Good_Deal's Blog

Gas prices are high and everyone is trying to get our money!  I went to Raceway Gas Station on FM 518, in Pearland, Texas.  I drive a 2006 Honda CRV with a 15.3 gallon tank.

When my car in on "E" it is time to fill the tank.  I know that there is about a gallon of fuel in the tank reserve at this point.  I purchased fuel at Raceway on May 8, 2008.  My display on pump #16 showed 16.058 gallons.  My tank has never  accepted more than 14 gallons, ever!  I felt that I was being robbed of 2 gallons of fuel which did not pump out and showed as such on my receipt. 

A Texas Agriculture Department representative, Sterling, told me yesterday (May 15, 2008), that my tank must have expanded due to the heat and allowed the TWO EXTRA GALLONS INTO MY TANK! Now you may ask, "Did you get additional miles from the two gallons of fuel?"  No! I got a few miles less!  Has anyone else experienced this maleable metal phenomenon?