The fuel gauge of my car stopped working a few weeks ago, since it is a gas guzzler plus "I know my car" mentality, I was able to keep it running at 500-1000 fill ups. Eventually, one day, I ask the fuel pump attendant k 1000 ka dal dy bhai, after 300 petrol, it starts pouring out. He tells me it is full so I come back home but still suspicious k gari ab back b marti ha, so after running of 50km each, I got it filled thrice just to be sure.
Now I don't know how many km will it cover in a full tank but doing calculation of 35 liter tank in mind, I make a note of 230 km (my car was doing about 70-80km in 13 liter for rs. 1000) in my mind as reserve and drive it quite hard during these 230km, at 210 km I was at my uni and a friend asks me to pick another friend and go at our hangout place (Separate empty home in an empty society, sheesha, dating and stuff) (a bit away from our usual route), at first I say no because I was quite broke those days and I knew We'd be stranded if petrol finished.
So I had the plan to go straight back home from uni but after a while I got bored and thought about going with him. So I tell him that plan is cancelled and we pick up our other friend (smoking incharge) only then I get to know that only vehicle we'll have is my car still I decide to keep cash on me for as long as possible, we take takeout from McD and go to our "place".
Only when we decide to go back, the car starts up, runs good, we exit the society, then lug, stall, still I managed to keep the engine running by clutching in, friends ask what happened, I tell them that I think we are out of fuel.
Jo dono ny look di mujhy felt like k bas zameen phatty or gari usi ma daba dn. khair I was at speed so I put it in 5th, do some trickery with choke (1998 khyber), and managed to make it coast to a fuel station (total speed drop from 90 to 30 kph), pocket sa 500 ka last note nikala and asked the attendant to fill it up. When friends asked k itni kanjoosi kyun, my answer "I know my car, I knew I'll be able to make it to fuel station".