The DTE Light
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Comment from samandlancelot
Hi JMDG,
I like your first-person point of view and your imaginary passenger.
Tuesday of last week when I was off from work, the DTE light came on after I started my car. My car is (was) parked in my driveway which has a moderate downward slope. ( You're in past tense, so your car 'was' parked in the driveway, but the moderate slope is present tense, too. Changing the tense in the middle of a sentence is appropriate if you're speaking of a past tense event and then a present tense event in the same sentence.)
roads (road's) overpass
Your ending made me laugh. Here you go again. Maybe tomorrow.
Patricia
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Hi JMDG,
I like your first-person point of view and your imaginary passenger.
Tuesday of last week when I was off from work, the DTE light came on after I started my car. My car is (was) parked in my driveway which has a moderate downward slope. ( You're in past tense, so your car 'was' parked in the driveway, but the moderate slope is present tense, too. Changing the tense in the middle of a sentence is appropriate if you're speaking of a past tense event and then a present tense event in the same sentence.)
roads (road's) overpass
Your ending made me laugh. Here you go again. Maybe tomorrow.
Patricia
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from LJbutterfly
Fortunately, this has never happened to me. I don't even know if my 2012 Rav 4 has a DTE light.
Many years ago when my daughter was a young driver, she ran out of gas and called me. I had to BUY a container, fill it with gas and take it to her.
This was a funny story, but I'm guessing this will never happen to you again.
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Fortunately, this has never happened to me. I don't even know if my 2012 Rav 4 has a DTE light.
Many years ago when my daughter was a young driver, she ran out of gas and called me. I had to BUY a container, fill it with gas and take it to her.
This was a funny story, but I'm guessing this will never happen to you again.
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from Alexandra Trovato
This was a well written interesting story. I've nearly been there. Closest I've had to do is call my insurance to bring me gas at home. They came with a red container. I was not proud.
Best wishes, Alex
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This was a well written interesting story. I've nearly been there. Closest I've had to do is call my insurance to bring me gas at home. They came with a red container. I was not proud.
Best wishes, Alex
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from Sally Law
John,
My heart just about stopped!!! Then I realized you had to have been okay if you wrou this! Great Ceasar's Ghost! Give heed to those warning lights. I'm just so glad you're okay. :))
Sending you my very best, and lots of good wishes for the contest.
Sal :))
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John,
My heart just about stopped!!! Then I realized you had to have been okay if you wrou this! Great Ceasar's Ghost! Give heed to those warning lights. I'm just so glad you're okay. :))
Sending you my very best, and lots of good wishes for the contest.
Sal :))
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from Tim Margetts
Back in the days when fuel prices were not so high, I used to carry a spare can in the boot for just such occasions. These days I can barely afford to put juice in the tank let alone have a maybe baby in the boot.
So I just have to watch that fuel gauge and hope it doesn't flash when the bank account is feeling the moths closing in on the empty spaces within.
Tim
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Back in the days when fuel prices were not so high, I used to carry a spare can in the boot for just such occasions. These days I can barely afford to put juice in the tank let alone have a maybe baby in the boot.
So I just have to watch that fuel gauge and hope it doesn't flash when the bank account is feeling the moths closing in on the empty spaces within.
Tim
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from estory
This happened to me once when I was a kid. In those days, they had no warning lights. Luckily I was just across the street from a gas station, but all I had was an empty wine bottle in the trunk. The gas attendant, after a short argument, let me fill the wine bottle with enough gas to get back to the station. Not exactly legal, but what can you do. When you are a kid, you learn from experience. estory
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This happened to me once when I was a kid. In those days, they had no warning lights. Luckily I was just across the street from a gas station, but all I had was an empty wine bottle in the trunk. The gas attendant, after a short argument, let me fill the wine bottle with enough gas to get back to the station. Not exactly legal, but what can you do. When you are a kid, you learn from experience. estory
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from Ric Myworld
Sometimes we all just kind of push things too far. One time in 70 years speaks highly of your regular habits of taking care of what needs to be done. Fun read. Thanks for sharing.
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Sometimes we all just kind of push things too far. One time in 70 years speaks highly of your regular habits of taking care of what needs to be done. Fun read. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
John, I found out 50 years ago that when you run out of gas once, you never do it again. The moment my light comes on, I begin looking for a gas station. Or I ask my car to find one for me, which it is always happy to do:-)
Another day in the life, right? At least it's amusing.
BTW, I was waiting for your invisible passenger to tell you how dopey you were.
xo
Pam
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2025
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John, I found out 50 years ago that when you run out of gas once, you never do it again. The moment my light comes on, I begin looking for a gas station. Or I ask my car to find one for me, which it is always happy to do:-)
Another day in the life, right? At least it's amusing.
BTW, I was waiting for your invisible passenger to tell you how dopey you were.
xo
Pam
Comment Written 16-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 16-Jan-2025
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Actually, I didn't need the invisible passenger for that, I had a Mrs to do that.
Haha
Comment from Thesis
Yes, it's a good idea to pay attention to the warnings. You write about what many people do daily- ignore the warnings. Fortunately you were close to home, but it can be an embarrassing experience.
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Yes, it's a good idea to pay attention to the warnings. You write about what many people do daily- ignore the warnings. Fortunately you were close to home, but it can be an embarrassing experience.
Comment Written 15-Jan-2025
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
This is very amusing, especially your determination to put it off until tomorrow. You got four tomorrows out of it, that's pretty good, but then you had to walk. I hope you had a car at home to go get the gas. My symbols said my right rear tire air was low, so I took it in and had the tires rotated. My right rear tire is still low. Who says our cars are smarter than us!
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This is very amusing, especially your determination to put it off until tomorrow. You got four tomorrows out of it, that's pretty good, but then you had to walk. I hope you had a car at home to go get the gas. My symbols said my right rear tire air was low, so I took it in and had the tires rotated. My right rear tire is still low. Who says our cars are smarter than us!
Comment Written 15-Jan-2025
