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Saturday, August 18, 2007

A Car Tip

There are many reasons why driving around with an almost empty gas tank is a bad idea. There are also many reasons why driving around with an almost empty gas tank and leaving your wallet on the kitchen table is a bad idea. Fortunately that situation can be remedied by leaving a small amount of spare cash in my...err...your car.

The worst situation to be in though is to have an almost empty gas tank and have the outside gas tank door on the car lock. That's right, you go to the gas station, flip the switch to pop the gas tank open and nothing happens. You repeat it and if you listen carefully you can hear the springs on the door moving, but nothing happens. Obviously you need to get the tank door fixed before you completely run out of gas. The unfortunate part is that I...oops, I mean you in this purely hypothetical scenario...don't know if you have enough gas to make it to the dealership where you typically have your car serviced. This involves having your husband drive behind you, while you hold breath and hope that you don't run out of gas on the highway. (You could also reduce the amount of danger by following his recommendation for taking a "back roads route" that avoids the interstate altogether.)

Fortunately for anyone in this situation, the gas tank door can be fixed by two burly looking guys pounding on the door while simultaneously pulling the gas tank lever. Such burly looking guys may be able to perform this repair in 5 seconds flat leaving the driver feeling like the world's biggest idiot. Fortunately, the hypothetical Balex Melliot did not have to pay for the experience of feeling like this.

A. Elliot's Learned: It's really NOT a good idea to drive around with the gas tank almost empty.

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