Gasoline. The word itself conjures up a range of emotions. ” it’s too dang expensive these days. I remember when it cost….” The gasoline engine is “outdated”; electric “green” energy is the “wave of the future”. But every kid and every adult who does not reside in the New York, Boston, Chicago megapolis, needs an automobile to get around. California which prides itself today on guilting its residents’ emotions while bleeding its residents dry not least of which with fuel taxes, was the main reason for the expansion of the car and highway industry.
I use gasoline in my old Ford Ranger. Jf it were running today, my Honda Civic would use gasoline more efficiently, A third car, a Kia is the needed transportation for my spouse. For neigbbors of ours, diesel may be a close second and for some friends, the popular Prius hybrid electric may be an interesting experiment, but gasoline is still the main fuel for getting about. And thats why I’m obsessing today over gasoline. Citgo, USA, ExxonMobil, Shell. Any would do. I ran low on gas coming home the other evening and the truck choked, harumphed and died in my driveway. The center of my driveway – where it sat embarrassingly for a day.
First I thought it might be a clogged fuel line or filter. Then last night I got the five gallon gas container and made a trip to the gas station at the 7-Eleven. And dear reader, you guessed it, Sometimes the needle on the gauge lies. Not an eighth of a tank…. EMPTY. It started right up once the motor had sufficient gas to run!!!!
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