How long do you wait to fill your car up with gas? When the pointer is on E or.

I am like you, I never fill up when its already on empty and the warning light goes on. I try to fill up before it reaches that point, as I have to drive 120 km to work and back home everyday, and Im too scared of running out of gas in the middle of nowhere!

I usually fill up at one quarter or below. That way I don't have to spend much time at the gas station. If I'll be driving over 100 miles and not sure where I'll find a gas station, I'll fill up first. Or if the price is really good, I'll fill up sooner to make sure I get that price. But a lot of times, I go until I'm 1 gallon away from empty. Or sometimes even closer than that. Mostly because I am lazy and hate going to the gas station.

I usually wait until it's like 2-3 lines before empty to fill up. We have only been putting like $5 or $10 in so we have to get more gas like everyday.

If I am really pressing for money and don't have much to put towards gas, then I will try to stretch my gas as far as I can, and drive until it gets near empty. But now a days, I try and fill up around the 1/4 line since it will only cost me $15 to fill it up then, as opposed to the $20.

I never heard of the rule to not let it drop below a quarter of a tank. I personally would normally fill up my car when it was close to a quarter of a tank...but I was working then. Now that I am not working any my partner is the only income, we tend to let it run down to the needle hitting E before it gets filled. I hav to say, me not working really sucks!

Letting the tank go below 1/4 a tank is not good for the fuel injection system that most cars have these days. If continual abuse it will clog your fuel filter and even cause the fuel pump to burn up. I try to fill back up at 1/2 a tank. That way it doesn't hurt the budget so bad.

I wait til it's almost empty.

I never let my vehicle go lower than one half a tank, this way, I never worry about running out of gas or wrecking whatever happens when the gas tank is less than 1/4 full (dirty fuel=worse performance and lower gas milage per gallon?).

When I am the one filling it up I fill up when its just under half mark, or around that area. I don't like to be low or close to low. Scares me

I start thinking about it as it gets close to the quarter tank mark. I know on average how many miles I get per tank of gas and try to fill up 60-70 miles before it's empty.

My boyfriend fills up the truck at least once a week. He was doing it everyday as he works at a gas station. I asked him about the not letting your gas tank get under a quater of a tank and he says that people believe that if you do that then moisture can get into the gas lines and freeze in the colder weather. He is not sure in the truth of this belief because it has never happened to him.

I drive a diesel engined car and you sure don't want to run out of fuel. It's a real pain to bleed the system to get it going. You are going to use fuel anyway when you drive so it doesn't really matter when you put it in. The only advantage of a nearly empty tank is that a thief won't go far in it!!

Oh I always try to not let my car go to empty before I fill it up again I did not know why but I alway seen my parents fill up the car before it went to empty and it must be for other reasons so that the car will not have other problems, which would costs us more money.

I wait till the orange light comes on. I ran out of gas once, but never again! As a general rule, you got 15 miles left once that light comes on.

I usually try and wait til my pointer is on the 1/4 mark.

I always fill gas until it comes to the red level, i.e., reserve and then only I fill it out to the full. Of late there has been an increase in number of cases where they have been tampering with the dispenser in order earn some extra money and we need to follow this carefully and should be alert when filling the petrol, else they will cheat us and we need to pay from our pocket everytime this happens and ultimately it is us who lose.

yeah... i m a lazy kinda person... so i wait till the pointer to get on E n then fill up the tank 2 at least a 75% of its capacity... so i won't hav 2 go back 2 the station for a long time!!

Hey with the way gas prices are going up,I can never keep the gas tank full.I always calcualate the milage and then fill the tank accordingly. Normal people like me cannot afford it mate. I am from an average family and now,I am thinking of changing my car to LPG,rather than pertol!!

i don't have a car so i'dont "fill it up".It's a nice question.

its better to select a safe level and when fuel pointer reaches below that, get it filled