Seriously? The Gas Cap Has A Real Unmodifiable Reason To Be On The Wrong Side?

[zelio]

Thank you both, I blush at such high praise for such humble efforts. Wish I had more time for such things.

Please make time. You are very talented. :-) Z

 

[Snick]

Wow, lots of fire under this subject! But for those of you who are too upright and responsible to run out of gas I respond thusly: I live on the verge of an empty tank most of the time. Not just by the nature of my economic condition, but for my desire, no NEED to live on the proverbial edge! I can assure you that I look on my bottomed out gas gage, tap it a couple times, and grimace in the face of impending pedestrian-ship with a raised pulse and renewed appreciation for whatever distance my vehicle carries me in such speed and luxury, hightened by the sure knowledge that I'll be leaving it all behind soon for a rather tiring and probably long trudge to the nearest petrol station. But in the face of this apparent adversity lies a small thrill for the journey ahead, and a sense of getting back to something more primitive and even perhaps nobler in making my own unaided way in the world with nothing but the clothes on my back and a credit card that I fervently hope will suffer one more transaction.
And on those occasions I find myself ambling along the path of ribbonous highway, I oft thrill at the way the broken glass bits sparkle in the sun like a path of diamonds before me stretching on, and on, and on. Suddenly realizing that's the heat stroke, I find a shady place to rest and enjoy the sights and sounds of a traffic-punctuated natural world that so few of us ever have the occasion to experience, much less enjoy through a heat induced euphoria....
But most of the time my trusty rusty vehicle gets me to my destination using some hidden cache of fuel the gas guage knows naught of, and I sigh in relief for the successful completion of my journey, and maybe just a little bit for the one that might have been.
To those souls that have never run out of gas, maybe it's about time you did, before it's too late. Or maybe for some it's been too long.

Sooo, you're LOOKING for life's little adventures and get a rise and a thrill on running on fumes, but somehow the gas filler's location cramps your style and prevents you from taking those mysterious "where will I end up" journeys?

When I was fresh out of the Navy and flat broke, I drove a Geo Metro 2 door, 5 speed. Going to community college, I'd run it down to "E" and drive it there for a week! Now that was high adventure, and I never worried where the gas filler door was, only where the money to put the gas in it was going to come from.

For years my Stepdad was my AAA

 

[carzes]

Sooo, you're LOOKING for life's little adventures and get a rise and a thrill on running on fumes, but somehow the gas filler's location cramps your style and prevents you from taking those mysterious "where will I end up" journeys?

When I was fresh out of the Navy and flat broke, I drove a Geo Metro 2 door, 5 speed. Going to community college, I'd run it down to "E" and drive it there for a week! Now that was high adventure, and I never worried where the gas filler door was, only where the money to put the gas in it was going to come from.

Foyr years my Stepdad was my AAA

Sooo, you're LOOKING for life's little adventures and get a rise and a thrill on running on fumes, but somehow the gas filler's location cramps your style and prevents you from taking those mysterious "where will I end up" journeys?

When I was fresh out of the Navy and flat broke, I drove a Geo Metro 2 door, 5 speed. Going to community college, I'd run it down to "E" and drive it there for a week! Now that was high adventure, and I never worried where the gas filler door was, only where the money to put the gas in it was going to come from.

For years my Stepdad was my AAA

I was just responding to the folks earlier in the thread who had never been irresponsible enough to have run out of gas. Sometimes life's more interesting when it's a little out of control. I don't give a rat what side they put the gas cap, it was just referenced in terms of which side would be safer for putting gas in if you ran out on the road, and you know how these threads tend to wander about and go their own way.

 

[GaPawn]

My wife ran outa gas no less than 5 times in one year. She just couldn't be bothered to stop and get gas. The last time I made her wait 3 hours in the hot Georgia July sun, until I closed my shop at the end of the day at 6:00. Notice I said the LAST time.....

She did NOT consider it interesting, nor an adventure.

 

[GaPawn]

Oh, and to keep this thread kinda on course, I prefer the near side, but the vehicle I am currently driving has it on the off side, which I don't really mind. Oops, my horse background is showing, but durn it, you can't say driver's and passenger's side on an Elio.....

How 'bout, I prefer the port side, but if it's on the starboard side, that'll be just fine too!

 

[JDub]

Wow, lots of fire under this subject! But for those of you who are too upright and responsible to run out of gas I respond thusly: I live on the verge of an empty tank most of the time. Not just by the nature of my economic condition, but for my desire, no NEED to live on the proverbial edge! I can assure you that I look on my bottomed out gas gage, tap it a couple times, and grimace in the face of impending pedestrian-ship with a raised pulse and renewed appreciation for whatever distance my vehicle carries me in such speed and luxury, hightened by the sure knowledge that I'll be leaving it all behind soon for a rather tiring and probably long trudge to the nearest petrol station. But in the face of this apparent adversity lies a small thrill for the journey ahead, and a sense of getting back to something more primitive and even perhaps nobler in making my own unaided way in the world with nothing but the clothes on my back and a credit card that I fervently hope will suffer one more transaction.
And on those occasions I find myself ambling along the path of ribbonous highway, I oft thrill at the way the broken glass bits sparkle in the sun like a path of diamonds before me stretching on, and on, and on. Suddenly realizing that's the heat stroke, I find a shady place to rest and enjoy the sights and sounds of a traffic-punctuated natural world that so few of us ever have the occasion to experience, much less enjoy through a heat induced euphoria....
But most of the time my trusty rusty vehicle gets me to my destination using some hidden cache of fuel the gas guage knows naught of, and I sigh in relief for the successful completion of my journey, and maybe just a little bit for the one that might have been.
To those souls that have never run out of gas, maybe it's about time you did, before it's too late. Or maybe for some it's been too long.

Just a word of caution. Vehicles with electric fuel pumps, which are most, do not like running low on fuel or running out this overheats the pump leading to premature pump failure. That is a several hundred dollar repair on most cars.

 

[BlioKart]

Sooo, you're LOOKING for life's little adventures and get a rise and a thrill on running on fumes, but somehow the gas filler's location cramps your style and prevents you from taking those mysterious "where will I end up" journeys?

When I was fresh out of the Navy and flat broke, I drove a Geo Metro 2 door, 5 speed. Going to community college, I'd run it down to "E" and drive it there for a week! Now that was high adventure, and I never worried where the gas filler door was, only where the money to put the gas in it was going to come from.

For years my Stepdad was my AAA

Reminds me of

 

[Rickb]

My wife ran outa gas no less than 5 times in one year. She just couldn't be bothered to stop and get gas. The last time I made her wait 3 hours in the hot Georgia July sun, until I closed my shop at the end of the day at 6:00. Notice I said the LAST time.....

She did NOT consider it interesting, nor an adventure.

Think about buying her AAA Roadside Assist as a romantic anniversary gift.

 

[wheaters]

Think about buying her AAA Roadside Assist as a romantic anniversary gift.

Every time I drive my wife's car the fuel warning light is on, or about to come on. I once asked her how far the car would go once the light came on, meaning the figure from the owners manual...

"Oh, about a week, I think!", came her answer.

 

[Danno]

I read the reason. It didn't make sense when I did.... Can Elio do a tech talk on why they couldn't put the gas cap on the safe side of the vehicle.
Yes the safe side... If you run out of gas on the highway you will be at greater risk of being sideswiped when you go to put gas in the vehicle. And the same issue will be present everytime YouTube gas in your EE, except in OR and NJ. You will have to get out on the traffic side and go around to the pump side to put gas in it, or get out on the pump side and go around to the traffic side....
Something as simple as putting gas in on the less exposed side of the vehicle and they had a 50/50 chance of making it the safer side.

Who cares which side the gas cap is on?