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In reply to the discussion: OK. I just paid $3.95 a gallon for #2 heating oil to heat this house for the winter. That is .51 [View all]jmowreader
(53,007 posts)The subject was Putting Heating Fuel In Your Car.
To do it you would need your own home, and an oil tank. You can get a used tank pretty cheap because oil is an expensive way to heat and people are getting away from it. Once you have the tank (they usually hold between 100 and 250 gallons of fuel) you call an oil company, and they come out and fill it up. If you have a 250 gallon tank, a rig that gets 20 mpg and you drive 800 miles a month, you will get six months out of that tank. No fuel company in the world would question a twice-a-year fill. If you have two oil companies in town it's even easier: "get ready for winter" in July with one company, and buy a midwinter fill in January from the other.
And no, they're not going to check. I drove for an outfit that is a magnet for DOT inspections, and the cops never once opened a fuel tank. The cops have bigger fish to fry, like drunk drivers and pot smokers.
