There's an intersection nearby where it's illegal to make a left turn, but it's legal to pull into the gas station on the corner and exit on the crossing street. :-) I use this trick from time to time and get gas while I'm there, usually somewhere between 1/4 and E, which is a fair distance from actually empty on my Civic. The light doesn't even come on until the dial is at E.
Like sarakate, I keep it above 1/2 during hurricane season, because I was in Houston September 2008.
Yeah, I replied to sarakate on this; her comment about changing her behavior when there's a storm in the Gulf really speaks to why I posted the poll. Now that there's a political storm in the Middle East, I've started filling the tank at 3/4. Of course, if everyone did this there would be a demand shock, so it's clearly a "tragedy of the commons" situation, but it still doesn't seem like a bad idea right now on a personal level.
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