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First time I drove through Oregon in 1989(?) I didn't know about the law there and pumped my own. The attendant when he eventually wandered over, explained it to me, but was lackadaisical about it. The next place in Oregon I got gas, I pumped my own again, and the attendant there flipped the fuck out about how I was putting him and every in a half mile radius at grave physical risk since I was not a trained professional. It was truly weird. The Jalopnik story about people there freaking out over having to pump their own gas was kinda funny. https://jalopnik.com/join-america-in...abo-1821708958
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01-11-2018, 07:33 AM | #53 |
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I wouldn't care that much about people touching my car to pump gas. I just don't like having other people do things for me, when I'm perfectly capable of doing them myself.
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01-11-2018, 07:50 AM | #54 |
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My issue with the gas thing is just that it takes so goddamn long. They never have enough pump jockeys, and so you sit in front of an empty pump waiting for someone to come over and do things that you could have done minutes ago.
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01-11-2018, 09:25 AM | #57 |
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The last, very last time I filled up in Oregon was at a station in front of a grocery store. (pumps were run by the grocery store) There were 5 fuel islands, so 10 pumps plus a the islands on the end also had diesel pumps.
There was 1 person working to pump gas. just 1!! and I swear the guy was about 87 years old. Our class A rv had a 125 gallon diesel tank, but had fill necks on both sides of the RV. Seemed convenient to be able to fill from either side of the RV, but there was a trick to it. When using the larger diameter truck nozzles, you had to open both caps to vent the tank. If you didn't, diesel would burp out of the tank, and all over the outside paint job. I told the 89 year old dude that I used to pump fuel in NJ, and filling this tank was tricky, so he let me pump my own. But he still had to come over to the pump, and "unlock it" with his special card. Did get a lot of stares from other motorists. Maybe they thought I was taking away from the 89 year old's responsibilities, or maybe they never saw a 40foot RV before at the supermarket pumps
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01-11-2018, 12:39 PM | #60 |
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Equ, if you street park your extra cars, how much headache have you with dead batteries? And tire flat spotting?
I find it fairly annoying having to think about my 3rd car's battery and drive it when I wouldn't otherwise want to. And I can't put a solar charger in the E91 without fancy wiring because the cigarette charger is off when the car is off. I need to get my system figured out, or go back to 2 cars. Last edited by rumatt; 01-11-2018 at 12:50 PM. |
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