Ouch! Guess that's why I never drive my car unless it
has at least 1/2 a tank of gas ('course I also don't
know how much water is in there, I want water
injection, but not by running out of gas and trying to
run off of water!:)
--- Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I had a friend come to visit who was buying a car
> close to my home this
> weekend. He had moved to Utah a couple of years ago,
> so this was the first
> time he saw my Imperial, which he was quite
> impressed with, especially the
> fact that they had power windows back then. We were
> out driving in the
> Imperial when he asked if I could stop by Wall Mart.
> After leaving Wall Mart
> we got in the car, and when I went to start it
> nothing happened. I turned the
> key again, and nothing. I got out to check the
> battery connections, which
> were fine, and my new found over radio light was
> shining like a beacon, so I
> knew the car was charged. Just when I was about to
> call triple A, concluding
> the starter must be shot, I looked at the push
> buttons, and saw that the car
> was in D. Once I changed it to Neutral everything
> was fine, Duh! Then I told
> him I needed to gas it up since it was approaching
> the 200 mile mark on the
> trip odometer. We left Wall Mart, and while driving
> down the street headed
> toward my home, it started to sputter, and shut
> down, you guessed it, I was
> out of gas again. We walked about a half mile down
> the road to a gas station,
> where I finally bought a gas can, then headed back
> to the Imperial, only to
> find the gas can I just bought was the most
> ridiculous design I have ever
> seen, and when you tipped it upside down to put the
> gas in the tank, most of
> the gas leaked out going everywhere but in the tank.
> After trying several
> configurations of attaching the spout with the
> gasket on the bottom, top,
> etc., the gas still leaked everywhere. I put the can
> upside-down in the tank
> holding the spring loaded nozzle open, while
> straddling and pushing myself
> against the fin for leverage. My friend then went
> into hysterics telling me
> it looked like I was peeing in the gas tank. I then
> decided to remove this
> ridiculous nozzle and just pour the gas in the tank.
> After finally getting
> the car started again, I stopped to fill it up which
> was nearly fifty dollars
> worth of gas. Who would have thought such a simple
> drive to Wall Mart could
> become such a comedy of errors!
> Bill '59 Crown
>
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