slo’s THURSDAY poll - Filling Up Your Gas Tank

[CO2CA]

This is embarrassing, but I forget to fill up and sometimes it gets down to 28 miles left in the gas tank before I fill up (so probably 1 gallon left) lol

I normally just go ahead and fill up. That happens once or twice a week, unfortunately, with how much we drive.

 

[DisGirlAllie]

I chose about 1/4 full but my car tells me approximately how many miles I have left in my tank and once it gets under 100 then I get gas. I got gas on Tuesday when it was $3.63 and then saw this morning it's jumped up to $4.48

 

[sam_gordon]

Day to day, I'll start thinking about it around 1/4 tank. Timing and schedule will depend on when I actually stop. My car and DW's van gives a "miles remaining" and I've gone down to <10 miles left, but I knew how many miles to the gas station.

On road trips, I'll start thinking about it with around 100 miles left, and want to have stopped by 60 miles remaining.

 

[fla4fun]

I have different schedules at different times.

During hurricane season, I try to keep the tank full and will stop and refuel when it gets to 3/4 tank. Of course, if a storm is heading towards Florida, I top up regardless of how low the gauge reads.

When I am working, depending on the distance driven, I fill up every one to two weeks (usually corresponds to a half tank, but not always).

While I am unemployed, I have only had to get gas every three or four months, and the tank is usually around 3/4 or so. I go out once a week to run errands and get my mail, and occasionally have to go farther (like when I got new tires last week).

I never allow the tank to go lower than 1/4, ever.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I always seem to wait til my light comes on... I know I need to fill up more often though, especially right now.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Work takes up about sixteen hours of my day, so I’d rather not have to stop on work days to get gas. I fill up before I’m working a stretch so I don’t have to think about it. If I’m off and just doing errands or the like, I fill it up when it gets down to about 1/4 of a tank.

I hate pumping gas in the cold. These days the cost of gas also gets my BP up so it’s a double whammy.

 

[Mousemom234]

I don't drive very far, most of the time, so a tank can last me a couple of months.
I try to fill it when it drops below 1/2, but have let it get almost empty at least once.

I never used to pump my own, until my DH passed 2 years ago. Either DH filled my car, or I stopped at a full-serve station.

When I drove to my new house it was the first time I'd gotten gas on my own. Driving down, I stopped in New Jersey for the first night, and, as RedAngie mentioned, somebody there pumps for you.
Next stop was Virginia, and I knew I'd probably have to fill it myself.
I locked my credit card when I made my first attempts at feeding my car
It kept shutting off, and after the 3rd try, it wouldn't accept my card. So I left, and went to another station down the street, and tried again, with my other card. Success !
Small thing, but it was a personal triumph, that I'd managed to do something I'd never done before.

 

[RedAngie]

I should have filled up three days ago when I was at half a tank. Prices went up 10 cents on Wednesday then another 24 cents on Thursday.

I’m afraid to see what they are today.

 

[marthachick]

When I need a good cry. Gas is up $1.20 from a year ago today.

 

[niclodn]

Sometime between when the light comes on and 40 miles after it says there are zero miles to empty (my car is a liar)

 

[PrincessShmoo]

>$5/gal is VERY common in CA now. I try very hard NOT to drive if I can help it.

I'm so glad our two vehicles are flex fuel. Ethanol is cheaper (currently).

 

[Babs Johnson]

Often I wait until the warning light comes on, then starts flashing, and says something like 30 miles left,

Pffft!!!! You can easily go about 60 miles