How Far Have YOU Gone on "E"

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Originally Posted by Kar98

> What would happen if you just started filling it yourself ?

The attendant will come running and literally act as if you were in the actual process of setting the whole damn station on fire, because nobody but a pimply high school kid could possibly possess the kind of advanced training necessary to operate a fuel pump safely. And then they look at you like YOU are the idiot. At least that's how it is in Oregon. YMMV.

On the thread subject, as soon as I notice the last bar blinking, I get gas. That means usually no more than 20 miles. Once I did 30 miles and was sweating bullets. People do get run over all the time here in Dallas, when they run out of gas on the highway.

LOL. I once asked the clerk at a motel I stayed in in Medford why Oregon has that law. He told me it is because the state doesn't want those jobs lost re increasing the unemployment rate. He also mentioned that the state likes that the job of attendant can help people re entry into the workforce. My understanding is the law exists in New Jersey for similar reasons.

Screenprintr's post, to me, offered me the perfect situation to ask those questions as I specifically wanted to know how far they would take the situation. I once (in '06 '07 '09 or '10 -- can't remember which year at this moment) pulled into a gas station in Bedminster, NJ very late at night, parked as far away from the attendant station as I could and, after getting most of the way through the fill-up, the attendant came running up and explained that self service wasn't allowed. I said "Sorry" and pointed to my California plate. I'm just wondering what the consequences would have been had I had New Jersey plates, or for Screenprintr had he not waited, but rather fueled himself and finished and drove away before the 5 minutes it took for the attendant to be free.