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Apparently, having a gas tank on the left side of your car entitles you to be a dick.

Posted by Mop (205 lbs) (aka rburriel) Feb 22 '14, 17:03

You know how it is. There's always less right-side tank pumps at the gas station. But that doesn't stop those with left-side tanks from pulling around and coming into the lane from the opposite direction.

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Try having a diesel when people only pull up and fill the two diesel islands and you have to wait with nine open pumps. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Feb 22, 18:38 6
- Oh, for sure. The diesels get a raw deal. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 18:47
- It's a polluter penalty -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 18:43 4
  - My car's cleaner than yours as it has to have the same emissions and I get 40 mpg -- nm - spamlet (droid) Feb 22, 18:45 3
    - Now that is a silly assumption. If I have a Nissan Leaf you would be a liar. -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 18:50 2
      - Spoilers. - Bacon Feb 22, 18:55 1
        
        Ah, didn't know you were one of us. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Feb 22, 19:21
In Mop's defense. We are a state that doesn't allow you to fill our own gas. Also our busier stations have arrows allowing you to only enter one way - Bacon Feb 22, 18:29 6
- He is asking to jump ahead in line of other people. Honestly, he's being the jerk. - Reagen Feb 22, 18:57 1
  - I tried to throw some misdirection Mop. They didn't go for it. You are still wrong. - Bacon Feb 22, 19:00
- Yeah, what is up with that? We have no arrows, no attendants and wide islands. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 22, 18:34 3
  - and you pay more than we do -- nm - Bacon Feb 22, 18:43 2
    - taxes -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 18:47
    - Yeah, that part does suck. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 22, 18:44
I have cars with opposite tank sides. I'm not a dick, I'm just forgetful. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 18:24 1
- also, it's not a thing. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:25
True, there's an equal number of pumps, but the left-sided cars take up all their spots and then infringe on the others. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 17:50 1
- and -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 17:59 [Backboard]
There are less? Every gas station I've ever seen has had an equal number. - Will Hunting Feb 22, 17:30 6
- I figured he meant open ones? -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 17:31 5
  - I'm having trouble even picturing a station like he's upset about...much less finding the ability to be outraged even the slightest bit. - Will Hunting Feb 22, 17:33 3
    - Right. This is not a thing that has even entered my mind to be worried about. Gas pumps are not a thing that is "handed". -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:45 2
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      - This. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 22, 17:45
  - even if - first come, first served. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 17:32
so pull around and use the other side of the pump. - Reagen Feb 22, 17:29 6
- They're all full. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 17:51 5
  - so -- (link) - Reagen Feb 22, 17:57 [Backboard] 4
    - Ah, the dick's mantra. I got here first, so screw you. - Mop (205 lbs) Feb 22, 18:12 3
      - this is not a rule anywhere. - Reagen Feb 22, 18:24 1
        
        (one wonders how you deal with old school cars with the tank opening under the license plate) -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 18:29
      - If a gas station ever enforced if I'm pulling in, incorrectly...I'm never spending another dime there. - Will Hunting Feb 22, 18:18
all the gas stations in NV have islands and service left & right side gas tanks -- nm - peglegpete Feb 22, 17:28
Thinks a moment...Hey waitaminnit... - JD Feb 22, 17:19
There's such a thing as "right-side tank pumps"? -- nm - Ender Feb 22, 17:19 5
- Most gas stations you enter all the pumps form the same direction, so yes. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 17:20 4
  - I'm wondering if this a regional thing. Even stations that are in the middle of the street around here have two driveways so one can enter the pumps - JD Feb 22, 17:23 1
    - Guess it dpeends on pump format, too.The stations I refer to is that all the pumps are in a row so the cxars are like sitting in a row like at a drive - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 17:26
  - I know of almost no stations like that... -- nm - Ender Feb 22, 17:22 1
    - Okay, maybe it is not "most" but it is many. Figured he was talking about one of those. -- nm - Spawn Lord Feb 22, 17:24
I'm always annoyed by those that pull the hose across/around the car to the other side as it takes longer and those going around to the pump in front - zeitgeist Feb 22, 17:05

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