Re: OT: Cross Border Shopping, Deals and not so good deals.

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From: sharx35
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:53

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"Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message news:fet2as$ssk$6@Kil-nws-1.UCIS.Dal.Ca...
> sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote:
>
> : "Richard Bonner" <ak621@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
> : > ***   However nozzles will contain some residual fuel and
> : > that may leak onto the finish.
> : >
> : >   Also, if the pump is not an overhead type, the hose will get dragged
> : > across the car's trunk unless it is long enough to pass behind the
> : > vehicle.
> : >
> : > Richard
>
> : One pulls the hose out of
> the pump, lifting it at the same : time. WHen it is fully extended, over
> the vehicle, one lowers it as one inserts the nozzle into the : filler
> tube. There is NO DRAGGING the hose over anything. I have never in almost
> 50 years of driving and : filling up EVER got ANY marks from hose.
>
> ***   Perhaps your trunk is narrow or flat enough.
>
>   Although, minor, there is the fact that the hose lies on the trunk
> during filling and could transfer dirt to the finish.
>
>   Regardless, 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 now trunk to pull the hose over. 
Obviously, you don't have much of a choice. I had 64 Meteor, once, that had the gas filler cap behind the 
license plate which was spring loaded and tiltable to allow access.

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