Date:         Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:28:19 -0500
Reply-To:     "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
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From:         "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
Subject:      Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes
              gas              can for spare tire)
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Or, on the flip side, feel free to carry gas in your van...

Early in life, (when some people say I was smarter while others insist I
was still dumb as a doorknob), I had a 1974 (or was it a 1976??) bus on
which the fuel gauge was non-functional due to some failure of the
sender.

We carried two 2.5 gallon thingies of gasoline in the motor compartment
(in the driver's side battery area) as insurance for when our log book
and fuel mileage guesstimates were wrong. I only used that fuel 3 times
over the course of 3 years. No problems, mostly due to good luck.

Like all smart motorists, I carry a pair of decent fire extinguishers.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Rico Sapolich
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes
gas can for spare tire)

Don't carry any gas inside your van!  What a stupid thing to do.  It
even
bothers me to have to go the mile or so to a gas station to retrieve
some gas
for the lawn mower and you can rest assured that return home with it
directly.

Rich