Hey, thanks for the quick turnaround. I tried just that three times (the first, natural realization that I had no money and not enough gas, and then two more times to try what you just suggested) and in each circumstance the car would sputter to a stop and shift to the gas app right after going from 1 turn left to "NEXT" on the closest location.
I'm very happy to email my save, but a quick look around my steam folders has not turned up anything obvious.
On Windows, saves are located in %userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Love Conquers All Games\Get in the Car Loser\saves
On MacOS, saves are located in either ~/Library/Application Support/Love Conquers All Games/Get in the Car Loser/saves or ~/Library/Application Support/com.loveconquersallgames.gitcl/saves depending on your configuration.