I drive a Chevy S pickup with a 4. This truck once went almost mi with the low fuel light on on a lonely stretch of highway in Utah. The truck is rated to drive about miles on a tank of gas but I am pretty sure I could get under the right conditions. I believe this holds The truck was running real rough, had stinky exhaust, and had no power whatsoever.
So, I decided to run out as much of this junk gas as possible before filling up. One factor I didn't account for was that the truck was likely burning a lot more of this low quality gas to go the same distance.
So, I had gone about 40 miles with the light on and the truck died We were going on a long trip and had lots of gallon milk jugs filled with water along with a few of the typical skinny plastic water bottles that hold 16 oz. Anyways, we emptied out one of the water jugs and were shaking out all the residual water out as we walked back up the entrance ramp to the gas station. I made note of a sign on the gas pump stating it was illegal to use unauthorized containers for gas. I knew that both milk jugs and gas cans are made of HDPE plastic so I didn't have to worry about the gas eating the plastic.
I figured the main difference was the thickness of the plastic and I was just using this for a short while anyways. So, I inserted a credit card and hoped the attendant inside wouldn't notice the person who just walked up off the street and started filling a milk jug with gasoline.
We then walked back to the car and decided that the mouth of the milk jug wouldn't fit into the gas fill tube. So, I chugged one of those skinny 16 oz. My friend was taking pictures of me right as the highway patrolman pulled up behind us to make sure everything was ok. I don't know if he was called or if he just found us on a routine patrol. See www. Notice the semi roaring by just a few feet away off to the left side of the second picture.
