Originally Posted by
Seacat
Anyone ever ran out of petrol? I did today and it was horrible :p
I got assigned to do this primary school thing where I go to a primary school once a week and help the kids read (Yrs 3-4). I start it next week so I got my mate to come in the car with me to show me where it was (cos I've never been there before).
Anyway the school is round some Country lanes so I was driving round them and we got to the school and set off back (about 8 mile away). I went round a corner and suddenly... a loss of power in the car altogethor :o I lowered through the gears and then the car just cut out!!! :'(
My mate had to be back in school within 20 mins to do lunch duty so we were in major trouble, especially on a bend in a country road with people flying round at 70MPH. Eventually I got it started and just headed towards school keeping revs low and coasting down hills/round corners. I got there and it cut out just as I was parking up - Quite lucky :p
Anyway I got it sorted. After my mate had finished lunch duty he took me up to the nearest petrol station in his car (I'd of never made it up in mine, it's a 2 mile long steep hill). I had to get a petrol cannister at £4.50!! (the man in the petrol station just laughed at me when I asked whether I could buy a bottle of Dr. Pepper, empty it and use that to fill up). I didn't have much money on me so my mate bought me the petrol cannister which left me with £2.37 to put fuel in, which at least got me home from school and to another petrol station :p
Anything like this ever happened to any one else? Lesson learned: always check you've got enough petrol :P
