It is apparent that a larger gas tank may not be placed on a car since the added weight may decrease overall mileage. I'm sure that car makers take this into account, but in the event that the benefits of a larger gas tank will not influence overall mileage, why not? Why not install a huge gas tank that will allow a vehicle to travel 1000 miles? This is besides the point, though.
..... Okay so I've heard that federal or state law does not allow for this because they do not want us to be able to travel beyond a certain amount of miles on one gas tank. I tried searching for this with no avail. Perhaps it's a myth?
2007-10-08 20:45:53 · 10 answers · asked by Alvin N 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Yes, it is another secret ploy for the government to control your life to some degree. Ha..ha...bow before Bush!
2007-10-08 20:49:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had a really big gas tank it would be more dangerous in the event of a wreck. I mean 11 gallons of gas spilling is dangerous could you imagine 100. Also it is purpose driven do you really need to go 1000 miles on one tank of gas. Vehicles that do need to go on long trips do have big tanks like semis, buses and RVs. I pretty sure there is no regulations on this.
2007-10-08 20:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by robert h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about they don't put in a tank larger than the one that fits the design and size of the car? You could take your back seat area, and make it all gas tank, and drive thousands of miles, I guess, but what would be the point?
2007-10-08 21:28:51 · answer #3 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where I worked we fitted a second pair of tanks to our lorries - trucks to Yanks - so we could fill them up only at the works for a long trip on cheaper fuel.
As fuel is now cheaper on the 'Continent' than in England I think the same trick is being used so they can fill up before the ferry and not need any more until they get back over the channel again.
BUT
I would not fancy 24+ gallons of fuel sloshing about in the back of my car.
RoyS
2007-10-08 21:16:14 · answer #4 · answered by Roy S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the average car is designed to fit a standard size tank in its actual design. My car has a double tank because there's room for it in the design. Most petrol cars could have a gas conversion tank installed in their boots if the owners wanted them giving them a double the mileage option. (With dual fuel.)
2007-10-08 20:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas tanks take up considerable space underneath the car. Increase fuel efficiency not the gas tank size.
2007-10-08 20:51:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
but you can buy larger gas tanks to mount into the bed of your truck? Sounds like a myth to me.
2007-10-08 20:49:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard this before. I'm sure it's the car manufacturers who determine the size of the tanks.
2007-10-08 20:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its probably a myth... why would the government not want us going farther on a tank of gas. they just dont make them huge so they dont weigh the car down.
2007-10-08 20:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by caodrdy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
had a work car that carried 300 litres of fuel when full, had standard fuel tank and a long range tank in it - 4wd in outback australia
2007-10-09 01:34:52 · answer #10 · answered by revilyan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋