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Gas Tank Fill Location All Wrong
On Nov 15, 6:20 pm, Picasso > wrote:
> My Name Is Nobody wrote: > > > > > 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 ****... > > > "George Orwell" > wrote in message > t... > >> 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. > > >> 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. > > >> 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. > > >> 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? > > >> Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this > >> non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real > >> reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an > >> di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system > >> Per maggiori informazioni |For more info > >> https://www.mixmaster.it > > 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. |
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