Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

No petrol

161 replies

Yikerswhatalife · 30/11/2023 14:34

I have to pick up Dd from school ( very close by) then Dh (15 minute drive) from work. His car is in the garage so has been using mine (our other one) he drove to work the last couple of mornings, when he got out of the car, I started to drive home and saw there was literally no petrol in the car, it was on one last bar that means it’s low but ok, that bar has gone now…does this mean zero petrol or enough for me to pick him up (15 min drive) stupidly he has the wallet with cards and cash in (one of those days)
Will I be able to make it to him?

OP posts:
User136921 · 30/11/2023 19:15

Cards are much easier than a phone, I have all my cards on my phone, just in case but always use a card as it's quicker

L0bstersLass · 30/11/2023 19:02

You've risked it haven't you @Yikerswhatalife .
You should have left him to make his own way home.
Staying at home would have been a perfetly valid option.
So what if it inconveniences him, he should have had more respect for you than to put you in such a position.
He learns nothing by you risking things by going to collect him.

kitsuneghost · 30/11/2023 18:59

BarbaraofSeville · 30/11/2023 18:29

Yes, of course, it's a whole load easier than using a phone from what I've seen.

Show quote history

Yes. Its the new till rage. Waiting for someone faff about with their phone. Its like when folk used to count out the smash,

kitsuneghost · 30/11/2023 18:57

BoobyDazzler · 30/11/2023 18:27

Can’t you just pay on your phone? Do people really still get their cards out to pay for things?

I use cards. They are smaller than a phone and fit in my back pocket

Nevermind31 · 30/11/2023 18:32

Yikerswhatalife · 30/11/2023 16:23

@MrsMenmen Are you sure?! Only need to get me there, then he has the money and petrol station not far
Theres no bars, light was on ages ago
It got me to Dds school and back, have to go in ten minutes to pick him up.It’s risk it or try at the petrol station, which sounds really embarrassing

What do you mean “risk it”? You mean steal it? They won’t give it to you for free because your husband is an idiot.
also would not pick him up as he didn’t put petrol in and taken payment (why does he have your card? Why doesn’t he use his own? Why don’t you have it on your phone?)

BarbaraofSeville · 30/11/2023 18:29

BoobyDazzler · 30/11/2023 18:27

Can’t you just pay on your phone? Do people really still get their cards out to pay for things?

Yes, of course, it's a whole load easier than using a phone from what I've seen.

botheredand · 30/11/2023 18:29

FreshWinterMorning · 30/11/2023 17:28

Of COURSE you will make it with the petrol on the 'final bar!'

Even when the little light is flashing you still have a gallon!

It's so handy they only make one type of car made in the same year with all the same features!

Every car is different, some have no reserve fuel. Some the light comes on and then the car stops. It's not a good idea to find out what reserve your car has in winter with a child.

BoobyDazzler · 30/11/2023 18:27

Can’t you just pay on your phone? Do people really still get their cards out to pay for things?

JanuaryBug · 30/11/2023 18:25

Why can't you add a card to your phone wallet? It's really that simple...

User136921 · 30/11/2023 18:15

I would in the summer but not in the freezing cold in case I got stuck

CharlotteBog · 30/11/2023 18:11

Gnomegnomegnome · 30/11/2023 18:05

If it’s a 15 minute drive it can’t be that long a walk for him? An hour?

That would be pretty slow driving (or very fast walking, and if it's in heavy traffic it's more likely to be an urban area with public transport.

WeeOrcadian · 30/11/2023 18:09

Why are YOU shouldering the stress of this? HE left the car without fuel and you without access to cash

HE can call a taxi or walk

Fuck that right off

Gnomegnomegnome · 30/11/2023 18:05

If it’s a 15 minute drive it can’t be that long a walk for him? An hour?

littlefireseverywhere · 30/11/2023 17:57

This issue aside, you need your own access to money. Use Apple Pay, as others have said.

MigGirl · 30/11/2023 17:36

Often when the red light comes on cars will either reset the milage or will show you how.many miles are left in the tank. Does it not say this on the dash somewhere. I know DH has driven our focus for 50miles with the red light on and been fine.

And considering I've been driving a Nissan leaf which only has a max range of 95miles, I don't tend to panic when the red light comes on now.

FreshWinterMorning · 30/11/2023 17:28

Of COURSE you will make it with the petrol on the 'final bar!'

Even when the little light is flashing you still have a gallon!

CharlotteBog · 30/11/2023 17:09

keye · 30/11/2023 16:34

Why can't you add a card to Apple Pay (or android)

Show quote history

On my iPhone I can either scan a card or enter the details manually, so you either need to have the card or know the long card number. Her husband could tell her the long number over the phone.

CharlotteBog · 30/11/2023 17:05

MrsMarzetti · 30/11/2023 16:40

Not great for your car, you will drag any crud in the bottom of your tank through the pipes.

Show quote history

And she's already way past the light being on.

KingsleyBorder · 30/11/2023 17:04

Are you afraid of him OP?

Jaxhog · 30/11/2023 16:56

Nicknacky · 30/11/2023 14:42

In that case I would be telling him he will need to find his own way home.

This.

GrumpyPanda · 30/11/2023 16:47

GladioliandSweetPeas · 30/11/2023 15:01

I don't mean to be annoying but it genuinely has to be said - if you don't know this then I'd be questioning your competency to drive tbh. I'd say the same to anyone who didn't know how to add air to tyres, top up screen wash or check oil levels

I'd be questioning the competency of anyone who DOES know exactly.... because it means they routinely let the petrol get low enough to serious risk being stranded!

OP just pick up your daughter and tell your feckless partner he'll have to make his own way home. Just not worth it in the cold.

MrsMarzetti · 30/11/2023 16:40

gotomomo · 30/11/2023 16:24

When the light comes on you have a good few miles left, around 30 in my car. I've driven 15 on 0 miles left, though this is very car dependent. Do you have your phone? If so you can load a card onto it for apple/google pay

Not great for your car, you will drag any crud in the bottom of your tank through the pipes.

kitsuneghost · 30/11/2023 16:38

Pluvia · 30/11/2023 16:37

I was going to ask what was going on and why you, an adult in charge of children, don't have access to money. I see you've answered that. Make your husband find his own way home.

Edited

She explained earlier

kitsuneghost · 30/11/2023 16:37

Can you add a card to apple pay if you don't have the card number though?

Pluvia · 30/11/2023 16:37

I was going to ask what was going on and why you, an adult in charge of children, don't have access to money. I see you've answered that. Make your husband find his own way home.