Lazy way to pump gas

[slickpoppa]

I don't know what's more pathetic, the fact that you thought you were so cool for "discovering" this, or the fact that you decided to make a thread about it.

[21times20]

as a former gas station employee i can assure you all that the auto-shutoff feature malfunctioning and pouring gas all over cars, people, and the ground happens much more often than most people think. i am also fairly certain that wedging something in the handle is far more likely to increase the likelihood of spillage than it is to help it, although it is certainly possible that it has no effect at all (it certainly has less of an effect than pulling up with your gas tank on the wrong side of your SUV and stretching the hose over the top of your truck so that it barely reaches your tank)

i would also like to add that if a gas spill does occur the chances that the gas station employee on duty will care enough to clean it up at all, much less in an environmentally responsible way, is quite low

[edfurlong]

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I don't know what's more pathetic, the fact that you thought you were so cool for "discovering" this, or the fact that you decided to make a thread about it.

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Its the first I've heard of it. Of course I live in commieville now so it doesn't really help me.

[Emmitt2222]

I haven't done the trick in OP, but I can say that I use the latch thing. I am paranoid and never want to leave it, for fear of it overflowing. Just my [censored] luck. I live in NJ, but I was in NY and I need to pee so I leave the latch on and go to pee. I come back and the gas isn't flowing anymore, but there is a streak of gas down the side of my car and a large puddle under my tire. [censored]! I used the window cleaning stuff to get the gas off my car and I left, never to leave that auto pump on unattended ever again.