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Respecting the elderly and caring for the young is a traditional virtue in our country. On the morning of the Double Ninth Festival, taxi driver Xiao Wang provides free rides for the elderly (aged 60 and above) on a road running east-west. If it is defined that east is positive and west is negative, the taxi's itinerary is as follows (unit: kilometers): +15, -4, +13, -10, -12, +3, -13, -17.  
$(1)$ When Xiao Wang drops off the last elderly person at the destination, in which direction is Xiao Wang from the starting point, and what is the distance?  
$(2)$ If the taxi consumes 0.35 liters per kilometer, how much fuel does Xiao Wang's taxi consume in total this morning?

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