I live in South Eastern Wisconsin and most of the counties use the "reformulated" gasoline, which is supposed to help clean up the air (thanks Chicago
) and has been known to short change your car's performance & fuel economy.
Well, I get my gas in East Troy, WI where they have the normal gas (or as we like to call it - the good gas) and I try to make it on one tank a week. I get paid on Thursdays and I go to the bank between work and school. Today I noticed that I was in the 1/8 tank region when I was heading to the bank. I just ignored it and headed to school. When I got out of school I got in the 'Trep and started to head home from Milwaukee. I was about 17 miles from East Troy when I noticed that the gas gauge was a hair above the bottom of the red region. I pushed on towards the next exit 3 miles away on the freeway and the needle was right on the bottom of the red region. I still continued on my way to East Troy, which is now 14 miles away to get the good gas. I got to the next exit 6 miles before East Troy and I saw the part of the needle was slightly below the red region!!!! At that point I chickened out and got off, put $1 in the tank at a station and then continued to East Troy to get the good gas.
Normally I can make it on one tank per week but I guess this week I was driving a little more aggressively.
How far have you guys run your needles down before you chickened out? Has anyone gotten below the red line? I would like to know if it is possible to get the needle below the red region and still be able to drive the car at freeway speeds.
Well, I get my gas in East Troy, WI where they have the normal gas (or as we like to call it - the good gas) and I try to make it on one tank a week. I get paid on Thursdays and I go to the bank between work and school. Today I noticed that I was in the 1/8 tank region when I was heading to the bank. I just ignored it and headed to school. When I got out of school I got in the 'Trep and started to head home from Milwaukee. I was about 17 miles from East Troy when I noticed that the gas gauge was a hair above the bottom of the red region. I pushed on towards the next exit 3 miles away on the freeway and the needle was right on the bottom of the red region. I still continued on my way to East Troy, which is now 14 miles away to get the good gas. I got to the next exit 6 miles before East Troy and I saw the part of the needle was slightly below the red region!!!! At that point I chickened out and got off, put $1 in the tank at a station and then continued to East Troy to get the good gas.
Normally I can make it on one tank per week but I guess this week I was driving a little more aggressively.
How far have you guys run your needles down before you chickened out? Has anyone gotten below the red line? I would like to know if it is possible to get the needle below the red region and still be able to drive the car at freeway speeds.