Gas price side effect; ALERT!!!

[Balog]

Unsurprisingly, most of the people caught for repeated drive-offs were coming up from Lawrence, MA, a place that would be improved by bulldozing it.

FTFY

[Bob F.]

So I shouldn't tell people to pay attention to their plates because "everybody" knows about it? Maybe I just know a lot more clueless people than my esteemed APS colleauges. Sis comes to mind.

Bob

[Hawkmoon]

When in doubt:

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/autos/gastheft.asp

[The Annoyed Man]

One of our customers had 65 gallons of diesel(@ $4.75ish/gallon) drained out of her truck as it sat in our (GMC dealership) lot overnight last week.The thieves didn't get the stuff in the trucks' tanks.They drained the aux.tank mounted in the bed.Other (construction) customers are reporting the same kinds of thing.Some are even pulling construction equipment off the job & taking them back to the barn overnight.The extra loss of production is cheaper than the hassle of buying & hauling extra fuel to the job site each day.
It's gonna get a lot worse.

[Gewehr98]

Depends where you are, I guess.  All of the stations in my neck of the woods allow one to pump first, then pay inside. 

I almost wish somebody would siphon my gas tank, just to see how far they got with the stuff in their vehicle before it seized up.   

[The Annoyed Man]

I call BS on the OP.  Gas thieves either cover or remove license plates if they do anything at all.  Just more fodder for the already paranoid.

[AmbulanceDriver]

I know an anecdote does not a crime spree make, but we had this exact situation described in the OP happen here in town today.   I work up at a 911 center, and a gas station called in to report a no-pay.  They ran the plates from the vehicle, only to find out that the plates had been reported stolen a couple hours earlier....  And they were taken some time overnight.  Did they steal the plates just to do a no-pay?  who knows.  but they were definitely a factor in this particular crime.

[BlueStarLizzard]

unless the theives are taking plates from the same make/model and color of the car, i wouldn't worry to much.

i would think that siphoning gas would be easier then running from gas stations. but, then again, i'm not a criminal, so who knows.

[charby]

Gas price side effect; ALERT!!!

The only alert I have is the fact my extra money each month has gotten smaller. $4.04 a gallon here for regular unleaded (87 octane non ethanol), $72.00 is what a fillup is going to cost me. In 2002 it would have cost $22.00.

[Manedwolf]

Gas price side effect; ALERT!!!

The only alert I have is the fact my extra money each month has gotten smaller. $4.04 a gallon here for regular unleaded (87 octane non ethanol), $72.00 is what a fillup is going to cost me. In 2002 it would have cost $22.00.

If they put those profanity-ticket things from Demolition Man on gas pumps, they'd make a fortune.

[Dope]

Unsurprisingly, most of the people caught for repeated drive-offs were coming up from Lawrence, MA, a place that would be improved by bulldozing it.

Agreed.

Dope

[charby]

Gas price side effect; ALERT!!!

The only alert I have is the fact my extra money each month has gotten smaller. $4.04 a gallon here for regular unleaded (87 octane non ethanol), $72.00 is what a fillup is going to cost me. In 2002 it would have cost $22.00.

If they put those profanity-ticket things from Demolition Man on gas pumps, they'd make a fortune.

Shush! Don't give any tax loving nanny controlling liberals any ideas.

[Manedwolf]

Gas price side effect; ALERT!!!

The only alert I have is the fact my extra money each month has gotten smaller. $4.04 a gallon here for regular unleaded (87 octane non ethanol), $72.00 is what a fillup is going to cost me. In 2002 it would have cost $22.00.

If they put those profanity-ticket things from Demolition Man on gas pumps, they'd make a fortune.

Shush! Don't give any tax loving nanny controlling liberals any ideas.

True, true...I've just never heard so much.

SUV parks, guy pays, locks pump on, goes in to get a drink. Comes back, looks at total, "HOLY F S F GD F-ING F!" It was like Jay in one of the Jay and Silent Bob movies. I'm surprised the gasoline didn't ignite from the sheer level of profanity.

[Perd Hapley]

I got my tamper-proof torx set at Home Depot.  Where do you park your jalopy? 

Crackheads and people who think "stealing gas on camera" is a good idea usually aren't bright enough to buy a set, if they even know what they are.

I knows it.  Just messin' with ya.  Since I got the tools, I might as well look into that for my own rides. 

[lupinus]

side note I refuse to put a locking cap on my car.

Personally, I'd rather them just steal the damn gas the easy way then stealing my gas by cutting/ripping the filler neck or punching a hole in my gas tank.

[Firethorn]

SUV parks, guy pays, locks pump on, goes in to get a drink. Comes back, looks at total, "HOLY F S F GD F-ING F!" It was like Jay in one of the Jay and Silent Bob movies. I'm surprised the gasoline didn't ignite from the sheer level of profanity.

That's another thing you don't want to do today; I've read that 'pump stealing' is on the rise as well.  If you leave your pump, you can expect somebody to pull up, pull the pump out of your vehicle and use it to fill up theirs before putting back in yours.

[Manedwolf]

SUV parks, guy pays, locks pump on, goes in to get a drink. Comes back, looks at total, "HOLY F S F GD F-ING F!" It was like Jay in one of the Jay and Silent Bob movies. I'm surprised the gasoline didn't ignite from the sheer level of profanity.

That's another thing you don't want to do today; I've read that 'pump stealing' is on the rise as well.  If you leave your pump, you can expect somebody to pull up, pull the pump out of your vehicle and use it to fill up theirs before putting back in yours.

The hose is not that long.

[Firethorn]

The hose is not that long.

When I had my car, the hoses were long enough to stretch to the other side of the car, I didn't need to have the recepticle facing the pump.  Was really useful when there were long lines, as my primary gas station is one way only. 

If nothing else, they're long enough to stretch to the other side of the island, especially if the thief parks close.