I kinda disagree how it running out of gas on fuel injection car would ruin the engine. Once EFI car runs out of gas. Simply fill the gas and turn on the ignition (dashboard light lits), Don't start the car. Wait for 2 minutes to allow fuelpump pump the gas into engine's Fuel Injection line and pressurized. Overpressurized fuel will return back to tank (recycling fuel back to tank). Then fire up the car. You should get the car up and running no time.
I have had several friends who ran out of gas many times and they didn't have problem with EFI cars after filling up gas.
I also fixed old 1990 Mazda 626 few months ago. It have EFI and had no fuel for long time. My friend tried to start the car but starter won't work.. He replaced sparkplugs, distributor caps, sparkplug wires and repaired car wiring and ignition switch, changed oil, filters, ect. I came along and took me 10 min observing and thinking and few min hooking up starter solenoid with long wire. I touched the wire to (+) battery terminal. I got the car fired up and it won't run. Cranked several times and I asked him if he have starting fluid. Then he sprayed starting fluid in and I fired up car again. It roars to life and ran fine for short time. I told him it's a fuel pump.
My friend said it took him Hell few weeks to fix the car and took YOU 15 min to get car up and running!! He was about choke on me.
. So I figure it's fuelpump. I quickly use voltmeter and found that the fuel pump isn't getting juice from battery. SO I had to bypass wire to fusebox w/ ignition on/off fuse. Pump finally work and I let it run couple of min then fired up the car. The car ran smooth and purrrs. My friend finally able to use the car after 5 years of sitting in parking lot (abandoned by former owner) and 4 month sitting in garage (He bought it for $1
). He had been using car ever since save gas driving to and from work. I haven't heard any problem with fuel injected car that ran out of gas.