Which side is the fuel tank filler on?
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From: Harry Bloomfield on 23 May 2010 18:25 Mortimer pretended : > I filled my Peugeot 306 (so not a big car) from an Asda pump this evening and > had to use a wrong-sided pump (or wait several minutes till the only other > pump in service on a Sunday evening became free). It took all my strength, > two-handed, to stretch the hose to the filler, and then all my weight leaning > back to hold it there so the holster went far enough into the filler to fill > without triggering the "full tank" cutoff. > > Asda must have abnormally short hoses because I was parked as close as I > could to the kerb of the island where the pump was and I'd stopped with the > back end only a foot beyond the rest position of the nozzle on the pump. As already said - I gave up long ago guessing at whether the hose might be long enough and either get on the right side of a pump, or reverse in. I have never had any objection raised to my reversing in, providing I do not cause any problem in doing it. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Adrian on 24 May 2010 02:26 "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> I know petrol stations that will refuse to turn the pump on if you are >> facing the wrong way. > If you drove in from the other entrance, then that's unfair. Given that virtually every petrol station has a one-way traffic rule enforced by no entry signs at the exit, they may beg to differ...
From: Adrian on 24 May 2010 02:27 %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> > 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? Yes. > Don't make oi laugh. Wimp.
From: Silk on 24 May 2010 04:02 On 23/05/2010 21:57, Steve Firth wrote: > Adrian<toomany2cvs(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. We have suspected for some time that you may have trouble keeping it up.
From: Ed Chilada on 24 May 2010 05:22
On Sun, 23 May 2010 21:57:05 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >I know people who couldn't do it, physically. Not capable of hauling one >of those reels to the other side of the car. However in KevWorld (tm) >those people don't exist and all cars are easy to fill on the other >side. If they can't manage that, then I worry that these people are driving cars. Goodness knows what they would have done before power steering. |