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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone else HATE, simply HATE, to stop for gas? [View all]MiddleFingerMom
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In the early 80's, I had a great VW Rabbit diesel that got 37 city and 52 highway
mpg's (what the FUCK happened to us since then?). When it hit "E", there were
actually over 35 miles left to go.
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I ran out of gas once and called my buddy Phil, who showed up in record time
with a can of gas. He LOVED giving me grief about running out of gas with a
car that gets 50 mpg.
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About a year later, I ran out of gas again (within about a 1/4 mile of where I had
run out before. I called EVERYONE I knew... from my GF to friends of friends...
JUST to keep from having to call Phil again. Nobody was home. I finally gave in
and called Phil.
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This was almost 30 years ago, and I bet Phil is STILL telling people about his
dumbass friend with the gas-sipping car and the sieve-leaking brain.
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