Husband And Wife SC Team

[EvilEmpryss]

Considering the number of times I've seen people filling their tanks with the nozzle of the pump tilted out so they could see the gas flow, it doesn't surprise me that nozzle size doesn't prevent this screw up.

[depechemodefan]

As far as being posessive of a non parking space at someone else's property, well, that is sadly common too.

I was at a gas station, where there was parking in front of the station and to the left of it. No more parkking left in the front so asshole parks his/her car next to a jutting part of the store. So between store and pumps is a car. It leaves room for two cars to pass by really close to each other. So I'm about to pass this car (and there is a woman in the passenger side) when I see another about to pass. I wait, but it seems the passing car is waiting for someone to leave a pump...and no one is about to leave a pump. And she is open wide to turn into a pump. So I honk,person waiting for a pump moves over and I pass by. I yell at the passenger when I pass, "this isnt' a parking spot!"

[tropicsgoddess]

Simple explanation: People are IDIOTS!

Hope that helps.

Stupid people are more like cockroaches. There's copious amounts of them and we just don't know how the fuck they manage to even survive in life.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Interesting. Where are you? Here in the US, diesel is green, gasoline is black, yellow, or red depending on octane level, and diesel has a larger nozzle that won't fit into a gas tank. I could never understand putting another fuel into their car like that. Seems a rather duh sort of thing, but there's people out there who never change oil then wonder why the car doesn't start one day, among other atrocities and torturous things committed against the poor cars.

England. And never be surprised at how stupid people can be. XD

[Plaidman]

I'm glad your England. I also think they were horrid people. I think you did the right thing by getting that car out of the way. Just be glad your not in USA, where they'd likly sue your ass for daring to touch and move their car.

[protege]

It drove fine, even without any sort of additive.

The occasional fill-up of unleaded won't hurt anything. Over time, the lead forms a sort of "memory" (basically a coating) inside the engine. But, constant unleaded use will eventually lead to valve seat recession in some engines. Fitting hardened seats is usually enough to remedy the problem, but sometimes it's easier to fit an "unleaded" cylinder head. That is, one that's already been converted. I had to do that with the MG--you can't get leaded fuels now, and the leaded additives are no longer available.

I'm not sure if stations even color-code their pumps any more. Locally, at least at the Gulf stations, the leaded fuel was dark blue, unleaded was (IIRC) orange, and super was red. I *think* diesel was yellow... I'm not sure, because most of the larger stations use pumps with single nozzles. Different grades, except diesel (that's always at its own pump) can be bought by pressing buttons.