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[Iormlund]

Now that you guys mention it, I've never pumped gas myself.

I only use the car for commuting or short work-related travels and there's a gas station right on my way home where they don't let you pump it yourself. I've never been interested in learning any maintenance stuff either.

It's funny because OTOH I know a lot more about how the engine, the ECU or the differential works than most people.

[DGuller]

All those parts I eventually figured out when I had to fill up once in New York.  The one part I didn't figure out was how to keep the trigger stuck, so as soon as I released it, it stopped flowing.  By that point I already got a gallon of gas in, which was enough to make it to New Jersey.

That's because you can't. Both Massachusetts and New York made it illegal to keep those lock mechanisms in place. You have to hold the trigger the whole time.

  Good to know, thanks.  So, in any other state, is the trigger automatically sticking, or does it have some thingy to stick it?

[DGuller]

Now that you guys mention it, I've never pumped gas myself.

I only use the car for commuting or short work-related travels and there's a gas station right on my way home where they don't let you pump it yourself. I've never been interested in learning any maintenance stuff either.

It's funny because OTOH I know a lot more about how the engine, the ECU or the differential works than most people.

Same with me, more or less.  Knowing how the car works, and how to do basic maintenance stuff, is like knowing how to program and how to assemble a computer.  Those two skills aren't really as related as one would think.

[Ideologue]

This staggering lack of basic, First World aptitude on the part of DG and garbon has cheered me up immensely.

[Admiral Yi]

  Good to know, thanks.  So, in any other state, is the trigger automatically sticking, or does it have some thingy to stick it?

There's a little locking mechanism that you need to drop down from the handle and lock on one of the trigger ratchets.

Don't worry about overflowing, it still kicks off when you're full.

[Ideologue]

Now that you guys mention it, I've never pumped gas myself.

I only use the car for commuting or short work-related travels and there's a gas station right on my way home where they don't let you pump it yourself. I've never been interested in learning any maintenance stuff either.

It's funny because OTOH I know a lot more about how the engine, the ECU or the differential works than most people.

Same with me, more or less.  Knowing how the car works, and how to do basic maintenance stuff, is like knowing how to program and how to assemble a computer.  Those two skills aren't really as related as one would think.

I dunno.  I don't know how to program anything, but I do know how to plug my computer into the wall outlet.

[sbr]

All those parts I eventually figured out when I had to fill up once in New York.  The one part I didn't figure out was how to keep the trigger stuck, so as soon as I released it, it stopped flowing.  By that point I already got a gallon of gas in, which was enough to make it to New Jersey.

That's because you can't. Both Massachusetts and New York made it illegal to keep those lock mechanisms in place. You have to hold the trigger the whole time.

  Good to know, thanks.  So, in any other state, is the trigger automatically sticking, or does it have some thingy to stick it?

There is usually a little catch at the back of the nozzle that grabs the trigger and holds it it.  I know that even though I live in one of the states where I can't pump my own gas. 

[garbon]

  Good to know, thanks.  So, in any other state, is the trigger automatically sticking, or does it have some thingy to stick it?

No, there's always something you have to do. At some gas stations, there is a latch that you have to move, at others there is a little groove that you need align part of the trigger with, and then I remember seeing one other type once but I can't remember what it was.

[garbon]

This staggering lack of basic, First World aptitude on the part of DG and garbon has cheered me up immensely.

Me?

[Ideologue]

This staggering lack of basic, First World aptitude on the part of DG and garbon has cheered me up immensely.

Me?

You couldn't figure out how to open a gas cap.  (And I didn't want to single out Gull.)

Also, fahdiz might not be around, but fuck that guy and his filthy full-service state.  Might as well employ people to dig holes in the ground and another group to fill them back up again.

[Admiral Yi]

I remember grabon telling us he called AAA to change a flat once.

[PDH]

Here in Wyoming we not only pump our own gas, we shoot people from New Jersey who pull up at the station.  Oregonians we don't shoot, because eastern part of the state is like Wyoming.

[jimmy olsen]

This staggering lack of basic, First World aptitude on the part of DG and garbon has cheered me up immensely.

Me?

You couldn't figure out how to open a gas cap.  (And I didn't want to single out Gull.)

Also, fahdiz might not be around, but fuck that guy and his filthy full-service state.  Might as well employ people to dig holes in the ground and another group to fill them back up again.

You're a marxist, don't you love programs like that?

[garbon]

This staggering lack of basic, First World aptitude on the part of DG and garbon has cheered me up immensely.

Me?

You couldn't figure out how to open a gas cap.  (And I didn't want to single out Gull.)

I was being generous. The Nissan didn't have an internal mechanism to let the door open and while the door was supposedly touch sensitive - it was stuck. I spent a good 10 minutes pounding on the thing to finally get it to randomly spring open.

I don't think with the amount of driving that I've done - that I could fairly be said to not know how to pump gas.

[garbon]

I remember grabon telling us he called AAA to change a flat once.

I've had AAA put my baby tire on before. If I'm paying for a service, why would I want to get dirty (and more importantly in my opinion) run the risk of getting hit by a passerby on the side of the road?