I am a dumbass.

[jaykaybi]

Parked up next to pump.

Stepped out of car.

Removed filler cap.

Placed it carefully on engine cover grille.

Filled car with fuel.

Replaced hose.

Paid for petrol.

Returned to car.

Gave jaunty wave to passing elise as I stepped back into my car.

Started car, and drove off forecourt.

Briskly followed lovely sounding yellow s1 along some picturesque Kentish B roads on a cooling, summer dusk...











Failed to notice the 'clonk' of the fuel filler cap flying off the back of my car.

Je suis une pilloque grande.

[jaykaybi]

Oh and the best part?


Returned to petrol station to see if it had been found.

Had been found!!!

Then carefully deposited in a bin. Assumed to be junk that someone threw away.

Helpful staff member kindly offered to let me search through the wheelie bin out the back.





Wasn't there.

[S works]

B*ll*cks - that might have been Allen Myers, eliseman from SELOC.

[Joe - Exige S]

I had a close one at a BP petrol station (I always put Shell Optimax in but was away for the weekend and the fuel light came on) I pulled up to the pump and saw BP Ultimate. That will do I thought, put the nozzle in and noticed just in the nick of time that BP have now started doing an Ultimate diesel which looks virtually identical to the petrol. That was a close one!

Edited by Joe - Exige S on Monday 3rd July 16:41

[simonk]

Yeah BP are bad for that, had a near miss myself with one of theirs. 3 choices at a pump, unleaded, diesel & ultimate (diesel!).

Simon

[tomtom]

I always put my cap on the pump, can't fail to notice it then

[Davey S2]

Bad luck mate.

New caps for an S1 are about £120 IIRC

[cej]

www.eliseparts.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=473&zenid=4fb4394e521454111d385f446e1e460c

69 GBP..Not that bad.

[Janitor]

Always leave the keys in the cap!

Can't drive off without it then! :thumbp:

[Esprit]

My petrol cap ALWAYS gets removed and then either put on the driver's sill or into the driver's seat..... if you get in and find yourself uncomfortable, then you know you have to replace the filler cap

[beachbum]

Janitor said:

Always leave the keys in the cap!

Can't drive off without it then! :thumbp:

Same here, find it pretty difficult trying to get the key in the ignition with a petrol cap still attached

[jaykaybi]

Genius suggestions chaps, I feel like a total wazzock.
But on the plus side, I'll be getting a black replacement (for my black car) which is good I suppose.


Nevertheless - my foolishness is an embarassment to my family. I will learn.

*oriental gong sound*

[cej]