From: NM on
On 24 May, 22:43, Dangermouse <h...(a)hahaa.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 13:05:39 -0700, NM drooled:
>
>
>
> > On 24 May, 10:45, Mike P <mikewpears...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> On May 23, 9:57 pm, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>
> >> > Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > > > and the sensible ones who don't want to scratch their paintwork.
>
> >> > > You've got two hands. One to hold the handle, the other to hold the
> >> > > hose clear.
>
> >> > For the tine it takes to fill 100 litres? Don't make oi laugh.
>
> >> Well, I put 70 litres in the Xantia this morning from the "wrong side"
> >> without having my arms drop off, so I presume 100 litres wouldn't be
> >> any harder :-p
>
> >> Mike P
>
> > Doubled it's value instantly.
>
> Lying again Nick eh? You do make a habit of it.
>
> Mike P

Truth hurts? Nevermind you can probably afford a real car soon if you
keep up saving by cycling everywhere.
From: Ret. on
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
> Phil Bradby has brought this to us :
>> bod wrote:
>>> Or twats that park about 5ft out from the pump.
>>
>> I believe most experts recommend parking up at least 3 feet from the
>> pump to avoid the possibility of a spark from static electricity on
>> the car coming into contact with the fuel and causing an explosion.
>
> 'Experts' recommend all sorts of things without any good scientific
> reason for complying - I would suggest this will be similar.
>
> Any spark from static will be between the car to the pump nozzle and
> the pump nozzle is the only place where fuel is exposed. There is a
> similar myth with regards to mobile phone use near pumps, with no
> basis in fact.

There are a lot of myths surrounding static and cars. Many of them bolstered
by those ridiculous 'anti-static' straps that people used to buy and bolt to
their cars to drag along the ground. In fact those only made the issue
worse!

The static that results in people getting shocks when they get out of their
cars is caused by the friction of man-made fibres, in the car seat and your
clothing, rubbing together when you slide across your seat to get out of the
car. The static builds up in *you* - not in the car - and it earths through
the car when you then touch the metal door to shut it.

It is easily solved by holding on to a metal part of the car as you slide
out of your seat. The static is continuously 'earthed' as it is being
created and thus - no shock.
Of course, if you have leather seats it doesn't happen at all...

--
Kev

From: Ret. on
Rob wrote:
> Adrian wrote:
>>> "Rob" <rsvptorob-newsREMOVE(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
>>> much like they were saying:
>>>
>>>> Rubbish. If someone on here says the hose they use is long enough,
>>>> then they're all long enough. If their forecourt has a retractable
>>>> hose which they can easily pull out to suit, then they're all
>>>> retractable and all just as easy, so there is no problem, it's all
>>>> in the mind.
>>>
>>> Who's basing their opinion on a single pump - or even a single
>>> filling station - or even a single brand of filling station? Not me,
>>> f'r a start.
>
> It wasn't directed at you - more to people like Kev who make
> generalisations based only on THEIR experience - if they don't have
> any problems then neither should anyone else.

Unless you are driving a Hummer, or your filler cap is in the middle of the
car instead of near the rear, you will *not* have a problem. Stop your car
close to the pump, with the extreme rear of the car level with the pump, and
then the hose *will* reach across the back of your car to the filler cap. I
have *never* been unable to fill any of my cars like this, despite doing it
very frequently - and at many different filling stations.

Probably the widest car I have ever owned was a Vx Omega - and I never had a
problem with this technique with that car either.

--
Kev


From: Rob on
Ret. wrote:
|| Rob wrote:
||| Adrian wrote:
||||| "Rob" <rsvptorob-newsREMOVE(a)yahoo.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
||||| much like they were saying:
|||||
|||||| Rubbish. If someone on here says the hose they use is long
|||||| enough, then they're all long enough. If their forecourt has a
|||||| retractable hose which they can easily pull out to suit, then
|||||| they're all retractable and all just as easy, so there is no
|||||| problem, it's all in the mind.
|||||
||||| Who's basing their opinion on a single pump - or even a single
||||| filling station - or even a single brand of filling station? Not
||||| me, f'r a start.
|||
||| It wasn't directed at you - more to people like Kev who make
||| generalisations based only on THEIR experience - if they don't have
||| any problems then neither should anyone else.
||
|| Unless you are driving a Hummer, or your filler cap is in the middle
|| of the car instead of near the rear, you will *not* have a problem.

Mmm..

|| Stop your car close to the pump, with the extreme rear of the car
|| level with the pump, and then the hose *will* reach across the back
|| of your car to the filler cap.

The hose *might* reach...
The hose will reach sometimes...

How you can say it *will* reach without knowing the width of the car, or how
close you can get to the pump, or the length of the hose is anyone's guess.

|| I have *never* been unable to fill
|| any of my cars like this, despite doing it very frequently - and at
|| many different filling stations.

Well good for you.

I never bother waiting for the 'right' side, I just use whichever pump is
available - but at my local when I do use the 'wrong' side I park as close
as possible to the pump, the hose is in a dead straight line across the boot
lid to the filler cap and it still only just reaches. More often than not
with the nozzle upside down.

|| Probably the widest car I have ever owned was a Vx Omega - and I never
had a
|| problem with this technique with that car either.

Clearly then you always found the hose to be long enough.

--
Rob


From: bod on
Rob wrote:
> Phil Bradby wrote:
> || Ret. wrote:
> ||| Ed Chilada wrote:
> |||| If I'm filling up on the far side, I simply park the car a little
> |||| further forward. Just takes a little bit of brains.
> |||
> ||| Absolutely - and then the hose goes around the back of the
> ||| vehicle, not over the top of the boot, and can be used normally -
> ||| not upside down. Jeez, how long have these people been driving?
> ||
> || In many cars you need to park absolutely inch perfectly for the hose
> || to reach across, if it's even possible at all.
>
> Rubbish. If someone on here says the hose they use is long enough, then
> they're all long enough. If their forecourt has a retractable hose which
> they can easily pull out to suit, then they're all retractable and all just
> as easy, so there is no problem, it's all in the mind.
>
> I'd better not mention the super sprung air line that you to stand on to
> keep it from retracting...
>
>

Ha! Now they're another kettle of fish.

I've had battles with a few of those.

Bod