Which side is the fuel tank filler on?
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From: Ed Chilada on 24 May 2010 05:27 On 24 May 2010 06:26:34 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"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... Yeah, the ones facing onto the road do. However, a lot of petrol stations near me are positioned on the corner of junctions and can be driven in and out on either side.
From: Brimstone on 24 May 2010 05:28 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jiygib.1rx1lvpr0ft4zN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > The man who likes to issue > personal abuse while hiding behind his kill file. Which is pretty rich coming from someone who can't take back what he hands out.
From: Brimstone on 24 May 2010 05:29 "Ed Chilada" <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:e8hkv5934m7d5ivbqcnnq70m1o3t8ajtv1(a)4ax.com... > 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. > Some people have to use a walking stick, nothing to do with physical strength. That leaves one hand for the hose.
From: Mike P on 24 May 2010 05:45 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
From: bod on 24 May 2010 05:47
Mike P 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 > > I never have a problem with it either. Bod |