the gas game

a wee while ago i got picked up at the airport by mike northey who rides for the Landrover - Orbea team.


he was running late, which wasnt a huge surprise and pulled up in one of the team Landrovers and off we went.


what first came to my attention when i got in was that the fuel light was on, and the fuel mileage was showing 0 miles left.


after driving on a pretty big motorway in Portland, i asked mike if we should get any gas.


nope, he replied, all good.



he told me they liked playing the gas game, where you drive round for as long as you can dare on empty and try and get home, so the next person has to stop and fill it up.

mike then got us really lost, we must have done a good hour and a half on empty, finally pulled into the driveway with a huge grin on the face as he put the keys on the hook, leaving the landrover with basically vapour in the tank and a shit of a morning to whoever drove it the next day