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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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Is it possible to siphon gas out of the GS4 tank?

just wondering because i might be needing to show at spocom.. but i already filled the tank yesterday hah.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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yea have to pull out your back seat and take all the bolts off ... Not hard but time consuming ..

Most shows hardly look at that though ... or you can pay someone 30-40 to shut their face lol
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 05:09 PM
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hermm iono if i go its gunna be in a vender booth... hermm
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 07:54 AM
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that happened to me before and i thought it was just easier to just go for a drive.. you have a gs4 and so reving in sport mode and driving around and it'll kill your gas quick.. i have a gs3 it took forever..
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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i went for a good 10-15 pulls on the highway and it pretty much emptied my tank lol.

As for siphoning, the car has an anti siphon setup in the fuel filler tube. Basically instead of a straight path down, theres a series of bends so that other people can't jack your fuel lol.

What I would suggest you do is to get to the show with as little fuel as you can. Prepare for this 1-2 days before the show. Just let it idle in your driveway as you're detailing it or something. Then also have a buddy bring a 5 gal tank of gas because the gas stations around those shows usually know that everyone there leaves with 1/4 or less tank of fuel. They jack up the prices big time because everyone usually fills up after the show.
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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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ok guys scratch that. we got a e92 M3 to replace me hehe no more worrying about detailing the car or anything.

Gs4's are pretty fuel efficient.. 20-21 mpg highway.. lol
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Old Jun 13, 2009 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Just let it idle in your driveway as you're detailing it or something.
with the a/c on
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