"Curiosity" type question....

[Huw Powell]

> This all assumes that the gas pump is on an island and you can
> drive up either side you choose.  I don't know how common it is
> in the rest of Europe, but in my part of southern Italy, it was
> quite common to have a gas station that consisted of just a
> pump or two on the side of the road.  You could only pull up to the
> pump in one direction, and if your filler tube was on the left,
> the gas jockey would have to stretch the fuel hose all the way over
> to the other side of the car.  What if the hose is too short?

Hahahahah... I have to join in, as an experienced fuel jockey in a
former life.

"Side of the road" stations, or any farily busy "full service" stations,
simply require that the hose reach to the ther side of the car.  End of
story. You may, on occasion, have to ask someone to "pull forward a bit."

So, on cars where the fuel filler in under the license plate (very
common on 70's-80's Detroit iron - yes, it was a long time ago), if the
fuel gauge in the center of the cluster?


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Huw Powell

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