Date:         Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:05:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternative to locking gas cap?
Comments: To: David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com>
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  In Oregon, it's a law that an 'attendant' must pump the gas into your
vehicle.  No, I have no idea why they passed a law  like that. It must be
enforced, though, because if a driver starts to grab the gas nozzel to do it
himself, they get all yelly and call you a Californian..
 But you should see some of the pathetic attempts by the gas pumpers in
Oregon to get my Vanagon's gas cap back on.  There is something about the
way it goes on, then the turned key keeps it closed that just stumps some of
em.  I took a paint pen, finally, and put a couple of arrows on the gas cap
with matching arrows on the recess where the cap goes, to indicate exactly
how the gas cap has to be aligned...That seems to help some of them, but 7
out of 10 still fumble around with it and look sheepish or give me the
"Stink-Eye" through the window..."This stupid old Volkswagon, what's wrong
with it?  How come this gas cap doesn't work right"....
  I keep my gas key in the ashtray.

  Here's one left over from Friday.  Is anyone else bothered by the
selfishness of other drivers who fill up at a busy station and then waddle
inside to the junk food and leave their car blocking the pump?  With all the
traveling I do I get to see this way too often, usually around the outskirts
of busy cities..not so much in rural areas.  Clueless..

  Don Hanson



On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:28 AM, David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> Page 7 of my 1990/1991 Vanagon/Transporter owners manual states: "Key A
> (the
> black vinyl covered ignition key) is used for the ignition/steering lock,
> the doors, the lockable tank cap and the rear luggage compartment lid".
>
> A note at the bottom states: "Note: The Syncro model has a separate key for
> the lockable tank cap".
>
> Go figure. Exactly opposite to what I have had. Both of my 1987 Syncros
> used
> the ignition key to operated the tank cap (and it is a different cap than
> 2wd models).
>
> Oh well.
>
> Dave
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:01 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > From my experience, it is only the Syncro that had the
> > > ignition key operate the gas cap. Both my Syncros were that
> > > way, but all of the 2wd Vanagons I have owned (including my
> > > present '91 Carat), use (used) a separate key.
> >
> >
> >
> > Not so. My '87 has the same key for both, as did my '89 - both 2WD.
> >
> > - Ron Salmon
> >  The Bus Depot, Inc.
> >  www.busdepot.com
> >  (215)  234-VWVW
> >
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> >
>