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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:26:48 PM EDT
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Some people only have 10 bucks. Or 5 bucks. Or 2 bucks in crusty change scavenged from couch cushions.
Trust me, I own a liquor store. 
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:27:03 PM EDT
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Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:28:54 PM EDT
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at 6 pounds a gallon
it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full 
ETA: I keep mine full, doesnt make sense to stop 5 times a week versus 1 time for the same amount of fuel in the end |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:29:12 PM EDT
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Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. Yup. And a lot of new fuel pumps are $450+. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:29:29 PM EDT
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full I was going to post the same thing |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:29:49 PM EDT
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Go you Op
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:30:14 PM EDT
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I laugh at those people.
Usually it's $2 in the tank after $6 on smokes.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:30:58 PM EDT
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My dad told me this when I was 15-16. Sage advice. Whenever I go get fuel, I always see people drive off with only putting $10, $5, sometimes even $2. Should I check my privilege? maybe they only needed $10 to re-fill their tank |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:31:09 PM EDT
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I was going to post the same thing Quote HistoryQuoted:
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full I was going to post the same thing Me, too. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:31:33 PM EDT
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I fill up when I get to half a tank
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:32:18 PM EDT
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OP will never know the excitement of running on fumes past the E mark, heart beat racing and fingers clutched tightly, craning neck to look for the next petrol station that seems the proverbial needle in a haystack.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:33:19 PM EDT
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full
ETA: I keep mine full, doesnt make sense to stop 5 times a week versus 1 time for the same amount of fuel in the end This. And you also lose fuel to evaporation in older vehicles without an evaporation fuel recovery system. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:33:43 PM EDT
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If all ya got til payday is enough for half a tank, and half a tank will keep you driving through payday, then you gotta do what you gotta do.
I've been there before in life. Thankfully not recently. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:33:48 PM EDT
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:34:09 PM EDT
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I know people that never have more than a 1/4 tank of gas at a time. I always fill my tank whenever I get gas. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:34:18 PM EDT
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OP will never know the excitement of running on fumes past the E mark, heart beat racing and fingers clutched tightly, craning neck to look for the next petrol station that seems the proverbial needle in a haystack. Especially when it finally dies and you lose power steering and brakes and you have to muscle through a turn and use the E=brake trying to get to the pump. It's a rush ahhhh my younger days |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:34:19 PM EDT
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Some people only have 10 bucks. Or 5 bucks. Or 2 bucks in crusty change scavenged from couch cushions. Trust me, I own a liquor store.
lol I bet you have some stories. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:34:23 PM EDT
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I fill up when I get to half a tank Yup, but the lil wifey will run it to empty and put $20 max. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:34:34 PM EDT
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full
ETA: I keep mine full, doesnt make sense to stop 5 times a week versus 1 time for the same amount of fuel in the end Your time costs money as you just said, so adding that in, the savings in hauling weight is negated by the lost time cost. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:35:09 PM EDT
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef. My taco still has about 70 miles on E. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:35:36 PM EDT
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maybe they only needed $10 to re-fill their tank Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My dad told me this when I was 15-16. Sage advice. Whenever I go get fuel, I always see people drive off with only putting $10, $5, sometimes even $2. Should I check my privilege? maybe they only needed $10 to re-fill their tank ^^^ Just was I was going to post until I saw it already stated. I fill up every time I stop by the gas station, not when I "need gas." Even if I've still got 3/4 of a tank or more but need to stop by for something else (our local station is also a Piggly Wiggly, curb market, etc. -- small town) I'll top it off anyway on general principle. That might only be $10, $5, sometimes even $2.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:35:48 PM EDT
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I fill up to full each time I fuel.
Start looking for the best price on gas when I get below 1/3rd of a tank. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:36:07 PM EDT
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Next time it's empty fill it up. Then, whenever it gets to 1/4 tank low fill up. Still costs $20, but then it's always full instead of always almost empty.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:36:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. My wife  |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:36:15 PM EDT
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My taco still has about 70 miles on E. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef. My taco still has about 70 miles on E. High five! We rule! OP sucks. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:36:22 PM EDT
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Why does it matter how much someone puts into their tank? Some people don't have the money to fill up while other don't need more than $20 for the week...
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:36:31 PM EDT
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I fill up when I get to half a tank This. Kind of a two is one, 1 is none deal. 1/2 tank is the new empty. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:38:09 PM EDT
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I tend to fill the truck up on every pay day. Speaking of which, today is the day. Truck is at about 2/3s. Probably cost me about $60...
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:38:21 PM EDT
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My taco still has about 70 miles on E. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef. My taco still has about 70 miles on E. I've never pushed mine when the light comes on. Though, I think the fuel tank is 21gal, but I've never put more than 18 gallons in it, and it's usually closer to 16 or 17 when I fill up.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:38:47 PM EDT
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My wife does this (partial fill up). She always hoping that the price will drop "next time".
Rarely fills the tank. Drives me nuts for no reason. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:38:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. For the last 12 years I have routinely run my Dodge Dakota down below the E line with a fuel gauge needle with gap between the line and the actual needle. I have 270,000 on the truck. Guess how many fuel pumps I have replaced? ZERO.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:39:02 PM EDT
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Used to have two tanks in my first vehicle a f150. It had a switch to switch over to the next tank.
I never understood that. Why not just one big tank? It was cool though. "Getting low, switching to auxillary tank! <click>" 
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:39:14 PM EDT
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef. Depends greatly on the vehicle. I have a couple for which E means Eh, you can still go a ways yet... and at least one for which E means Either find gas NOW or prepare to walk!
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:39:39 PM EDT
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My dad told me this when I was 15-16. Sage advice. Whenever I go get fuel, I always see people drive off with only putting $10, $5, sometimes even $2. Should I check my privilege? Maybe they are like you and are topping it off? 
Impossible, only the OP is capable of that! |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:39:43 PM EDT
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I use up my gas tank in 1 week. Every Friday top i top it off.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:39:43 PM EDT
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Actually, there is a cost to tankering gas around...its just so low that its usually overriden by orders of magniture by the conveinance of just filling up.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:40:34 PM EDT
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In some areas around here it goes something like.....
A single can of colt 45 bottle of grape Faygo bag of salt and vinegar chips two "blunts" And $1.32 on pump 5. ETA. And don't let the cashier tell them they have 75 cents in change, then they start grabbing 5 cent candies from the jars like they was just told it was free. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:40:34 PM EDT
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For the last 12 years I have routinely run my Dodge Dakota down below the E line with a fuel gauge needle with gap between the line and the actual needle. I have 270,000 on the truck. Guess how many fuel pumps I have replaced? ZERO. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. For the last 12 years I have routinely run my Dodge Dakota down below the E line with a fuel gauge needle with gap between the line and the actual needle. I have 270,000 on the truck. Guess how many fuel pumps I have replaced? ZERO. I Never had a fuel pump fail. I am frequently low. Im at 195k in current vehicle. Myth busted. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:41:41 PM EDT
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My taco still has about 70 miles on E. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Actually you can go quite a ways on e. Mine says in the manual there is two gallons leftwhen the light comes on. Thats over 50 miles, brosef. My taco still has about 70 miles on E. For a Tacoma, that's like 10 gallons! |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:41:48 PM EDT
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Always fill up between half tank and qtr tank. Never understood the only getting $5-$10 at a time.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:41:55 PM EDT
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Your time costs money as you just said, so adding that in, the savings in hauling weight is negated by the lost time cost. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full
ETA: I keep mine full, doesnt make sense to stop 5 times a week versus 1 time for the same amount of fuel in the end Your time costs money as you just said, so adding that in, the savings in hauling weight is negated by the lost time cost. This would be my rebuttal. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:42:29 PM EDT
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Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. And why do you say that? Why would the pump work any harder with an 1/8th of a tank? |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:42:47 PM EDT
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That's a concise way of saying it. My mother is the Patron saint of riding on empty. I think it's procrastination and undisciplined laziness more than anything else.
I tell the Wife: "don't let it get below 1/4 tank." Most people don't know that the fuel pump is in the Tank. That little fucker works really hard, and it needs to be immersed in fuel, to keep cool. I learned this the hard way, Twice with a Suburban, and once with a Chevy Malibu. Fuel gauge was Broken. 
They should devote an entire semester to it in Highschool. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:44:09 PM EDT
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And why do you say that? Why would the pump work any harder with an 1/8th of a tank? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Those people that run on 1/8 tank end up replacing more fuel pumps, too. And why do you say that? Why would the pump work any harder with an 1/8th of a tank? They (the full tankers) claim it's because the cooling effect of a gasoline bath. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:44:12 PM EDT
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I laugh at those people. Usually it's $2 in the tank after $6 on smokes. You forgot the scratch offs, and it isn't $6 on smokes here, its $8. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:45:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I learned this the hard way, Twice with a Suburban, and once with a Chevy Malibu. Fuel gauge was Broken. Hmm, maybe the lesson to be learned is don't by GM products. See above where my Dodge is going strong despite repeated abuse of not filling the gas tank. In fact right now I'm sitting on less than 1/16 of a tank and I'm debating if I will it up at the end of the day or do it tomorrow.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:45:25 PM EDT
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Used to have two tanks in my first vehicle a f150. It had a switch to switch over to the next tank. I never understood that. Why not just one big tank? It was cool though. "Getting low, switching to auxillary tank! <click>" My 1989 was the same! I actually liked it. If I got into the 2nd tank, it made me feel like I was living on borrowed time, so I'd stop and fill up ASAP. That truck also had the fucking king of six cylinider engines: the inline-6. Matched with a stick shift that was about 3 feet long coming outta the floor. 
Oh, and let's not forget the high-beam button on the floor and the little triangular push-out windows. Fucking awesome truck, all around. |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:45:40 PM EDT
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I told my wife and daughter to never let the tank get below 1/4. You never know when you will be stuck in traffic because of a crash, or you might need to take the car for an emergency and don't have time to stop for gas.
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:45:55 PM EDT
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I was going to post the same thing Quote HistoryQuoted:
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full I was going to post the same thing It really doesn't. Not is a measurable way. Even on airplanes, with the additional Gravity factor, it's pretty nominal. One fuel pump replacement would cost a lifetime's worth of "savings" |
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Posted: 10/30/2014 2:46:19 PM EDT
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This would be my rebuttal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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at 6 pounds a gallon it does actually cost something... to haul around that extra weight Im sure it is pennies and we are splitting hairs here but it does in fact cost money to keep it full
ETA: I keep mine full, doesnt make sense to stop 5 times a week versus 1 time for the same amount of fuel in the end Your time costs money as you just said, so adding that in, the savings in hauling weight is negated by the lost time cost. This would be my rebuttal. If you never let it get low, youre always stopping at the damn filling statuon. I fill her up and then stay away from that damn place till Iabsolutely need to go back. I save time and weight hauling. Sir, you fail and I boo you. |
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