So, here's the scenario. It's about 6 degrees out...has been all day. I think the high was 8.
Due to an unfortunate accident of timing, my low fuel light went on the moment I started my car to drive to work this morning. It stayed on for 15 miles of bumper-to-bumper (about an hour), sat in the parking lot all day, and then stayed on for
another 19 miles, since there are literally no convenient gas stations between Job 1 and Job 2, and I had to get to work.
An hour ago, after unloading a truck, I hop in my car and it starts right up. In having a VERY brief conversation with a coworker in his 60's, I mention that I have to go get to a gas station, because my 'low fuel' light has been on for the last 34 miles, and the theoretical minimum range is 50...so I should probably, like, get on that.
Said coworker is mildly horrified, leading to a side conversation about how far cars have come, in that my $15000/new xB was not only
capable of such feats after 60K and no maintenance, but
expected to perform them. And he's right - it didn't even occur to me that the car might not start, unless I'd done some tragically bad math. I still don't know why it wouldn't - do fuel lines really freeze just like that? I'm pretty sure an Aveo could have survived the same treatment.
My coworker suggested to me that, were this 19
79, no amount of money could purchase a car that would have started up in the dead of night after being subjected to such treatment. Obviously, I have no frame of reference for this statement, as I would not even be born for another 2 years.
So...confirm or deny?
Current Location: the parking lot
Current Mood:
cold