Stupid, Stupider and STUPIDER STILL!

[Little yellow Brompton]

I learnt, from having old diesels, never to run out of fuel as bleeding the pump at the road side was a right PITA.

I don't think high pressure common rail systems have that problem any more.

 

[Stephenite]

You're not on your own LyB.

I've run out twice during the ownership of my present car. It doesn't have a blinky LED to warn me i'm running low. The needle and gauge is open to interpretation according to how positively, or negatively, i look at it. And i'm a bit tight, so prefer filling up on Sundays when the prices are teeny bit lower.

The last time i ran out of fuel i had my, not quite, 2-year-old with me (doh!) and we were some distance from a petrol station (double doh!). I'd managed to roll the car off the main road. We have a child seat that fastens to the seat belt, and not a fancy ISO-fix model, so it fits in any car. I phoned for a taxi, explained the situation, and one arrived in a few minutes. Off we went, bought fuel, came back, problem solved. I don't know what the fuss is about.

Except that here it can get uncomfortably cold. Minus 17C this week... ramble, ramble, ramble...

Anyway, take comfort in that you're not the only 'fuel' out there.

...Anyone use Spotify? ..etc

 

[Night Train]

I don't think high pressure common rail systems have that problem any more.

No, modern vehicles are fine and will 'self bleed' but the habit of not running out stayed with me.

 

[Maz]

Stupid, I ran out of diesel in the car tonight! Even stupider I didn't have my winter box in the boot so had no coat,boots etc... and I hadn't brought my mobile so I was stuck with using the phone built into the car ( 20 minutes before the AA answered) and having to sit in it to shelter from the elements.
I had stopped at the GW line of a light controlled roundabout ( J36 M4 if anyone is interested) , had my hazard lights on, a 300W Amber strobe on the bootlid, a warning triangle 100 yrds down the road, and was pressing the brake pedal to flash my brake lights as I saw traffic coming behind.
Stupider still were the two dozen vehicles that pulled up behind me,one at a time, not noticing any of the above, 3 of which the drivers leaned on the horn to get me to move out of the way! How much more of a clue do they need?

 

[totallyfixed]

Stupid, I ran out of diesel in the car tonight! Even stupider I didn't have my winter box in the boot so had no coat,boots etc... and I hadn't brought my mobile so I was stuck with using the phone built into the car ( 20 minutes before the AA answered) and having to sit in it to shelter from the elements.
I had stopped at the GW line of a light controlled roundabout ( J36 M4 if anyone is interested) , had my hazard lights on, a 300W Amber strobe on the bootlid, a warning triangle 100 yrds down the road, and was pressing the brake pedal to flash my brake lights as I saw traffic coming behind.
Stupider still were the two dozen vehicles that pulled up behind me,one at a time, not noticing any of the above, 3 of which the drivers leaned on the horn to get me to move out of the way! How much more of a clue do they need?

What you did do that was absolutely correct was to put out a warning triangle 100 metres away on the approach. You would be amazed, on second thoughts you probably wouldn't at the number of broken down vehicles I have seen over the years that put out a warning triangle next to the vehicle. The fact that so many didn't associate it with a breakdown is worrying.

 

[Archie_tect]

It's an Auto.

Diesel Krauts... es ist ein Auto...

 

[Black Sheep]

I've yet to run out of fuel on my motorbike and that's got no way of seeing how much fuel there is other than stand aside it and shake it a bit!