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Originally Posted by Porsche-poor
lets see if I still own it on 2022. The car will be 43 years old by then.
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My 911 will be 37 then with 200,000 plus miles. My brother's daily driver is a 1954 VW bug. so a sprightly 64 years old. He was telling me that the other day he was out looking for good deer hunting spots, and was way out in the sticks on a dirt road when the gas gauge showed in the negative side. So he flipped it to reserve which gives him 40 or so more miles to go. As soon he turned it to reserve it died. There he was way out in the country and the car died. So he looked around and noticed a piece of wood had jammed itself in the reserve switch and prevented it from going all the way on. He flipped it out, and drove on home.
It has a gas gauge that is operated by air pressure. He said after a fill up he has to push a little rubber bulb like the prime button on a 2 stroke engine to equalize the pressure, and then it works fine. That is the stock gas gauge for back then. My 1960 VW bug did not have that option. No gas gauge at all.