Profound Thoughts

If a tree falls in the woods and there is no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

If a Hybrid car runs out of gas, does the car still run?

Well we test the second of these questions this weekend. We had to go up to Sunset to look at an RV and on the way home the low gas light came on. I asked Kim if she thought we could make it to Costco to fill up and she said she has driven several days with the low gas light on. When we got to 1300 South the car just shut off and we had a bunch of alarms in the car. Good news is when the gas motor shuts off the electric still runs, Bad news is, without the gas motor it will only do about 50. The other bad news is the next exit from 1300 south is 3300 south. We quickly get out of the car pool lane and move over to the slow lane. We make it off the freeway when the batteries driving the electric motor go dead. We coast into the water treatment plant parking lot trying to figure who can call to bring us some gas. I reach down and hit the power button and the car starts. Be drive like a bat out of hell down to Maverick and gas up.

Lessons learned:
1. If the low gas light comes on, get to a gas station right away.
2. You can drive about 3 miles without any gas as long as most of it is downhill.
3. Teach your kids early in life that running out of gas can be avoided.