possibly set a record today...

Thu Aug 31 20:56:54 EDT 2000

At 10:35 PM -0400 8/31/00, Marc A Swanson wrote:
>for the most gas put in a NON stalled out car..  I was on the way home
>from six flags amusement park in Agawam Mass, with a full load of
>passengers.  Noticed on the way home that my gas needle has NEVER seen
>that low.... So we pull into the gas station and I fill er' up.... The
>tank took 17.972 gallons!!! (with 474.8 miles on the trip).  Not bad
>considering its only an 18 gallon tank!!

So, there i am, in my UrQ with a non-functioning gas gauge.  Its the 
first date with this absolutely beautiful girl.  As far as i know, i 
have gas, (i usually use the fact that when it starts to get pretty 
low, it cuts out going around harder right turns).  Well, we start 
going around this gradual turn, and suddenly it cuts out.  Oh 
no...thats really not good.  I knew that the nearest gas station is 
still a few miles away.  I take my time getting there, but any time i 
stop for a light, the car stalls.  It was that low on gas.  We get to 
the gas station, BUT i cant pull in from my side, and i have to go 
down to the next block, make a u turn, and then come back up.  Im 
really worried at this point, because well, it stalls every few 
seconds...its really low.  I get to the red light, am waiting there, 
it turns green, my car stalls...no!!!!!!!! I crank and crank and 
finally it starts, but the light is yellow, screw it, i start moving 
slowly, i am able to start the U turn, and then it stalls, pop the 
clutch, starts shuddering, have gas again.  I wieghed my options, im 
now 1.5 blocks from the gas station, but i dont think i even have 
enough gas to make it that far, even if i go slow.  The girl is 
worried, im determined.  I say screw it, floor the car, it bucks the 
whole way up the street, like im bouncing off of the overboost 
limiter... dies, but i coast into the gas station and come to rest in 
front of the pump.  Girl busts up laughing and wont stop for 5 
minutes.  I put some gas in the car...we leave... Girl still likes me 
though. :o)  Moral of the story, sometimes the old running out of gas 
excuse works...lol Oh yeah, and make sure that your gas guage 
works..hehe

Just thought i would share.
-- 
Michael Sheridan Williams
Borderline Motorsports
Co-Owner/Publicist
http://www.borderlinemotorsports.com (coming soon)

United States Touring Car Championship 2000 Audi A4 2.8 quattro

San Francisco, CA
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Big Brakes, Tilton Dual Master Cylinders, Delrin Bushings f/r, 16x7.5 
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