Which side is the fuel tank filler on?
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From: boltar2003 on 24 May 2010 05:55 On Mon, 24 May 2010 10:47:07 +0100 bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >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. The type of people who won't fill up from the wrong side are the types of clots who clog up busy garage forecourts blocking the way even when there are a number of free pumps. If someone can't pull a hose 2 meters then perhaps they should consider public transport or an electric car. Mind you , then they'd start worrying about which side the plug was on. B2003
From: brass monkey on 24 May 2010 06:07 "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:85v08rFjrkU2(a)mid.individual.net... > 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 Why can't you be told? If Captain Mainwaring says it's impossible, it's categorically impossible. I'll certainly never be doing it again.
From: bod on 24 May 2010 06:11 brass monkey wrote: > "bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > news:85v08rFjrkU2(a)mid.individual.net... >> 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 > > Why can't you be told? If Captain Mainwaring says it's impossible, it's > categorically impossible. > I'll certainly never be doing it again. > > Ha! Bod
From: Mortimer on 24 May 2010 11:14 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:hte4kf$pfm$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:57:31 +0100 > "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >>I am strong. I weigh about 14 stone. Nevertheless it took all my strength >>to > > No you're not. Not if you have trouble pulling a hose out of a pump. > > Perhaps time to head down the gym? I had no trouble pulling the hose out of the pump for the first few feet. It was about as difficult as extending an inertia reel seat belt - slight spring, just enough to make sure the hose retracts again. But on the pump that I mentioned (Asda supermarket) the spring seems to get stronger the more you extend the hose. And to extend it far enough to reach the filler on the wrong side took a lot of strength. And that was with the back end of the car roughly level with the pump, so the hose was taking the shortest line, just touching the back of the car apart from the 18 inches or so distance between the rear of the car and the filler.
From: boltar2003 on 24 May 2010 11:30
On Mon, 24 May 2010 16:14:04 +0100 "Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >> Perhaps time to head down the gym? > >I had no trouble pulling the hose out of the pump for the first few feet. It >was about as difficult as extending an inertia reel seat belt - slight >spring, just enough to make sure the hose retracts again. But on the pump >that I mentioned (Asda supermarket) the spring seems to get stronger the >more you extend the hose. And to extend it far enough to reach the filler on >the wrong side took a lot of strength. And that was with the back end of the >car roughly level with the pump, so the hose was taking the shortest line, >just touching the back of the car apart from the 18 inches or so distance >between the rear of the car and the filler. Must've been a dodgy pump then because I've never had an issue with the hoses. Its true they need a bit of a tug but nothing that most people couldn't manage. B2003 |