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We live our lives one 1/4 tank at a time, buddy!

Borrowed a 370Z last weekend and the same thing happened to me, said I had 50 miles left with 3 dots, then shat itself in the middle of the road, was no fun.

I drive a lot and I like to fill up near my office (new gas station) or near my house (cheap prices). How much quicker do you really think my fuel pump is going to fail? As, long as there's gas in the tank, it seems like the fuel pump would have gas to keep it cool. Is there really a point at which there isn't enough gas to cool the fuel pump but there is enough to run the engine? :confused:

Damn. Looks like I really push it. 18.82 gallons in January.
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Now that's impressive! :tup:

I haven't noticed any posts about burnt up fuels pumps due to low fuel (for DDs), but I haven't read everything.

From what little I've read about modern fuel pumps, as long as you're pumping liquid, you're OK. When it gets to the point where you are not pumping, the car shuts down anyway. ;)

Unless you habitually run out of fuel, it shouldn't be a problem. But I'm no expert. YMMV.

Not a Hugh deal. Personal preference. I wouldn't run my oil low either.

Side note, but since I purchased used I don't know the answer. Anyone know what the sticker stated annual fuel costs would be?


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I haven't either (on both accounts) :tup:

That's what I was thinking, glad to hear someone else say it. I'll do a little more research on my own when I have some time. Only run out of gas one time over 10 years ago, and that's all it took... and, of course, it wasn't in the Z.

:tiphat: I would be more concerned about the oil than gas. If I ever ran out of gas, it would simply be an inconvenience to me. Running low on oil can potentially damage the engine. Obviously there are different reasons for different concerns in daily vs track :driving:

Instead of dots, call them balls. Then try to explain to your significant other why you need to stop for gas. "Uh, I have 3 balls" :tup:

Yeah, it was THE weirdest thing, I was going up a hill, going 45-50, then I noticed power cut for half a second, looked down, RPMs were fine, so I thought somehow I hit limp mode... But the oil was at 180, so I started to pull over, (cut people off to make that immediate right turn) and it didn't make it :mad: I tried to roll down out of the way every time traffic died for 10 seconds.
God that scared the shít out of me because I put the hazards on but people are known for FLYING up that hill, and I just clenched and hit the brake over and over praying they'd know I was broken down

I was driving around all day and on the way to the gas station, and yep, it cools and lubricates the fuel pump because the fuel pump is in the tank
But I think I am having fuel pump, or injector or spark plug problems anyways (you can check my other thread) we'll see what the dealershit says tomorrow

Wow guys I had 2 dots suddenly reappear this morning and all of a sudden my range went from ---- to 28 miles. This car is a trip! And I can afford gas I just like to see what I can get out of a full tank , I'm getting 200 miles out of a full tank... Like barely even 13mpg. Of course all city driving but day ummm I didn't expect this.

You must be having fun :driving: :tup:

I generally get around 19 mpg in the city which gives me over 350 miles per tank.

Straight city I get 15~MPG, you guys must drive like geezers