Because of the high price of gasoline, how much gas do you keep in your vehicle?

I try to keep the tank full. I live in a rural area and there is always the possibility of getting stranded. Full tanks are less likely to build up moisture and freeze up the fuel lines.

Westriverrat, good answer and true. some people cannot afford to keep their vehicle topped off and these are the people you see stranded on the side of the road. jp

I tend to fill up all the way if I’m going to be driving a lot. I don’t drive all that often, so sometimes I’ll just get $20 worth to tide me over.

Personally, I don’t think gasoline is very expensive. I’ve spent a good amount of time in Europe lately, and gas is far more expensive over there. If we in the States had to pay more, we would all probably be better off in terms of living healthier and driving less. But that’s just, like, my opinion man.

I live in Northern California, so I pay more for gas than any other region except Hawaii ($3.35 yesterday). But I don’t have to worry about freezing or getting stranded. I fill my tank, use it almost to the bottom, and fill it again.

I try to keep it in the top half, don’t always make it. My dad said it’s just the safest way many years ago. Gas in Alberta goes up before camping long weekends and otherwise changes daily!! (seems)

I just filled up tonight and my premium unleaded (92) was 3.18 a gallon and I spent 40.00 to fill up. I never go below half a tank.

you can never tell what will happen in the world such as a fuel crisis and we try to keep ours topped off if we can. This way if there ever is a shut off suddenly we will have at least a few opportunities as far as necessary travel as apposed to those who are regularly running on the bottom eighth of their tank. That, and the thing about moisture collecting inside the fuel tank. It seems that it costs the same to fill the top half as the bottom half of the tank.

I always fill the tank when I go to the station. I will run it down to about 1/8 before fill up. I also keep about 40 gallons in the barn just in case. I rotate the stock periodically so I always have reasonably fresh gas.

I don’t drive much, just to work and back. A full tank lasts me almost 2 weeks. I usually let it get pretty low before refilling, except in the winter. During the winter, I make sure I have at least a half tank of gas, and fill it weekly rather than half weekly. The price of gas has no effect on how much I purchase; I changed my driving habits during the Dubya administration, and rarely venture out into the suburbs any more. I stick close to home.

I just fill er up and go. Nothing I can do about the price other than cut back on my lead footing and amount of driving. If everybody did that there would be over supply of gas and price should go down accordingly.

The police training academy taught us to always keep a half- full tank of gasoline in our police vehicles. this is for two reasons: to keep down condendsation in the gas tank and like another Fluther stated, “you never know when you might get stuck on the interstate”.

Well, am in the US for the holidays, (Texas) and to fill up the tank it cost $45… My similar size tank in the UK would cost $100 to fill up! (I kid you not! 65 British Pounds!)

It’s winter in Northwestern Pennsylvania. I keep the cars filled up because a little condensation will lead to starting failures in the sub-zero temperatures we experience here. I hope to see gas prices at about $5.00 per gallon to encourage sensible mileage standards and fuel economy. The U.S. is way behind Europe in mileage standards because we have been using subsidized gas for a very long time.

I never let it get much below half a tank.

I never like to let my tank go below a quarter, but in the winter I like to keep it above half. That’s got nothing to do with gas prices (which are high up here in the Great White North as well); just that I don’t want to freeze if I get stranded.