This morning I learned the hard way................

Ah, you must own a Land Rover...

in article snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com, Mr.Nice. at snipped-for-privacy@-nospam-clara.co.uk wrote on 24/2/04 9:38:

I borrowed my mates landy a couple of months ago, and probably did about 20 miles and then came back home (I was running errands for him anyhow!). His fuel guage didnt work, so i was worried that i would run out of juice, but i didnt. He came to go to work later in the day, and managed to get about a mile before it ran out. I had a good laugh :) (but still went out in the 101 to rescue him). He says hes fixing the fuel guage now...

I jammed one a while back. Driving through the middle of Sweden (a flippin' desolate place, I can tell you, only punctauted by the odd reindeer) I hadn't bothered filling up at the previous petrol station as I thought I still had a reasonable amount left. After miles and miles and miles of *absolutley nothing*, except flat-ish countryside and fir trees, the gauge showed *very* low (Wife starting to panic) .....then it happened. Engine died, "oh s*it",I put my foot on the clutch to roll as far as poss before having to walk god knows how many miles. However, as I rolled round the corner, a petrol station honed into view, and I just managed to roll to the pump, "which was nice".

Of course, I ve done it other times and been completely stranded, but I don't talk about those much.....

Guy