On Nov 15, 6:20 pm, Picasso > wrote:
> My Name Is Nobody wrote:
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> > I'd rather have one fill location and save my money. I go to the fuel
> > station at OFF PEAK hours, I never worry about such ****...
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> > "George Orwell" > wrote in message
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> >> Have you taken notice that some cars have the gas fill opening on the
> >> driver's side and others have it located on the passenger's side? Either
> >> way, there is only one way you can drive up to the pumps. The pump's
> >> transfer hose must be on the side of the gas fill opening. This is
> >> inconvenient at a busy gas station where your available spot may not fit
> >> your car's configuration. Today's gas pumps have short hoses that cannot
> >> reach around to the opposite side of your car.
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> >> A long time ago, some cars were fitted with a central, rear-bumper
> >> location
> >> for universal gas fill, under the license plate. That location is
> >> considered unsafe today.
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> >> My suggestion is that all cars be fitted with TWO gas fill access, one on
> >> the left rear quarter panel and the other on the right. Then, you could
> >> drive up to a gas pump from either direction and pump gas.
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> >> Sure, it will cost a few dollars to add this feature, but so what? The
> >> dozens of added features to cars already cost and nobody's complaining. At
> >> least, this suggestion makes good sense, more sense than many costly
> >> features that do little or nothing for comfort or safety: radio controls
> >> on
> >> the steering wheel, for example. Cars now cost 10 times what they used to
> >> within the lifetime of people still in the workforce, so I say, so what if
> >> a two-way gas filler costs an extra $5 or $10 to the auto maker and
> >> translated into $10 or $20 more retail?
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> this guy is an idiot... cars have reverse... back in to a spot...
You're likely to get yourself killed for doing that... gas stations
are one-way and nobody's happy about some dickhead cutting in the
wrong way. I have no qualms in forcing someone who tried that back
out of the station with my front bumper.