Damn Gauges
05-11-2005, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by vital49
Originally Posted by Custom88
Nope. Mine is almost always 1/2 or more. 
Usually don't let it go past 1/2 a tank.
If you think about it, it doesn't cost you anymore to keep filling it up to full, than it does to fill it up to half a tank when you're on empty.
Usually don't let it go past 1/2 a tank. If you think about it, it doesn't cost you anymore to keep filling it up to full, than it does to fill it up to half a tank when you're on empty.
But, I'm with you, I pretty much do the same. Letting the tank get bone dry is hard on the pump.The 91 Bonnie
The 95 Bonnie
Now when I was going through North Carolina( Gotta love standstill roadwork ).... My fuel gage was on the line(E) and I still had to drive about 20 miles to find a gas station... I had to put 17.2 gallons into an 18 gallon tank...lol( I have never repeated that LMAO ) The below pic to this day still freaks me out...lol
Toasted.... I love this pic bud...
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05-11-2005, 10:01 PM
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i think thats a compliment, but im not sure so ill just take it as one and say THANK YOU
for the record.. that was 16.2gallons to fill from that point.
for the record.. that was 16.2gallons to fill from that point.
05-11-2005, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
i think thats a compliment, but im not sure so ill just take it as one and say THANK YOU
for the record.. that was 16.2gallons to fill from that point.
for the record.. that was 16.2gallons to fill from that point.
Yes it was a compliment...
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05-12-2005, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by toastedoats
luckily since i dont have the stock radio i lost the chimes so i dont have to hear dinging.. lol
In the older bonnies we get the luxury
of a chime module 
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05-12-2005, 09:59 AM
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I was thinking about this thread on the way to work this mrning (100 miles and just down to 3/4 tank) and I remembered the most f'ed up gauges on any car I've ever owned.
My Sr year of HS I bought a 66 Beetle. Later my dad and I picked up a 64 as a parts car. Me, being an "adventurous" kid with his first car in his name came up with a "great" idea. I took the gas tank from the 64 and stacked it on top of the original tank in the 66. Set 'em up to be one, big, 2 compartment tank. But I only used the gas gauge on the bottom tank. I could go up to two weeks before the gauge ever left full...
My Sr year of HS I bought a 66 Beetle. Later my dad and I picked up a 64 as a parts car. Me, being an "adventurous" kid with his first car in his name came up with a "great" idea. I took the gas tank from the 64 and stacked it on top of the original tank in the 66. Set 'em up to be one, big, 2 compartment tank. But I only used the gas gauge on the bottom tank. I could go up to two weeks before the gauge ever left full...
05-12-2005, 10:21 AM
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Sounds like what I do as well, unless I hot foot it real bad...lol
Sounds like you are doing 23-25 MPG?
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Sounds like you are doing 23-25 MPG?
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05-12-2005, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BillBost37
That hot footing thing is a problem...hehe
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