purposefully ran to empty the tank

my honda civic got 62 miles after orange light (2 dots left), 49miles of those were after 0 dots left. after running ~40 miles worry free over last few days, i finally decided to finish it off by taking over the anti-clockwise 405-520 loop(attached) back and forth. after 2 loops the car stopped responding to accelerator at the start of ramp (270degree 3/4 circle near pin-2 marked in picture) , then in the middle of ramp engine went off and steering were unpowered . few moments of jitter due to hardened steering :D. but was able to put car in neutral gear and used some extra muscles to steer to end of ramp and park on the shoulder straight (pointed by pin-2 in picture). re-fuelled using spare fuel (around ~0.7 gallons as i couldnt empty the container) and immediately headed to gas station where it just filled 11.93gallons. manual said 13.2 is tank size , 13.2 - 11.93 - 0.7 = 0.6 gallons is the extra gap for expansion of fuel in heat. V

Vote on this story This is good This is bad Report spam Add a story about your Honda Civic Story replies August 29, 2010 by Hellen Back Why don't you take up knitting or get some kind of hobbie?. October 1, 2010 by Excalibure I don't get-it. October 12, 2010 by I get it. Not getting it and/or knitting won't tell you how many miles you have left when the light comes on. Knitting is nice to make warm, snuggly clothes (in case you're cold, or enjoy snuggly stuff) and not getting it is great in case you're a Prime Minister and/or US President and want to start a war costing over a Trillion dollars to look for imaginary weapons of mass-destruction; neither keeps you from having to walk ten miles when you think you have 70 miles left in the tank. December 24, 2010 by montana Leave it to a left-wing looney like "I get it" to turn this discussion into a political hate-fest. "I get it" can likely get a few extra miles (or kilometers) out of his auto by linking his hot-air mouth to his fuel line. May 9, 2011 by lisa Thank You sir for the knowledge. My daughter just called, no money, is miles away-and you just saved a mom from a major situation. I can now trust she will have a better chance of making it home, on that empty-then just using a statistic. January 14 by Karess Thanks for your tohutghs. It's helped me a lot. Reply to this story Name: Message: Reply