Don't Taze Me, Bro! wrote:

> Consider filling up your tank and not letting it drop below halfway, instead
> of keeping it on low and only putting in 2 gallons here and there...
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361347,00.html
>
> Not because you could run out of gas and get stranded but because repeatedly
> running on low tends to ruin the fuel pump.
>
>

While Fox "News" might on occasion slip and let a fact slip through
their filters, I wouldn't count on it. We've been running our cars down
to 1/4 or even 1/8 of a tank on a regular basis for 25 years, and have
never had a fuel pump fail. I just sold my 1986 Civic Si with the
original pump. It's much more important to replace the fuel filter at
the recommended interval.