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11-07-2013, 06:12 PM | #37 |
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You live in one of two states where you really can't know FOR CERTAIN how much gas is in the tank after a 'fill up', because you aren't allowed to pump your own gas. Given this (and the nature of the weather there during the winter), your 'erring on the side of extreme caution' approach makes more sense in your area than it might in others.
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11-10-2013, 09:30 AM | #38 | |
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Seems to be another one of the strange laws in the U.S. I often take a canister with me on my fillup trips to Luxemburg - the ~36l are not very much cost saving :D |
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11-10-2013, 10:17 PM | #39 | |
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I think the law is ridiculous. I think it interferes with how a business owner (or corporation) wants to run a private business and how most consumers prefer to obtain the fuel for their vehicles. The impression I get is that most consumers aren't as picky as I am about the controlling the amount and assuring a fill up as I am, they just don't like that they aren't controlling the time expended aspect of the process, without any proven public good (like safety) that has to do with the actual physical operation of the business. I've had a few pump attendants (but zero consumers) tell me that safety is a reason, but I think that is BS (I'd love to see any study/research attempting to assert that point). If safety played a part, and people believed that, I think there would be more than two states out of fifty that would adopt the same requirement. The law also keeps the employee from using that time toward a pursuit that is actually valued by business owners in the marketplace, rather than their employment being forced upon said owners. Gasoline is cheaper in New Jersey than in the surrounding states (NY, PA, and DE), and my understanding is that this is largely because the gas tax in New Jersey is lower than in surrounding states, and that New Jersey makes up for this by having a much higher cigarette tax, and some other taxes are higher. If I lived in Bergen County, NJ (one of 3 New Jersey counties that shares a northern border with the State of New York), I would drive across the state line into New York to be able to pump my own gas (and pay more per gallon). Living in the New Jersey part of the Philadelphia, PA metro (as Bronsin does) would drive me crazy, not because of the physical surroundings.... Moorestown, Mt. Laurel, and a number of other towns are beautiful.... but because in order to get out of state to be able to pump my own gas I'd have to pay a toll on one of the bridges to cross the river and return . I don't know what the regulations are, neither at the federal level nor state to state re gasoline containers/canisters. I have a Yaris hatch (so no enclosed trunk) and a gas container wouldn't really fit with what I have stored behind the rear seat and under the package shelf. I have AAA road service and I'm allowed a certain number of calls before they start charging me per call. My Yaris is so reliable that all of my AAA calls within memory (not too many ) have been because I ran out of gas...and AAA brings me gas (part of the cost of my membership). |
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11-11-2013, 05:59 AM | #40 |
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I would love to be able to pump my own gas! When I was flying I pumped it myself too. The line boys who did it got tips and they worked at the airport to get money for lessons. So it was considered bad form not to let them do it.
Then one day they put Jet fuel in somebodys Bonanza and it crashed on takeoff, lucky no injuries/fatalities. That put a damper on things.... I reconcile myself to somebody else pumping my gas in that they have a job...
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11-11-2013, 10:13 AM | #41 | |
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11-11-2013, 10:23 AM | #42 |
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I just remembered that one of my AAA calls within memory (see post # 39) was for a dead battery. Not the fault of the battery or my Yaris....I played the radio for too long with the engine off .
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11-11-2013, 11:51 AM | #43 | |
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That way, I got 115l and saved 23€ - about enough for a half fillup :D However, I split the action via two stations to reduce the risk of getting caught. Tobacco is cheaper in Luxemburg, too, but I don't smoke (because I believe the soldering smoke has hurt my lungs enough already) ;) *In Germany, a single-use-bottle (and since some years even on beer/soda/water cans) deposit has been established a long time ago. E.g. France or Luxemburg don't have this, I see the result each summer when I'm on holidays in France: lots of empty bottles lying around at the beach and elsewhere. The downside is that although the deposit system claims to be uniform, lots of stores only have to accept the type of containers they sell. Returning plastic bottles is no problem anywhere, but the two stores in the suburb where I live don't sell beer etc. in cans, so I have no chance to return the empty cans of the cheap beer I like locally, instead, I have to go down into the city and get it away there. Of course you can just throw them away, but at a deposit of 0,25€ per container (!), at least I don't do this. So I buy Energy drink across the border without deposit ;) This is totally legal (as it is no tax issue); I even started collecting the aluminium cans I emptied at home (at the university, I use to throw them into the bins), but my mum recently visited me and threw them away |
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11-22-2013, 11:25 PM | #45 |
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Learn it and the Egyptian element would be added into our new Louis Vuitton iPhone 5S Case in the market.
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07-25-2014, 04:21 PM | #46 |
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*Bump*
With recent trip numbers Just back from trip out to Ohio. Outbound leg 42.73 mpg. 744 miles/One stop. Return leg 43.97 mpg. 742+ miles. One stop and a huge ( 1 hour 20 min delay for night roadwork in around Westport CT.) Reset the UltraGauge when I stopped for gas at 418 miles. I really believe that but for the delays in CT. could have been a 500 mile plus tank. or damn close. First long trip on the Hankook's @ 36 psi, much stiffer ride than the stocks at 38 psi. Question for those in PA., off the turnpike, do any of those 6 wind turbines ever turn? I have never, I mean never, never ever, seen one of those turning. BTW- I like the Yoko billboard, lol. |
07-25-2014, 05:50 PM | #47 |
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A report was released recently (by the White House, IIRC) that stated CT has the worst roads of any state. I've driven in every state except HI and AK (now with my Yaris as well), and in CT I've driven in Brandon, Enfield, Vernon, Manchester, Hartford, New Haven, Mystic, Danbury, Greenwich, the area around Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, and a fair number of other towns, as well as on I-95, I-91, I-84, and the Wilbur Cross/Merritt. If memory serves me, I've always had a pretty positive opinion (in general) about the roads in CT.....that those high taxes are going for something besides public employee pensions....jk...sort of . I can't say I've had quite as rosy an opinion about the roads in Ohio.
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07-26-2014, 11:59 AM | #48 |
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Nice to be getting 43 mpg! Im driving 6 miles to work and back and getting 37 mpg this summer and feeling pretty good about it.
Only 1000 miles since April 1st. Car is five years four months old and has 37,000 miles on it. Im 58 years old this month. Will this be my last car before the nursing home? I sure hope so!
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12-15-2014, 09:00 AM | #50 |
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Reviving this thread because I am out to Ohio this week same stuff, put the snows on this past weekend. Fresh off an oil change and bottle of Techron.
Will log the miles and see how the old egg does after 5/6 years. As always, expecting 40-42mpg outbound, running at night at colder temps. Will be nice to fill up for $25. Just under 60k on the car. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you! Drive safe! |
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