Running out of petrol

[jmh740]

So after a discussion with Oh yesterday can I ask how many times you have ever run out of petrol and how many years you have been driving.

Person A run out once in 25 years of driving.

Person B run out 4 times in 30 years of driving.

Person A thinks B is irresponsible and most people have never run out. Person B thinks 4 times in 30 years is not much.

30 years and never run out.

30 years. Haven’t run out yet (tempts fate)

Never.
27 years of driving.

There's an indicator in the car for a reason.
You might misjudge it once. 4 times seems careless.

I have run out once in 30 years - as a dumb-as-fuck teenager driving in London for the first time!

I think that running out of petrol should be an almost-never, if not definitely-never thing. I concede that dumb teenagers like me might make that mistake or that occassionally people misjudge quite how far they hvae to go to another petrol station on a long journey or something but broadly, yes, it's irresponsible and a bit silly.

28 years and never.

Maybe twice as a poor 17 year old. 30+ years ago

35 years and have never run out although I now have an electric car which needs a bit more vigilance ( 3 years) .

Nearly 40 years, never run out.

Driving 35 years have never run out of petrol. Came close once on a motorway when services were unexpectedly closed and I had to drive to a different petrol station. I hadn't been driving very long at that point.

Never run out. Driving 13 years.
DH has been driving for 24 years and ran out within half a mile of the petrol station once.

Are you person b

I ran out once when I was young on a dark country lane

I was petrified

I've never run out again

I tend to refill when I get to half a tank

I get anxious at a quarter full

Been driving for 40 years, have never run out of petrol. Even when I drove a car with a dodgy petrol gauge back in the day, I always made sure I noted my mileage when I filled up (and would then perform complicated calculations on any bits of paper in the car).

30 years and never.

Although came close a couple of times - once during the blockades when I was at uni and was very lucky that the petrol station was at the bottom of a hill! And our old house had a steep drive and I thought I had run out, but when I eased the car off the drive onto the flat road and left it for 5 minutes enough flowed back so I could start and get to the nearest petrol station).

Yes, when I was young, free and just responsible for myself this may have happened. After having kids absolutely not because, obviously, I was thinking about them.

20 odd years and never run out.

I've never run out in nearly 45 years of driving. It's not difficult to keep an eye on the fuel gauge and plan to top it up when you know you're going past your favoured/cheapest garage. I won't deny I've not run on fumes (warning light on for many miles), but I've known there was a fuel station or two not far away that I could get to.

You're joking. Cars are bloody irritating when they're getting low on fuel. It's impossible to run out.

31 years and never run out.

Never.
DH hasn't either.

We always top up the tank when it's down to 1/4.

Nope never - even when I had an old morris traveller that the petrol guage didn't work on, I carried an emergency supply in the boot!

Never. It's clearly displayed on the dashboard when fuel is low.

Oh, and driving 70+ yrs between us.

Never once in nearly 30yrs. I don't think I've ever had less than 1/4 of a tank. I start getting twitchy just below half.

36 years and never run out
Ds1 10 years, run out twice
Ds2 8 years, run out once.
Very oddly, it was the fuel gauge that was faulty all times... I swear they both said the same even though they were in different cars