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A friend of mine in college had an ancient VW bug that had no fuel gauge, by design. When it ran out of gas, you had to switch a foot pedal to the emergency ta
by brokenmachine 10y ago
A friend of mine in college had an ancient VW bug that had no fuel gauge, by design.
When it ran out of gas, you had to switch a foot pedal to the emergency tank, then you had maybe 10km to get to a Petrol Station before you were stranded.
- gambiting 10y agoHuh, interesting that having an emergency tank with some mechanism to switch between tanks was a cheaper/easier solution than just having a fuel gauge.
- brokenmachine 10y agoThat's exactly what I thought. Seemed bizarre to me. Also stressful for the driver, I'd imagine. She didn't seem too concerned about it though.
- douche 10y agoMy first car, we couldn't keep the gas gauge working reliably, so I had to reckon the mileage from the odometer to keep track of whether it needed to be filled. At least it did have dual gas tanks, so in the worst case, you'd notice the engine was chugging and trying to die, and have to flip the switch to the other tank in time. Filling up both tanks kind of sucked, back when gas was $3.50-4.00/gallon.