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3catwoman3

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42. I would also rather wait, so I usually do.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 10:34 AM
7 hrs ago

At our local Costco, most of the customers are polite and patient, and typically wait for both cars at the pump(s) to finish and leave so the next 2 cars in line can pull in without having to squeeze thru the middle space and then awkwardly back in to the first pump.

Sometimes, the attendants put out the orange traffic cones in that middle space so people have to wait. I like it when they do that - safer, IMO.

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Rita Rudner says she has a car with a rotating gas tank. House of Roberts 20 hrs ago #1
She is priceless Raven123 10 hrs ago #26
Unless you own many cars, PoindexterOglethorpe 20 hrs ago #2
My Subaru is on the passenger side UpInArms 20 hrs ago #6
I also have a Subaru and it's the first car I've ever owned with the gas tank on the passenger side dflprincess 18 hrs ago #13
Yup, Vw has the tank on the passenger side mwmisses4289 18 hrs ago #20
Rental cars PJMcK 17 hrs ago #23
So convenient when you're in a rental. Phoenix61 20 hrs ago #3
That seems very odd. I don;t know that I'd have thought to look there. 3catwoman3 20 hrs ago #7
I don't remember. It was a cheap rental around 1989.nt Phoenix61 20 hrs ago #8
Was it an Audi? littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #48
I don't think so. Seems a little high end for Hertz. Phoenix61 5 hrs ago #49
Seems unlikely... littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #50
That's one of those common-sense fixes-- viva la 20 hrs ago #4
My brilliant idea - I've long thought French onion soup... 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #43
Just so long as you realize True Dough 1 hr ago #53
What a great trivia question. 3catwoman3 20 hrs ago #5
I get my gas at BJs Delarage 17 hrs ago #24
I would rather wait a few minutes to not have to drag the hose across the car. MichMan 8 hrs ago #35
I would also rather wait, so I usually do. 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #42
I got a loaner Subaru, and was looking for the gas cap release lever. There was none. usonian 20 hrs ago #9
Gas tank cover release Old Crank 18 hrs ago #14
Mine is on the sdfernando 20 hrs ago #10
Mine is on the driver's side. CentralMass 19 hrs ago #11
My '72 Chevy Nova didn't have that problem. LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #12
I remember those. Old Crank 18 hrs ago #15
My dad had a '57 Bel Air dflprincess 18 hrs ago #16
Woah. LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #19
Yep. I also had one and that is where it was. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #27
Making it vulnerable to leaking after a rear end collision MichMan 8 hrs ago #33
Borrowed a friends car to do an errand. Old Crank 18 hrs ago #17
I never noticed Moylan's Arrow before this article. I'm looking forward to finding it in our two vehicles. summer_in_TX 18 hrs ago #18
I'd never realized it either until a George Takei post 10 + years ago underpants 9 hrs ago #28
Mine used to be in my driver's side rear fin on my '57 Chevy then moniss 18 hrs ago #21
We learned this trick a few years ago when we had a rental. LisaM 18 hrs ago #22
Ford is backwards of other makes. Ford puts their Emile 10 hrs ago #25
Neither of my Mustangs have either of those padfun 9 hrs ago #29
Maybe it's just on the Ford Escape? I had several Ford pickup trucks Emile 9 hrs ago #30
My Ford Freestyle was on the right side. My biggest gripe after the screwed up CVT transmission. ... marble falls 8 hrs ago #31
Every car I have ever owned has had it on the passenger side where it belongs MichMan 8 hrs ago #32
I believe it's on that side because it was built for the Japanese market JohnnyRingo 8 hrs ago #36
Pretty certain my Volkswagen's and Ford's were not built for the Japanese market. MichMan 8 hrs ago #37
UK, Australia, India, China, and Japan. JohnnyRingo 8 hrs ago #38
I live in the US MichMan 8 hrs ago #39
Let's put it this way.... JohnnyRingo 7 hrs ago #40
I try and get gas from Costco when I can MichMan 7 hrs ago #44
Wait! I've never been to Costco. JohnnyRingo 6 hrs ago #45
Gas station lot is one way only MichMan 6 hrs ago #46
My Jensen Healey had the filler in the center Old Crank 7 hrs ago #41
It's funny you mentioned that this week. He just died on Dec 11th. JohnnyRingo 8 hrs ago #34
I picked it up from Hacker News. usonian 2 hrs ago #52
I have two cars and one side the tanks on the left the other the right side kimbutgar 6 hrs ago #47
for work markie 2 hrs ago #51
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