Post Refuel - Leaving the Cap Open
Discussion
Went to fill up the car yesterday at Swindons Tesco @4:45ish. Paid at the pump and was sat waiting for AGES whilst the camper ahead filled up then paid at the desk. I was looking around at the other cars whilst waiting (as you do 
) and noticed a big black Mercedes Coupe drive out of the petrol station with the cap hanging off/open and the hatch wide open.
A: How does the driver not notice this in their mirrors?
B: How do they manage it in the first place?!
C: How does the car, especially an expensive merc with all it's gadgets and gizmos, even start with the cap unscrewed?!
D: Other than the petrol evaporating and/or spilling out round a tight right hander are there any problems with leaving the cap open?
I drove to pick up the O/H in the direction the Merc had gone but didn't see them so they obviously hadn't stopped/noticed very quickly. No! I didn't see if it was a Woman okay?
) and noticed a big black Mercedes Coupe drive out of the petrol station with the cap hanging off/open and the hatch wide open.A: How does the driver not notice this in their mirrors?
B: How do they manage it in the first place?!
C: How does the car, especially an expensive merc with all it's gadgets and gizmos, even start with the cap unscrewed?!
D: Other than the petrol evaporating and/or spilling out round a tight right hander are there any problems with leaving the cap open?
I drove to pick up the O/H in the direction the Merc had gone but didn't see them so they obviously hadn't stopped/noticed very quickly. No! I didn't see if it was a Woman okay?
Edited by GT Kodiak on Wednesday 14th July 10:49
I got on first name terms with a very attractive sainsburys petrol station worker after I left the fuel cap of my old 106 there twice in one week, quite embarrassing turning up somewhere and people pointing at the rear saying "missing something?"
You had to put the keys in to remove/refit it, god knows why I took the keys out inbetween filling up!
Thankfully the BMW has a nice little holder for the cap, which is good, don't know what I'd do without that!
You had to put the keys in to remove/refit it, god knows why I took the keys out inbetween filling up!
Thankfully the BMW has a nice little holder for the cap, which is good, don't know what I'd do without that!
R60EST said:
A lot of newer cars have a spring loaded flap that covers the aperture until it's pushed open with the pumps nozzle
Yeah, mine has one of those, so leaving it open isn't really an issue in terms of petrol evaporating or spilling. I don't understand how people forget though. It's always been habit for me to replace the pump nozzle then fasten the petrol cap up before paying.
bluetone said:
GT Kodiak said:
B How do they manage it in the first place?!
Dunno really but I guess with Pay-at-pump it's possible to be distracted getting your receipt after putting the nozzle back and next thing you know you're getting in your car..? How do they manage it in the first place?!No, I haven't done this myself
Reload said:
I don't understand how people forget though.
Me neither. Never forgotten to put the cap back on and close the flap. Ever. No sirree. Not in a million years. And I have most certainly never tried to go back out on track at Bedford having forgotten either.
Edited by pincher on Wednesday 14th July 13:02
andy-xr said:
bluetone said:
GT Kodiak said:
B How do they manage it in the first place?!
Dunno really but I guess with Pay-at-pump it's possible to be distracted getting your receipt after putting the nozzle back and next thing you know you're getting in your car..? How do they manage it in the first place?!No, I haven't done this myself
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