Interesting fact
It's illegal to run out of fuel on the public highway in the UK.
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Fri 27 Jan 2006, 9:08,
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i was lucky in a way
i was in guildford town centre when i conked out and a garage lent me a jiffy can so i could put 3 quid in
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Fri 27 Jan 2006, 9:10,
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my clapped out Nova, god rest it's soul
never had a working petrol gauge
oh the fun of mystery petrolage
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Fri 27 Jan 2006, 9:12,
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oh the fun of mystery petrolage
Gosh
Neither did mine. It had three readings: "full", "almost full" and "empty". Once you'd passed "almost full" it read "empty" until you chickened out and put more petrol in or ran out of petrol.
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Fri 27 Jan 2006, 9:21,
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