Gawd, by the time you've finished sounding out the Russian for 'help!', it's already eaten you.

Jase2985:

 

Rikkitic:

 

Not a bump in the road. The light came on, stayed on. The gauge read 1/8. 

 

 

 

 

They normally latch on so they are not flicking on and off all the time based on the orientation of your vehicle.

 

I have had them go on and off in the past in other vehicles as I drove up and down hills and around corners. This one is pretty steady. Still trying to decide which one to believe. If the light is on and the gauge reads 1/8 tank, am I okay until it reads empty? This is was my question.

neb:

 

Do you also have stuff like bottles of holy water, some wooden stakes, a shotgun, and a Russian-to-English phrasebook?  You know, just in case.

 

Thanks. I forgot the holy water.

I believe silver-tipped wooden crossbow bolts are recommended for broad-spectrum effectiveness. 

Rikkitic: Still trying to decide which one to believe. If the light is on and the gauge reads 1/8 tank, am I okay until it reads empty? This is was my question.

 

Ge0rge:

Rikkitic: Still trying to decide which one to believe. If the light is on and the gauge reads 1/8 tank, am I okay until it reads empty? This is was my question.

 

 

 

The light will still be on when the tank is empty. Will the gauge still be pointing at an 8th? Only you can find that out in your particular car for certain. Carry a jerry can, drive it til it splutters, report back on your findings.

That made me giggle a little

But in all seriousness, drive the car till you're comfortable you don't want to go any further after having the fuel light/needle hit E, but record how far you go once you hit the fuel light. Then fill the tank all the way up, then Google your car make/model and fuel capacity, and see how much it differs from what you put into it. If you put in less than the rated capacity of the tank, then you can probably drive further, how far will depend on how much difference and then the km/L or L/100km your car gets. If you put in more than that, well i wouldn't be going that far in the future.

But Ge0rge mentioned, take a fuel can with you.

Ge0rge: Carry a jerry can, drive it til it splutters, report back on your findings.

Clearly that is humor. In the real world for that course of action - dangerous in traffic warnings apply + potential to clog up your fuel filter with additional bottom-of-the-tank-detritus depending on the age of the car.

Thanks for the suggestion but I probably won't bother. It was more a matter of curiosity than urgency. I drive very little in my old age and when I fill up, as I have just done, it can last a month or more. I am think of keeping a container in the boot, though. That isn't a stupid idea. But I usually don't play dice with my fuel reserve. It just happened that this time it worked out that way. 

Edit: Just for the sake of completeness, I will mention that my car is a 2003 Diamante AWD with the fuel economy of a tank. The only thing that makes this work for me is that I hardly ever use it. I didn't want the 3.5 litre engine but I couldn't get the AWD any other way. It is a great car.

gzt:

Ge0rge: Carry a jerry can, drive it til it splutters, report back on your findings.

Clearly that is humor. In the real world for that course of action - dangerous in traffic warnings apply + potential to clog up your fuel filter with additional bottom-of-the-tank-detritus depending on the age of the car.

Will Post Haste manage to get a small package from one side of town to the other faster than Cainiao gets something here from China?

Hopefully you do as well as I did!

It's been four days so far, so we'll see.

Dyson supply SKUs with different levels of hepa filtration. The removable filter on the back is a different color. Can I order the better filter and add that to the lesser sku model? or are there are other incompatibilities or changes required.

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