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Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:13:31 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
Comments: To: Abel Longoria <houstonphotog@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CACrM94KfGeAmup6mXGYNsN8LKeWtpXZ7j5v5ReCqydD6jZajyw@mail.gmail.com>
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My 83.5 had a separate GasKey my 90 does not ~

ORR ~ DeanB

On 20 Jun , 2014, at 8:17 AM, Abel Longoria wrote:

> I went to a VW show and shine get together here in Houston this past > weekend and actually met Steve.. He's located here in the area and I didn't > know of him or what he did etc until he told me. I'm very new to the VW > scene.. hehe. > > Anyways he asks me about my keys and I show him the original key on my key > ring and explain that it opens all of the doors, hatch and gas cap. He > says... uh its not suppose to open the gas cap. > > doh! > > I stuck my key in the cap turned it and it unlocked and came off. Steve > said, yea... its not supposed to work that way. hehe. I thought it was > supposed to. I figured thats how they worked and that everyones key opened > their own gas cap. > > guess not. > > Abel > www.DasMotoClub.com > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > >> ---- Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote: >>> >>>> . >>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a >> law >>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas >>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and >> sit >>>> there while he/she pumps it,... >>> >>> >>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key, card & I'm >>> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her >>> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the >>> key.... It didn't break. >>> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>. >>> >>> Rob >>> vwrobb@gmail.com >> >> Whenever in Oregon I always open and close the gas cap myself. No >> attendant has ever refused to allow that. I also ran into self service in >> Oregon, though I was not allowed to use it. There was (at least in 2012) a >> chain of stations where members of the public could pay a small amount of >> money to buy a "share" of the company. Then they were allowed to fill >> their own tanks at those stations. In fact, there wasn't even an employee >> present at the station. The pump was unlocked with a code. I don't know >> if these stations are still operating. >> -- >> David McNeely >>


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