I've run out of gas three times

[IllusionX]

Well, even if you pay more attention to the road.. you should learn to somehow check how much gas is left BEFORE you start driving??!?!?

and you should get the idea how many miles you can go with whatever's left...


also, You probably are someone who don't pay too much attention do the speed you are going at. And you probably is someone who forgets to turn on the headlights at night??

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by nazier

reset your miles counter then keep an eye on the gas guage then u will know when to fill up more or less, also do u drive with the aircon on

I always reset my trip every time I fill up. But again, with the point that I already made, I don't look at my gauge every second. I only turn on the air conditioning when it is too unbearable to drive without it on at highway speeds. When not on the highway, even on the hottest day, I open the windows. But the higher speeds on the highways make it too noisy to have them open.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

Well, even if you pay more attention to the road.. you should learn to somehow check how much gas is left BEFORE you start driving??!?!?

Do I look at my gas gauge when I get in my car and start it up? Yeah I do. I'm not an idiot.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

and you should get the idea how many miles you can go with whatever's left...

I know generally how far I can go. On occassions it's a matter of I need to get somewhere at a certain time (usually an appointment), and therefore don't have time to stop beforehand to fill up. I know that I can make it there on what I have left in the tank. I just don't exactly when that last little bar starts blinking in the issue because I'm not staring at it while I drive. There are too many truckers on the road as well as idiots that you have to watch for.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

also, You probably are someone who don't pay too much attention do the speed you are going at.

I watch my speed so that I am not going much above the limit. I keep it to about 65 on the turnpike (speed limit = 65), and about 60 on other highways where the speed limit = 55. I don't need to actually "watch" the speedometer though to know how fast I am going. I can generally feel how fast my car is traveling by how hard it is working while traveling on either flat, uphill, or downhill.

Originally Posted by IllusionX

And you probably is someone who forgets to turn on the headlights at night??

Do I forget to turn my headlights on at night? No. I generally have them on before the sun even sets.



Anyone else have a dig at me just because I state my opinion that having a different style of gas gauge would have been better, in my opinion?

[nazier]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

I always reset my trip every time I fill up. But again, with the point that I already made, I don't look at my gauge every second. I only turn on the air conditioning when it is too unbearable to drive without it on at highway speeds. When not on the highway, even on the hottest day, I open the windows. But the higher speeds on the highways make it too noisy to have them open.




Do I look at my gas gauge when I get in my car and start it up? Yeah I do. I'm not an idiot.



I know generally how far I can go. On occassions it's a matter of I need to get somewhere at a certain time (usually an appointment), and therefore don't have time to stop beforehand to fill up. I know that I can make it there on what I have left in the tank. I just don't exactly when that last little bar starts blinking in the issue because I'm not staring at it while I drive. There are too many truckers on the road as well as idiots that you have to watch for.



I watch my speed so that I am not going much above the limit. I keep it to about 65 on the turnpike (speed limit = 65), and about 60 on other highways where the speed limit = 55. I don't need to actually "watch" the speedometer though to know how fast I am going. I can generally feel how fast my car is traveling by how hard it is working while traveling on either flat, uphill, or downhill.



Do I forget to turn my headlights on at night? No. I generally have them on before the sun even sets.



Anyone else have a dig at me just because I state my opinion that having a different style of gas gauge would have been better, in my opinion?

ok here is what u can do, try and find a heads up display that also gives u your fuel guage on it, then u can keep your eyes on the road and on everything else like your speed, gas, car temp, if not u will need to try and look at the dash, becoz when your car's temp goes up for what ever reason, you are going to blow your engine, and that would be worst then running out of gas, sometimes the distance u travel might change, if u drive or get stuck in traffic

[tomato]

Originally Posted by IllusionX

... also, you probably are someone who don't pay too much attention do the speed you are going at. And you probably is someone who forgets to turn on the headlights at night??

and you're probably someone who jumps to conclusions a lot, probably

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

probably.

it is not rocket science.


Toyota did all they could putting a gas gauge in that
blinks when YOU NEED TO GET MORE


no one can help you after that, except take your keys away

ahem... *cough* *cough* easy, there, guys.

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by tomato

and you're probably someone who jumps to conclusions a lot, probably

yeppers :P

i don't know what's getting on me lately, but oh well!!

to OP: i think taking a few minutes to pass by a gas station and be late than TRYING not to be late and run out of gas. Your opinion on the needle gas gauche is ok, your choice, but i mean.. will the needle help you look at your gauge more?