Keeping spare petrol in the boot of my car?

moonrakerz

[quote=Wig;8407831 I DO plan to run out of fuel,
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QED - I say no more !
Apart from - running out of fuel doesn't do your injection system a lot of good !

Badger_Lady

moonrakerz wrote: »

To go back to the OP - why do you need to carry petrol in the boot of your car on a regular basis ???????
There is NO reason to run out of petrol !!!

I was once in financial difficulties, trying to work my way out of debt. I was 100 miles from home (trying to sort out some of those difficulties) with only £9 cash, £5.10 of it would be taken by the Severn Bridge Toll Authority and £3.90 of which had to feed me for the week. I also had a bunch of credit cards that were maxed out and refused to extend my limits, in other words useless.

I had about enough petrol to get home.

15 miles from my junction on the motorway, the guage started flashing at me. I saw a sign to the services, but didn't think they'd be terribly charitable, so I kept going, driving as moderately as possible and praying I'd get home.

5 miles from home, the car failed. I got over to the hard shoulder, got out of the car and went to the emergency phone.

After an hour of waiting for someone to answer the emergency phone (instructions were to pick up the handset and wait), I was almost hysterical in tears, with no way of getting home (short of walking down the motorway) and no company. I used my mobile to call 999.

I managed to get hold of the 1 person who I knew in my (new) hometown. It took him another hour to get dressed, go out, get a can of petrol and drive down to meet me. We poured the 5 litres in, I started the car and drove home. I promised to pay him back the £12 the can and petrol had cost him, which I finally managed to do 4 weeks later.

Ever since then, I've kept that plastic can in my boot with 5 litres of petrol in it. Just in case.

Badger_Lady

deltic wrote: »

You all make me laugh so much. How difficult is it to keep enough fuel in your car for a journey and plan for basic contingencies and filling up in between journies

You certainly don't need a degree, or a fuel can to do that...do you ??

Story number 2.

On Christmas Day, I went to visit my Aunt, about 200 miles away. I left with a full tank of petrol and was running low when I arrived.

So, on Boxing Day when I left to go home, I first took directions to the nearest petrol station so I could fill up for the journey. It was about 8 miles away.

I said my goodbyes and jumped into the car, following directions to the Tesco pumping station. When I got there, I realise - complete idiot! - I'd left my purse at my Aunt's house.

Luckily, I had just enough petrol still in the tank to get me back to her house and back to the petrol station again.

Wig

moonrakerz wrote: »

Apart from - running out of fuel doesn't do your injection system a lot of good !

Doesn't really matter if it's going to the scrap yard or to be sold does it. And if there is a problem it's likely going to be trapped air, unlikely to be crud/other debris due to your filters, air is not much of a problem. and I have never had any trouble after running out anyway. cross that bridge when I come to it.

anewman

I just put 5 litre can full of petrol in my boot. I have swapped the instrument panel on my car and the new one behaves quite differently to the old one. I don't want to be caught out and I don't particularly want to brim it to see how many litres it takes from the approximate current location on the gauge. Would prefer to wait till the gauge nears the bottom and the light comes on etc. Not trying to empty it by running the engine, just trying to see how far I can take it before I *need* to get petrol