People probably do drive for 12 hours in a row sometimes. Possibly wearing a diaper to assassinate their astronaut love rivals, but that's a digression.
I think you should call Car Talk retroactively, though. I mean, what a feather for your cap!
Wash: I'm not leaving her side, Mal. Don't ask me again. Mal: I wasn't asking. I was telling.
'Out Of Gas'
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flea - Mar 04, 2009 9:22:50 am PST #9283 of 25501
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Kathy A - Mar 04, 2009 9:22:51 am PST #9284 of 25501
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The gauge or other sensors are definitely not the most reliable way to judge if you have enough gas or not. This week's Top Gear ep had them driving from Basel, Switzerland to Blackpool on one tank of gas each, and all of them had run out (according to their gauges) an hour outside of Blackpool, but at least two of them made it to the illuminations with no problems.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2009 9:33:14 am PST #9285 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks guys. I sent an email to my friend David who works for Cartalk and he replied that I should be fine. The worst that could happen is it won't start. As long as I haven't been burning oil, which I'm pretty sure I haven't (the oil light wasn't on).
meara - Mar 04, 2009 9:41:55 am PST #9286 of 25501
...OK, am I the only one wondering HOW you did that??
...and how your car didn't get STOLEN?
tommyrot - Mar 04, 2009 9:45:38 am PST #9287 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
On a very old car, the battery could go dead from leaving your car idle that long. "Very old" as in older than, say, 1963. Cars switched from generators to alternators around that time. Generators generally couldn't do any charging if the engine was idling. Alternators produce electricity at any engine speed.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2009 9:46:18 am PST #9288 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
...OK, am I the only one wondering HOW you did that??
Sigh. I don't use my car very often. I've found that in cold weather, if I don't run it periodically, the battery dies. The last time I needed a jump, the AAA guy told me I should run it for an hour every day. I think that's ridiculous, but I do try to run it for an hour a couple times a week. Which is what I did as soon as i got home from work yesterday. Except then I forgot all about it until I was in the shower this morning.
Jon B. - Mar 04, 2009 9:48:03 am PST #9289 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
...and how your car didn't get STOLEN?
I lock the doors before I go upstairs (I have two sets of keys).
amych - Mar 04, 2009 10:15:06 am PST #9290 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Okay, people, I need you to convince me that the fact that my work day is somehow simultaneously slow and stressful is not a reason to buy an iPhone today. Or, for that matter, that it is.
Jessica - Mar 04, 2009 10:22:09 am PST #9291 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Amych, if you buy an iPhone today, you won't have any excuse to think about buying a Palm Pre in June.
NoiseDesign - Mar 04, 2009 11:37:39 am PST #9292 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Buy the iPhone.