On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Peter J. Lima wrote: > Tobin T. Copley writes -- > >As for feeling worried about running out of gas on long trips, just use > >the odometer as a gauge (THAT works, right?), and be sure to fill before > >you drive anywhere close to your cruising range, say, every 200 miles or >so. > > Heck, my '58 Bug doesn't even HAVE a gas gauge and I've never yet run out of > gas (knock on wood.) The odometer is precisely what you need to watch -- Just keep in mind that your gas milage can fluctuate quite a bit. I got 200 miles out of my first few tanks and figured if I always gassed up at 150 I'd be OK. Duh, the difference between nice long trips on the highway in the fall and short trips in the winter when it's 7 degrees F is a lot. Let's just say one time I put 10.4 gallons in my 10.6 gallon tank and since then have been fueling up at 100 miles :-) Mark mjanello@umich.edu '62 Kombi 6 volt gauge in a 12v car and it doesn't work either
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