Good thinking!
If a cop or similar person in authority, like a flagman- directs me, like for an accident or roadwork, of course i do what they say and drive in the 'wrong" lane.
Buggies, too (though you may not have them in your area.)
Wide farm equipment.
Move Over Law.
Severe potholes, or critters.
Passing slow vehicles on a two-lane road.
In all cases, make sure you can see that the other lane is clear. If it’s not, slow down instead. Because yes, if the other lane’s not clear – it might not only be vehicle damage. Sometimes it’s dead people. A few years back here it was multiple dead people and a couple of dead dogs. And a sentence for vehicular manslaughter; pretty sure he’s still in jail.
People who give up their right-of-way out of politeness generally drive me nuts. But in the case of the school drop-off, I’m much more inclined to give the right-turning parent the benefit of the doubt.
Perhaps they know from experience that it’s difficult to make that left, and they chose to let their fellow parent avoid sitting there for an extended period of time.
When all or most drivers are going to the same place, cooperation and taking turns can make more sense than strictly adhering to the right-of-way.
We’ve done the gasoline poll before.
For fillups, wait until the automatic shutoff-I’ve heard that overfilling can lead to Very Bad Things happening.
For my overall strategy, I live in a gas price cycling state, which regularly undergoes 20-30 cent jumps and drops, so I strive to fill up the Sunday before an expected jump. I also save up Meijer’s points and use them for my fillups, saving a $1.13 all told ($1 from the points, 10 c. for my Meijer credit card, and 3 cents of points earned back). The discount however costs a flat 10,000 points (each 1000 points = a dollar note), so I need to put in a minimum of 10 gallons to break even (my tank holds 12.5). Since my car needs premium and the price spreads have significantly increased since I started living here 2 years ago (M’s have gone from 60 c. to a full buck now), I need these specials to keep things affordable, esp. during the upcoming summer driving season.
I was forced to go out yesterday and risk the impending jump happening before I could run all my errands and get to the nearest store. The jumps often start happening at noontime, typically sparked by a regional chain called Speedway; when I rolled in Meijer’s was still @ its valley, $2.89/$3.89, but the Sheetz next door had already jumped, to $3.19 (the same value as 2 weeks ago, sigh; note wholesale had gone down over 10 c. during that time, but those Speedway jerks ignored that for some odd reason).
So yeah I’ll strive to fill up in the valleys, but that sometimes means I need to add dribbles here and there in between to keep from running dry. The warning light comes on right at the 2 gallons to go mark, so I’ll typically reset my mileage and know that I have about 60 miles left (driving averages about 30 MPG for me).
I typically fill up when the gauge is about halfway between a quarter-tank and empty. I chose “When it gets to about 1/4 full” in the poll 'cuz it’s close enough.
I’ll top it off no matter where the gauge is if I’m about to go on a road trip because gas prices along major highways are always too high. Prices near my house are around $2.39 but less than ten miles away on the freeway the stations are all around $2.79
Like most newer cars, ours has the mileage tracker on the gas level. Ours will go from 30 miles remaining to meaningless dashes, so around the time it trips 30 is when we refill.
Thought so.
I took “fill up to the brim” as meaning the same thing as “until the automatic shutoff”. Many years ago I used to bring it to a rounded-up price, but for years now the price numbers change so fast that it’s impractical to do that. [ETA: also for years now I’ve been putting the gas on a card instead of paying in cash, so rounding up has lost the fractional utility of making the change simpler.]
I fill the tank when I hit a combination of factors: tank is significantly less than half full and I’m passing by a gas station I prefer to use; or tank is down to a quarter or less and I’m passing by any relatively convenient gas station.
I might fill it sooner if I’m about to go on a long trip; unless I’m headed somewhere that I know has cheaper gas and I’m sure I’ve got more than enough gas to get there, in which case I might fill it later. I might fill to less than a full tank if money is particularly short at the moment and I’m not expecting to do much driving in the near future.
Similar. I start thinking about refilling the tank when it gets to about ¼, but don’t go out of my way to do so unless it’s close to empty. I picked ¼, but it’s typically well below that when i actually fill it. But not always.
Ditto.
Nope, I’d think of that as rounding it up to the next dollar, not just full but all the way up to the very tippy-top, maybe even spilling some over
My goal is to refill whenever I drop below half a tank.
In reality, it’s usually closer to a quarter of a tank.
Good grief. Gonna waste a lot of gas, and risk getting it on you, which will stink and is bad for your skin.
When I used to round up, it was to the nearest nickle or dime.
When I had a long commute, I listened to lots of podcasts to pass the time. Now that I don’t commute at all, I don’t listen to them anymore.
I don’t fill up my car. I’m from New Jersey. Someone else fills it up while I sit in the car like a gentleman.
I don’t have a hard and fast rule about filling it up. Generally I wait until the light comes on. In my car that’s pretty far from empty. It says it’s about 70 miles. Sometimes if I’m near Costco I fill it earlier. If I’m going on a decently long trip I will calculate if I have enough to get there without filling up on the way.
I have listened to a couple of pod casts. I might do it again sometime. But i can’t remember the last time i did it, and i have no plans to listen to one in the future. I said “less than” whatever the longest time was, but maybe i should have said “never”.
I’ve been a guest on more podcasts (1) than I’ve listened to.
I listen to podcasts regularly on my walks, though we’re on a break currently for listening to a new album.
February
I wanted an other or more than one. MOST of the time, I go with Feb-you-air-ee or close. Everyone once in a while, mostly when I’m feeling dramatic, I drawl it out in the way of Kevin Cline’s performance of Pirates of Penzance: “for such a beastly month as Feb-roo-air-ee…”
Gas - On our ICE Rav 4, refill until auto-shutoff right after it drops to 1/4 or a bit below, voted as at 1/4. For the PHEV, we drive it down to around 1/4 of the remaining gasoline tank (which takes a loooong time) and then refill to about 1/2 so far. It gets plugged in daily though. 
I have been on several podcasts, but I do listen to Wait Wait Dont Tell me, usually once a week.
NJ has cheap gas; it’s also the only state that requires a pump jockey. One station I frequent is 6% less for cash & coming out of the Holland the cheapest gas stations are cash only. When you add in the card premium on top of the higher prices, it can cost 40 or 50¢ / gal to use a card at a station a block earlier. The @#$%^& pump jockeys don’t wanna deal with change & will round it up if it’s at $xx.04 or $xx.06; that is > ⅓ gallon, which is too much for my car. I don’t want to pay for gas which is going to spill down & eventually damage the paint if I don’t clean it off. I won’t round up that much if I’m the one pumping & I can tell you from experience, they get pissy if I do stop the pump, even if I have the exact change to hand them.