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Article #20Re: OT: Cross Border Shopping, Deals and not so good deals.
From: Richard Bonner
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:54
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:54
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sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote: : > sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : > : "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> 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
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