by myself in West LA on Pico blvd heading East from Centinela, fortunately the truck started back up after 3 or 4 attempts and I was able to drive to the nearest station a couple of minutes away from where I had involuntarily stopped. Most recently was heading North on La Cienega toward Santa Monica blvd when my Tacoma simply ran out of fumes and I was fortunate to be able to pull to the side of the road and then walk half a mile North to the Chevron station off of Formosa to get a gallon of gas and bring it back to the vehicle. All in all, lucky not to have had more incidents or something worse happen when they did occur smile. Your photos are priceless! Cheers, Filip

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Ran Out of Gas Today

 
By: cazalea : April 27th, 2018-16:24
Arrgh. While I was waiting in the bright sunshine, by the side of the road, with a gentle breeze cooling my brow, and as my wife kindly volunteered to walk one block back to the station, (so it was a short wait), I thought about all the other times I've r...  

I experienced it....

 
By: AuHavrePro : April 27th, 2018-18:59
three times and neither time was easy-going. First time in a European city center as a passenger in my father's Golf MkI the car stopped dead in the middle of a very busy intersection and I had to help him push it a few hundred feet to safety (super embar... 

Twice !

 
By: bimbeano : April 28th, 2018-01:47
First time must have been around 1995 ... i remember passing a bunch of young girls in a Ford Escort Convertible at 250 kph on the highway ... . On my way back i passed them again at top speed . A few kilometers after the exit the bike stalled and immedia...  

3 times - albeit 2 still had fuel in the tank

 
By: nomadgiles : April 28th, 2018-03:13
1) As a summer student job I used to work harvests: driving combines, running grain trailers and working down the soil for next years seed - all with some enormous farm kit. Once ran out of diesel in one of these late at night luckily in a field rather th...