At 12/26/2008 04:59 AM,M'obeechi wrote: >Have you ever driven away from a fuel stop with the fill line stuck >in your fill tube? You hear this noise.. and then you find out that >was an expensive pit stop... Happened to me twice so far... been >paranoid ever since... > >For now, maybe a small convex round of the smallest size, placed at >the outer lower corner of the passenger side mirror would help to >check before driving away... No can't say I have ever done that, when I'm pumping gas I'm pumping gas besides on my Vanagon the ignition key is with the gas cap key and I'd notice if I hadn't put the nozzle back and the cap on.
>As far as using the convex mirror's for traffic... I find them useless... They work good for me as a way of letting me know something is there with a real quick glance, of course nothing is quite as good as a physical glance. Merry Christmas
Rob becida@comcast.net |
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