"Curiosity" type question....

[Franco Barber]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:40:40AM -0400, Huw Powell wrote:
>
> >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."

I'm sure you're right.  I can not say that I've actually looked at
the hoses in question.

I can tell you that the hoses at the local Shell station (Columbus, OH)
seem a bit short to me.  On those occasions that I have to pull up
to the pump with the filler tube on the wrong side, they usually
barely reach.  If I don't pull up really close to the pump and park
it with the fill tube directly across from the pump, it might not
reach.

Maybe it's not the fault of the pump.
My A6 is probably just too wide.   I'm sure if I was driving
a Fiat Panda it wouldn't be a problem at all :-)


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