9kredline

How many gallons of gas does our car have and how much is it to fill it up from empty to full?

A gas station charged me 75 dollars and i need to go back and tell them thats its impossible because our car doesnt even take that much gas

NoTears316

Is this a serious post?

LostAngel

15.9 gallons...right now gas is $2.59/gallon...and from 1/4 tank it costs me about $30...so i'm guessing $36-$40 from empty.

User24

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They could say you poured it into a container.

How is it possible to get overcharged on gas?

StealthTL

iTrader: (1)

Happened to me once, when a pump runs out of gas it will keep pumping (and charging for) air.

I was pumping when it started spinning really fast, and the total was already $60+, so I just made it unbelievable - ran it up to $400 , went to the cash desk and told them there was nothing coming out, (so what i DID get was free, but that's not my problem!)

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MP3Guy

That's an amazing story- by the way- that is one dirty tank of gas you probably got.

kalix

Does anyone else' light go on when the car only has ~2 gallons left? Just curious what what point your light goes on...

tmak26b

time to go back to the bump and look for the little sticker to call the state!

i_luv_my_rx8

Yeah, I would say it costs roughly 40-50 bucks to fill up on empty...

VRZOOMZOOM

Mine seems to come on with like 3.5-4 gallons left, because i'll fill up with 11.5 gallons or 12 gallons.

CTrx8

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i don't know that i've let her get that dry.

HolyCross05

The light goes on after 13 gallons.

StealthTL

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Yeah, the "free" gas was probably full of rust/water and god-knows-what else, but it's too late to worry when it's in!

Calculating the size is much easier outside the US - we buy by the liter, the tank holds 60 and the light comes on at exactly 50 (on mine).

I don't even need to calculate mileage, I just have a little table that shows how many mpg I'm getting when the light comes on, i.e. if it comes on 350km after a fill, I'm getting about 18 to the US gallon, 400km would give me around 20 mpg/us (and it HAS happened occasionally!)

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Easy_E1

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You paid that much, and left the station?

dtorre

Thats why you pump your own gas....let me guess...your from jersey right?

RotaryP7

From empty, when the needle is barely above the E, I pay about $33. And that's using premium gas as said.. I can't remember my gallons though..

DaveCM203

All I know is that when that light comes on, get gas as soon as possible. I passed the last gas station until I got almost to my house. A few miles later the light came on. I thought, "I should make it". I ran out of gas about 3 miles from the gas station. I called my wife to bring me gas. She said, "why didn't you turn back and get gas when you realized?" It was about two gal. I went about 35 miles from the time the light came on and the time I ran out of gas. Oh well, first time for everything.

CarAndDriver

April Fools early.