Do any of you autists use the fuel cap holder thing while filling up?

Do any of you autists use the fuel cap holder thing while filling up?

yes, my old car didn't have it and had paint scratches where it hung from the old owner.

If there is one, that's what it's there for

holy shit so that's what that notch is

I would if I had one, just has the plastic strap.

why the fuck wouldn't you? that's what it's for. that's like asking "does anybody else use the hood prop to hold up their hood??"

>Not sticking it under the nozzle lever when it doesn't have the locking tab.

I don't see the locking tab there, Do you stand there while you refill like a cuck?

> not holding the hood up with your head
> current year

Some states have mandated that they be removed.

It's considered a fire hazard, once the tank reaches full it can cause excess fuel to splash back at you.

In Canada not all gas stations have those awesome locking levers to keep the nozzle lever depressed so you can fill up hands-free. Its retarded, some stations of the same brand will have it, some wont.

pic related

You can stuff the fuel cap in the handle to get the same effect anyway.

That's what I was getting at.

Most normal cars (read: not german) will have gas caps where you can wedge it under the filler nozzle lever and fill the tank up.

Mercedes gas caps fit into the return spring for the fuel door, so you can accidentally close it without returning the gas cap to its original position. BMW filler caps are neat though, pic related.

"CAN'T accidentally close it" for the Mercedes. Pic related

My dad's Taurus has a plastic retainer so you cant "lose" the filler cap, but it has no real holder/rest for the filler cap so it just dangles there. And of course the plastic ford used for the retainer hook-thing broke like 10 years ago, so I usually put the filler cap onto the pump itself.

I don't have one.

>drive new ferd
>my children will ask their poor friends someday why they have to screw on a cap to their gas tank

>used to drive 94 Taurus
>threads rusted out
>just kind of place the cap there when I'm done fueling up
That thing was a tank though. It's a shame the transmission shat out, that engine had a lot of life left in it.

I put it on the roof.

>someday
so you're saying the technology is going away, just a one time thing?

I don't think you understood my post. New fords don't have gas caps. My children will be used to not having gas caps until they see some old shitbox their friends might drive. Technology is improving, so you will see less cars with traditional caps in the future.

Someone post the god tier twingo filler cap holder

My girlfriend has a Fiesta and I'm always worried that the capless tank is going to make sabotage way easier.

How so? The easy fuel rejects improper gas nozzles, so she won't accidentally fill it with diesel, and dequantrius wont siphon my gas out.

I'm not sure how you could sabotage them in a way you couldn't do to traditional fuel tank, but much easier.

>and dequantrius wont siphon my gas out.
how do you get bad gas out of the tank then?

you get the experts at your dealership do that for you.

By not putting it in in the first place. Is it really a commonplace problem that you need to frequently drain your fuel tank?

So what happens when it inevitably fails to seal and causes a check engine light. Is it a $10 fix like a new cap or is it a $500+ dealer visit for an entire assembly that's proprietary to Ford?

Yes sir.

>how do you get bad gas out of the tank then?

>shit people who cant wrench say

It definitely won't rust out and cost even more than that, so I'm pretty happy with it.

Sorry that advancements in technology make you salty. Perhaps they should use you to de-ice the roads next winter.

Ford is Overpriced garbage and those things get stuck and broken regulary. You're an autistic who is trying to justify a stupid decision over spending on a domestic when you could have gotten a much more capable import for less money.

I like how you call me autistic and then sperg out about my car. Stay salty, ice-boy

>tfw drive a 4th gen f body with one of those strapless caps that hisses at you when you open it
I literally have to put my cap in my pocket

What do you drive?

Still worried about my car? You're getting creepy user.

>advancements in technology
>ferd
JUST

you clearly have an rs dude, like it's not even hard to recognize that stupid nitrous blue paint

That's an incredibly autistic thing to notice. It's also a stock image I googled to describe what I was talking about. Go to bed, and stop spazzing out about other people's cars.

It really is creepy.

>a-advanced technology

This is like upgrading your processor six months after buying it brand new to get an extra 2fps in "call of skyrim: cinderella girls by from software", only the new one is a less efficient, more failure prone model

In the echelon of advancements, full of things like fuel injection, remote start, and throttle-by-wire, this is laggy infotainment system tier. Supposedly a status symbol, supposedly better, worse than working out your own damn system that's infinitely more reliable and just as efficient

of course

Did you have a stroke, or are you just on meth?

>realize the thing you praise is fucking retarded
>Maybe if I act like what my demented nerd brain thinks a regular person is my opinion will have more value
>uhhhhh, ur a creep, salt, XD
>Come off as a sperg archdemon from /v/

Are you so butthurt about your favorite gimmick being garbage that you can't comprehend basic analogies?

Is the frothing rage you experience over having an unreliable fuel entry point rendering you incapable of logical thought?

Are you a faggot?

of course you are, you bought a turd*

*TL note: turd means ford

I'm not on a personal crusade for or against this thing. It's just entertaining to watch you go at me like a rabid dog.

1) i'm not that guy
2) this is a board for car enthusiast
3) the rs is the most hyped hatchback this decade

you're a fucking moron

calm down kid
you're not doing yourself any favors

What the hell does the rs have to do with anything? Fucking moron.

I'm as dispassionate about this as you, brah

Actually, I'm not, because you're probably seething with rage right now. Better stop posting and go outside to cool down. Maybe the fumes from your leaky gas gap will help.

>I'm as dispassionate about this as you, brah
I think we both know that's an absolute fabrication. Are you still wondering what I drive so you can rage at that too?

jesus fuck, i really hope you're just a troll. it's literally a chore for you to comprehend more than one post at a time.

The only person who cared about the rs is you. It's literally a chore for you to forget about something that only you care about. Just like mr gas cap autist(you)

Different person. No, I just want you to know that your novelty gas gap is shit.

>absolute fabrication
The only fabrication here is you having the mental capacity to know anything. You can't even tell anons with radically different posting styles apart.

Posting in two different styles isn't hard to do. But your post times give you away.

Oh great, you're a schizo autist

>people are posting more than a minute apart on this slow board
>it's like they're all doing things other than paying attention to me

Goodbye

Enjoy your novelty gas cap when it fails in 10 years and all the "luddite" (or whatever the fuck you'll call them) cars can still be fueled

It's clear that you're still the same guy. If you maybe refrained from the same petty insults for your second character, you would have had a better time.

It's really not hard to believe that there's only one guy on at 3AM with a vendetta against capless fuel tanks when all of his posts are slightly over a minute apart. But you said that part for me.

I hope next time you learn to be a little more subtle.

>I'm always worried that the capless tank is going to make sabotage way easier.
It's just as easy to sabotage one with a cap. There aren't locking caps around for most cars because of seal differences to prevent the CEL from appearing. It's still just as easy for anyone to take a handful of dirt and toss it on the fuel entry and then use a stick to poke some of the dirt into the opening to make sure it goes down into the tank.

Teens do that at high school if they don't like someone. All it takes is one or more people to stand by to block the view while on person puts the dirt in.

>his vehicle still has a fuel cap

I have never seen one of those before. But then, this is britain, where cars don't need 500 gallon fuel tanks because we get double-digit MPGs.

There's an adapter that's included with the car, 'in case you run out of fuel'.
There are also specialist services that drain and refill fuel tanks.

Why would you need to do it, though? You can't put diesel in it, and just don't buy 'bad' gas.

>not just opening the hood all the way to the windshield

Reminder that your gallon is larger. 1 UK gallon is 1.2 US gallons.

My car doesn't have one :(

my car don't have one

i use it whenever its not broken off or dry rotted.

i just put it on top of my shitbox i dont care

All but one station (that I know of) in my area has removed them.
I don't know the reason, but I assume some retard had a Zoolander-tier fuckup with one or something

you are both autistic shut the fuck up about ferds, no one cares

I'm glad you came in to settle an argument from several hours ago. This thread really needed that.

>Do you use the fuel cap holder thing while filling up?
Yes, it not only keeps the cap from scratching the body of the car as it hangs from the strap, but keeps the cap clean. If the cap touches the side of the car, it might pick up a few grains of dirt or dust. Screwed back into place, those bits of dirt might fall into the hole leading to the tank. Thus, over the years, I could introduce some dirt (as little as it was) into the tank that is unnecessary. If there was no fuel filter, that single grain of dirt could travel to the injector and alter its spray pattern.

>In Canada not all gas stations have those awesome locking levers to keep the nozzle lever depressed so you can fill up hands-free.


A local gas station got rid of them because some vandals would put in a dollar at the self-pay kiosk and then put the pump handle on the ground to make a big pool of gasoline mess. Luckily nothing catches on fire. After like a month of complaints, the station returned the handle locking levers but got rid of all the self-pay kiosks where you can put in cash to pay for gas. Now, you have to use a card at the pump (surcharge fee of 50 cents plus 10 cents per gallon) or go into the store to pay cash before you can pump gas.

Mine doesn't have one, I just stick it in the stake pocket on my bed because the plastic strap broke

>Reminder that your gallon is larger. 1 UK gallon is 1.2 US gallons.
Fuel is sold by the litre anyway. I don't have to spend ages filling my car's fuel tank. Sure, it's boring, but it doesn't take so long I can just wander off and do stuff while it's filling without wasting time after it goes *clunk* and stops. I think it's 5 minutes, but it's hard to track time standing there watching the numbers tick along.

Much quicker for my motorbike, which also doesn't need filling as often. Somewhere between 80 and 100MPG, with the downside of that same gallon also being the range because it's a 125cc starter bike.
But hey, it's fun enough to buzz around twisty roads while I learn how to not die.

>dollar
What guys we got 400ml of gasoline here, it's a fucking disaster!

My fuel cap comes completely off and isn't tethered to the car. I place it upside-down on my canvas top then hold it under the nozzle when I pull out to prevent spillage.

>how do you get bad gas out of the tank then?
fuel line +hot wire to electric fuel pump if it's inline, attach line to your own if it isn't.

get to the back of the bus fag.

It's spread out all over the entire base of the pump. The vandals don't look for a drain to dump it. They lay the nozzle at the base of the pump, thus gasoline has gotten all over even inside the pump housing and is on both sides of the island. A little bit over 1/3 gallon of gasoline actually spreads out over enough area to block access to three lanes of the gas station since no one is going to park next to the gasoline spill.

I do. I'm not letting it hang and scratch the paint.

Merc had one and I'd use it
Toyota doesn't have one

Have you used one of them before? It's not exactly rocket science. Literally a spring loaded metal flap.

I haven't owned a vehicle with a fuel cap since 2010. I did when I had one.

>excess fuel to splash back at you.

Automatic shutoffs required. Crazy old ladies that hold the nozzle lever always try to squeeze 'just a bit more' into the tank and slop excess all over the ground.

>use the fuel cap holder thing
>fuel cap

No. I just stuff the rag in my back pocket while filling up.

Not him, but I live in northern Europe and none of the pumps I've used have had locking nozzles (triggers?). So what I do instead when I fill up my work car is I stick my work phone (a small dumbphone) in between the trigger so that it keeps the fuel flowing, and I clean the windows or something while it fills up. Totally safe, I know.

>use the fuel cap holder
It's better than losing the cap or forgetting it is on the roof of the car (out of sight out of mind). I don't have a tether for the cap as it broke long ago.

if your car key is long in enough you can use it to hold the lever up

i used to do it with my old civic key but now i have a keyless car so :/

>using a cell phone at a gas station

>Accepting photons in your corneas at a gas station

>not using your fully erect member to hold the hood open

My car does not have a fuel cap

>My car does not have a fuel cap
Get a MAGA cap for it then.

My Toyota had one but it was in a place where you then couldn't put the fuel nozzle in the car.
So you put it in, hit it with the nozzle, which is bigger in the UK, weirdly, and then the cap fell, swung and hit the rear fender.