My fuel gauge has been reading bad for a while & today I ran out of fuel! I keep a 2 gallon can in the bed & thanks to what I've read here I was confident it would start again. I cycled the key a couple of times & it fired right up although it sounded like a bag of spanners. I guess that's air in the injectors? I let it idle for a minute then drove on, it took a couple of miles until it sounded totally normal but all is good now. I drove straight to get fuel & with refilling the can & the tank I put in 150.4 litres (39.73 us gallons), I'm happy with that.
I plan to drop the tank & fix the sender when the weather is better & I have some free time again thanks to the information I've learned from here so thanks FTE for giving me the confidence to find my limit!

 

Good to be prepared!

 

What did that fill up cost you over there?

 

Nearly 185 of our fine English pounds! That's the most I've ever spent on fuel in one hit! Our fuel prices are rising again £1.23 a litre for diesel. That's $5.90 per US gallon, what do you pay now?

 

Around here I pay about $2.23-$2.39

 

OUCH!!!!!! you're not going to like this...................................... average in Atlanta Georgia right now is $2.20 a gal. Worst I can remember in recent history was $4 but that was about 2 yrs ago.

 

That's not too bad, it does hurt a bit with how we get stung but it won't stop me driving my truck, I don't smoke, drink very little so apart from my good lady it's my only vice! Well that & my Harley, oh & my '64 Valiant convertible!

 

I used to cry about fuel prices, until I toured the UK in 05

 

I just put fuel in mine and it was 2.98/9 . Sucks at that.

 

2.79$ in the great Middle North

 

When I was stationed there from 1999-2005 we could get fuel on base or get coupons for fuel at deeply discounted prices off base. I paid $2.20 a gallon last time I filled up the 75 gallons my truck can hold.

If you don't already have it, I had a solid list of parts and where to get them posted up a couple of years ago. If you need help finding the list, let me know.

The Hutch/Harpoon mod has been one of my favorite due to increased capacity, not puking all over my shoes, allowing for the commercial diesel fill nozzles and it just seemed to make the idle quieter.

 

"Taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society."

sorry lol

 

Our fuel prices are cheaper here but we probably pay for it someway, somehow in either some sort of tax, toll or fee. When I was skiing in Austria several years ago I was shocked by the price of their fuel, I also shocked that I drove that car all week long and it hardly took any fuel (diesel it was).

I have a '64 'Cuda out back that is only good for parts. If you need anything for that valiant I might have it, PM me you if are in need of anything.

 

I never complained about fuel prices again after visiting Holland a few years back. We were paying about $4.75-$4.85 a gallon in my area before the prices reversed. $140 fill-ups at 1/4 tank... once a week in the winter. Using the Prius in the summer months payed for the whole car in fuel savings. With the lower price of fuel today, the fuel savings alone no longer cover all the expenses of owning the Prius. Factor in the wear and tear on very expensive parts, the oil changes, and the like - and the Prius still holds its own.


Stinky (Superduty): 120 gallons of diesel (minimum) per month when driving daily to work.
Stingy (Prius): 40 gallons of Premium per month when driving daily to work.

 

PM on the way!