A bit of history on Running on empty.
Many years ago I was playing golf at St Michaels Golf CLub (La Perouse) in Sydney. We played the first and then walked to the second tee. There is an access road and scrubland nearby. Anyway we heard this noise and a procession of hot cars rumbled past followed by utes with movie cameras mounted on the back. We immediately thought it was filming for Mad Mad 3. We watched for several minutes as the cars kept doing passes by. We went home and told our mates we saw the filming of Mad Max 3. Years later I watched Running on Empty and recognised the cars. The scene at the start of the second youtube clip posted above is the scene we saw filmed.
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