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Old 11-01-10, 09:26 PM
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which gas stations are you guys talking about? Ive only been to 76 gasstations and they all had the latch still
Old 11-01-10, 10:51 PM
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Hm ya, all the Shells I've been to in SJ still have the latch
Old 11-01-10, 11:30 PM
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The Chevron's and Shell's I've been to recently do have them removed. It is a waste of time to stand there holding the handle, so the last couple of times I just propped in a quarter to hold it open. Hadn't thought of the using the gas cap (can't with the Lexus and BMW caps since they are tethered), plus it's small and not as noticeable.
Old 11-01-10, 11:32 PM
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So what's the story behind this?
Old 11-01-10, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sleeper408
So what's the story behind this?
I think I recall reading that a certain brand of nozzles (SVP?) were not shutting off correctly causing overflows. So the gas stations were ordered to have the latch removed for the time being.
Old 11-01-10, 11:42 PM
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mine came back today! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Old 11-02-10, 07:06 PM
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I think they do this on purpose to annoy us. Or maybe they do this so we wont have time to go inside the store and load up on sugar. The fight for obesity begins LOL.
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