Luck

I don't typically believe in 'luck'. However, I have driven so many old, broken down, barely hanging on vehicles over the years that now, filling the gas tank in my van because that is when thing will inevitably go wrong... when you have a full tank of gas.

I suppose you think that's crazy, but in 12 years of car ownership, I've lost 4 or 5 full tanks of gas. Two bad transmissions, one wreck that was totalled, then one fuel pump went out and the tank had to be drained to fix it!