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Stripes has a full on kitchen in it with a bunch of fried items as well. I have zero problems with the local Valero hot dogs as well.
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Enourmo posted:It seems to be about 50/50 in Orlando whether a given station will have handle locks or not. That's cause you're not going to wawa. Everyone in Orlando I've been to has them. Coincidentally, they have good gas station food. Plus I fill out the surveys on the receipts and got a free $100 gift card last year, so 
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Cacafuego posted:That's cause you're not going to wawa. Everyone in Orlando I've been to has them. Coincidentally, they have good gas station food. Plus I fill out the surveys on the receipts and got a free $100 gift card last year, so this is the orlando truth
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Wild EEPROM posted:I'm glad edd left wheeler dealers. The last few seasons have not been particularly good. Anything discovery channel and company touches these days , turns into a "reality show". With the wacky hi-jinks of the moron assistant, the pranks in the shop, etc. etc. It's garbage.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI-HK-npZvg Do you put baby oil on your roads or do half the cars have bald tires?
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Cacafuego posted:wawa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2skCAIl_Ze4
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I'm gonna be really sad when the McElroys become enormously famous and turn into douchebags.
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What does the inside of a singular gas station pump hose look like? Are there three separate lines inside for 87, 89, 93? Or is it one hose and when you select 93, you're most likely getting a decent amount of 87 initially? Edit: According to the internet, 1 tube and potentially 0.22gallons for a 10' hose based on some random guys back of the envelope calculation. atothesquiz fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Mar 24, 2017 15:58
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atothesquiz posted:What does the inside of a singular gas station pump hose look like? Are there three separate lines inside for 87, 89, 93? Or is it one hose and when you select 93, you're most likely getting a decent amount of 87 initially? But I wonder if there's a one-way valve at the handle to admit air into the line? Combine this with a pump that lets fuel backflow when its shut off instead of holding pressure, a lot of the fuel in the hose could siphon back into the holding tank underground.
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Mar 24, 2017 16:23
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Its possible? However every time I've filled up the 5 gallon tank for my yard equipment, the fuel seems primed and ready to go as soon as I pull the trigger.
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There's probably transfer pump that starts pressurizing the line once you select a fuel grade, it could take a second or two, but when you finally squeeze the trigger it's primed. I worked the fuel docks at a marina through high school and the hoses there were easily 50' long. I noticed the lines stayed pressurized after the pump was shut off, and I got the genius idea to bleed the pressure into a little 1-gal jerry can I kept behind the office shack. The next boater would pay for the 'missing' fuel when I started their pump. I think 1/4 pint of fuel squirted out each time, it took a week to fill the jug and I never got the courage to walk it to the parking lot. Stupid loving scam, it would have been awesome getting fired & arrested over $4.50 worth of gas. e: have to mention, this was in the 2000s and the pumps were easily from the 60's or 70's. I'd have to sit at the pump and watch to count how many times the price odometer rolled over. :100bux::100bux::100bux::100bux::100bux: Not sure what kind of tech goes into modern fuel nozzles. NoWake fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Mar 24, 2017 |
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Powershift posted:Am i the only one here who stands right beside the nozzle the entire time it's filling, and removes it immediately after it's done? Our social democrat hellhole (or the neighboring one or the other one besides it) does not have locking nozzles, and as I understand, never has had any. How does anyone think that as a good idea?
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atothesquiz posted:fuel seems primed and ready to go as soon as I pull the trigger. My local stations aren't ready as soon as I hit the trigger, but I'm in CA so it might be affected by clean air laws - pressurized hose as a possible source of gasoline vapors or something? I know nothing about gas pumps but boy howdy the local CA ones are really intense about covering any gap between nozzle and gas tank filler neck because otherwise vapors might escape.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:otherwise vapors might escape.
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Der Kyhe posted:Our social democrat hellhole (or the neighboring one or the other one besides it) does not have locking nozzles, and as I understand, never has had any. How does anyone think that as a good idea? In 20 years of pumping gas in the US I've have a pump overflow once. Seems like a pretty good record and so I'm not concerned about the safely of latching. If you drive off with the nozzle in your car, aknowledge that you're a space cadet and pay more attention in the future; you're probably doing some minor damage to your car to help you remember, anyway. Around me (Northern Virginia is where I pump 95% of my gas) all the pumps have stage 2 vapor recovery systems that suck vapors back to the underground tank. The hose has a supply and vapor return line internally.  They're phasing them out I guess since cars have internal vapor recovery stuff? I dunno. Pumps, generally, have 2 pumps for the 2 tanks, one of 87 octane and one of 93. They mix these together, or don't, to get the grade of gas you select. The hose is whatever was last in there up to the valve in the handle. There's the metering hardware and the electronics and that's about it. This one is pretty simple: 
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glynnenstein posted:In 20 years of pumping gas in the US I've have a pump overflow once. Seems like a pretty good record and so I'm not concerned about the safely of latching. If you drive off with the nozzle in your car, aknowledge that you're a space cadet and pay more attention in the future; you're probably doing some minor damage to your car to help you remember, anyway. Wait... so the pump is actually STEALING my gas? Also what's up fellow NOVA goon?
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It came up on Cartalk about a million years ago that you could connivingly depress the handle of the pump and drain the hose of remaining fuel after you finish pumping. That way you get the bonus gas from the person who pumped ahead of you and the bonus gas you would leave behind for the next person. This breaks the social contract. e: Anderson Sunoco on Lee Highway at Harrison St in N. Arlington is where I get basically all my gas (at 5:45am heading to work, late).
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I'll stop trying to drain the hose into my tank when the hose stops trying to drip gas down the side of my car when I remove the nozzle.
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glynnenstein posted:It came up on Cartalk about a million years ago that you could connivingly depress the handle of the pump and drain the hose of remaining fuel after you finish pumping. That way you get the bonus gas from the person who pumped ahead of you and the bonus gas you would leave behind for the next person. Oh poo poo, I remember that episode! You should check out Duck Donuts next time you get gas. On topic: Seven Corners is terrible car stuff. Link for all you not NOVA goons - https://goo.gl/maps/G2U6UrVMPVq
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glynnenstein posted:It came up on Cartalk about a million years ago that you could connivingly depress the handle of the pump and drain the hose of remaining fuel after you finish pumping. That way you get the bonus gas from the person who pumped ahead of you and the bonus gas you would leave behind for the next person. Also featured in Steal This Book.
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GAS STATION FOOD When I was 13 we lived in South Dakota and there was a gas station about a mile from my house that had the most amazing pizza by the slice. It was so good that every slice I've eaten since doesn't measure up.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:
I commuted through there daily for a year and a half  I'm not sure if my current commute on bus+metro is better or worse 
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glynnenstein posted:It came up on Cartalk about a million years ago that you could connivingly depress the handle of the pump and drain the hose of remaining fuel after you finish pumping. That way you get the bonus gas from the person who pumped ahead of you and the bonus gas you would leave behind for the next person. IIRC, the conclusion was that you'd get such a minuscule amount that not only would you be an rear end in a top hat, you'd be a weird rear end in a top hat.
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There used to be an old guy around here who used the pump hose gas to run his moped. He'd sit patently and wait for each pump to get used and push the moped from pump to pump.
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Rhyno posted:GAS STATION FOOD Was it a Casey's by chance? I'll grab a slice there when I'm on the road and need lunch.
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xzzy posted:I'll stop trying to drain the hose into my tank when the hose stops trying to drip gas down the side of my car when I remove the nozzle. Ya gotta shake it afore ya stash it. Didnt yo daddy teach you
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Colostomy Bag posted:Anyone here actually eaten a gas station hot dog or burrito? QuikTrip, but that's basically cheating.
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Eat This Glob posted:Was it a Casey's by chance? I'll grab a slice there when I'm on the road and need lunch. Casey's taco pizza 4 lyfe. 
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A Casey's just opened about 5 minutes from me. Gonna have to check that out.
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Gas pump nozzles are designed not to release the gas in the hose unless the pump is running, providing pressure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3phjAQZdGg So, you can't really go around getting the last bit of gas out of the hose, since the valve won't release any gas unless the pump is running.
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Exactly. You can't dump the hose. That's bullshit. The moped guy story sounds either fake, or he's getting maybe 1/2 an oz from the tip of the nozzle and having to do it 200 times (because mopeds generally carry a gallon)
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Well I saw him doing it, so you know... believe me or don't.
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LongDarkNight posted:Do you put baby oil on your roads or do half the cars have bald tires? Rain can be a rare thing in Australia during summer, so as soon as the first rains hit the roads, weeks of oil/slimy grime rises to the top and causes instant oversteer. Of course young drivers/P Platers in RWD cars don't realise that. I'm not sure what was going on with the Micra though.
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That happens in Arizona too 
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Q_res posted:So Velocity is going to ruin the show trying to save a dime. Leave it to an American company to buy a golden goose just to cut it open trying to get to the eggs. Edd is exactly right. I watched Wheeler Dealers for him, not Mike. Eat This Glob posted:I pay $15 more per month on my PS Vue package to get Velocity, almost entirely for Wheeler Dealers. Love that show, mainly for Edd's work in the shop, which has been excellent at showing novice mechanics like my wife and me why he's doing what he's doing and what the function is on a part. That's a bummer, but hey, an extra $15 bucks in my pocket isn't so bad. When you cancel it, be sure and write to Velocity, and let them know why you canceled (they hosed up.) spog posted:I don't think that the recent producers understand the real appeal of the show: they seem to think that more people will want to watch if it is about flipping cars and making a few bucks. This. It's not about Mike. It's all Edd. Any fuckwit can buy and sell cars. In fact, he does.
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Someone confirm for me that you have places in America that have a single pump handle that supplies different grades of fuel? Maybe i haven't read the last page or so correctly. Because if that's true, that's the weirdest poo poo that has come out of this discussion for me. Every petrol station I've ever seen has separate nozzles for each grade. I've seen 91/95/98* and diesel all on the one machine, with four separate nozzles *We measure octane differently to you, not sure what the equivalents are.
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Memento posted:Someone confirm for me that you have places in America that have a single pump handle that supplies different grades of fuel? Maybe i haven't read the last page or so correctly. I've never seen a pump with more than 1 handle unless it also supplies diesel and I've been in like 20 states so far.
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You Am I posted:Rain can be a rare thing in Australia during summer, so as soon as the first rains hit the roads, weeks of oil/slimy grime rises to the top and causes instant oversteer.  or  depending on your mood at the time.Buhbuhj posted:I've never seen a pump with more than 1 handle unless it also supplies diesel and I've been in like 20 states so far.
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Memento posted:Someone confirm for me that you have places in America that have a single pump handle that supplies different grades of fuel? Maybe i haven't read the last page or so correctly. Yeah, I just bought gas today at a pump with three grades and one hose. Most of them are like that here. If you're buying 10 gallons, a couple ounces of the wrong grade left in the hose don't make any difference.
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Most gas stations built/remodeled since the mid-2000s have a single handle. Multiple pump handles still exist but it's usually at small independent or way out of the way stations.
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