Date:         Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:22:46 +0100
Reply-To:     Michel Gaastra <m.gaastra@WANADOO.NL>
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From:         Michel Gaastra <m.gaastra@WANADOO.NL>
Subject:      Re: [Syncro] ran out of Gas...
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Hi, My tip for this.....Buy a diesel van!

I've had the same problem once. Lucky me that it was in a little village
where they did not have a gasstation but a little shop. Diesels can run on
sunflower oil so..... bought 10 bottles so I could come home!

Michel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] ran out of Gas...


> I carry an old clean plastic milk jug, just to prevent this kind of rape.
> If this happens again,  go over to there pop coolers, and grab the
> cheapest 1 gallon drink you can find, pour the contents out, and
> you end up with  a cheaper  temperary gas  can.   Even milk
> is cheaper to pour out here in PA.   You got to beat them at
> there own game......
>                                               Eric
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> Carl Hansen wrote:
>
> >... dang it I hate that.  what ever happened to Gas Stations that have a
> >beat up old gas tank to borrow?  I had to walk 2.5 miles in the dark,
> >temperature 20 degrees, then a guy who pulled up to the station while I
was
> >getting a bit of gas couldn't be bothered to schlep me back to the car!
> >
> >At the station, you had to buy a cheap can for $4, they didn't even have
a
> >two liter bottle I could empty to bring enough back to get to another
> >station.  The can was so cheap it didn't have a vent, so it wouldn't
empty
> >into the tank very well at all.
> >
> >Must be the gawd forsaken state of New Jersey!!
> >
> >So I can't find the thread on the spare gas can that fits in a spare tire
> >(Vanagon list, in the last 6 months.)
> >
> >Can anyone remember/recommend where to buy a good "fits in the spare
tire"
> >spare gas can?
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >Ch
> >carl_hansen@ieee.org
> >
> >'96 GLX Passat Wagon - they were all green - weren't they?
> >'87 944 na - RED! needs head gasket & tires (but what a sweet ride)
> >'89 SyncroBeast Vanagon - parked for the winter - boo hoo
> >'87 16V GTI - dead, needs rings
> >'80 850 Yamaha Special - burns oil
> >'89 16V GTI w/ toasted motor - needs tranny
> >'99 Beetle - red, red, red (SO's)
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> >New Jursey (Gawd Forsaken State of)
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> >                                          ............ and remain
untainted!
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