sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote:
: "Richard Bonner" wrote:
: > sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote:
: > : "Richard Bonner" wrote:
(Re: Pulling Gas Dispenser Hose over the Trunk)
: > I am not discounting your method. However, for some your
: > method may not work. It won't for me because I drive a full-size van. I
: > *must* approach the pump so it is always on the filler tube side. Then
: > there are those with filler tube locations closer to the middle of the
: > vehicle. The hose would have to come over the roof. )-:
: >
: > Richard
: Richard, of course, with a full-sized van, as you know, there IS no
: trunk to pull the hose over.
*** Well, there is, but it's the height of the roof.
: Obviously, you don't have much of a choice.
*** Nope. (-:
: I had 64 Meteor, once, that had the gas filler cap behind the
: license plate which was spring loaded and tiltable to allow access.
*** That was a more convenient location, but car makers dropped that
idea because it allowed gasoline to spill out under acceleration due to
the low entry point of the tube.
Richard |