Pusholine

I came the closest to running out of gas for the very first time today. It was a little embarrassing to say the least. My gas light came on on Sunday (two days ago) and I noticed that my message center said I had approximately 34 miles left until I ran out. I assumed (you know what happens when you do that) that I had plenty of gas to hold me over for the rest of the week considering I only drive 3 miles to and from work each day. WRONG! I planned on going to the gas station on my way home today even though I thought I had plenty of gas and what do you know, I try to accelerate and my car does not do anything. I notice I am going uphill and I try to gun it and see if it picks up...nothing! I start to panic. I coast into the gas station and as I pull up next to the pump my vehicle starts to shake. I quickly turn it off and get out and start pumping gas into it. The pump shuts off after a certain amount (I guess it's because of all those thiefs out there stealing gas or the people who try to use their cards and have no money in their account and get their gas for free). I have pumped 24.2??? gallons in my vehicle when it shuts off and I believe it is a 25 gallon tank! I got back in my vehicle and started it back up. It must have been completely dry because it was still shaking. I started to panic some more thinking I really messed it up. As I pumped the gas pedal hoping it would rush some gas to the engine it started feeling normal. Whew! What an experience. Next time my message center says I am low on gas I will go straight to the gas station.