Fuelgaugewallkeyholderstl

Borrowed straight off a car dashboard: the sweep of a fuel gauge, E at one end, F at the other, needle pinned somewhere between them, rendered as a plate for the wall beside the front door. Hang the keys up and the tank reads full. Take them off and you are running on fumes. It is a joke that lands with everyone who visits. It comes as a multi-part kit, so the finished piece carries real depth rather than reading as a flat plaque on the wall. The natural homes for it are a hallway, a porch, a garage or a workshop — anywhere keys get dumped and then lost. Car people are the obvious audience, but a fuel gauge is legible to anybody, which makes it an easy present for someone who has just passed their test or bought a car they will not stop talking about.