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Old 06-22-2005, 02:38 PM
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Default When the Gas Pumps Click, Stop!

Filling up today, I wanted to fill her all the way up, not just until it clicked off like I have been.

So, there I was, it clicked off, and I put more in, it clicked off a second time. At this point, I'm about 8 cents short of the next dollar, so I figure, that much like my old Explorer, where I could fit another 75 cents worth of gas in when it clicks off, I could add a tiny 8 cents with no sweat.

The gas that was running down the side disagreed with me. I cleaned up, and paid, no problem, but still, I felt a little embarrased. Here I am with this fuel efficient superSUV, and I'm spilling gas.

I also seem to have found myself in the fill up well before 0 group, in fact, today is the lowest I've ever gotten my miles to empty, at 99. Mostly not because of anything other than the price drops in gas, or I have some big drives coming up. (This weekend I'm going to a family reunion, 80+ miles round trip, and I know I'll be giving rides there to all the people who will be excited to see a hybrid; most of them are engineers.)

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