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That’s why in Europe the gas nozzle doesn’t have the little lock - It requires that you keep pressing it. So that you avoid going back to the car, charging stat
by eastbound 4y ago
That’s why in Europe the gas nozzle doesn’t have the little lock - It requires that you keep pressing it. So that you avoid going back to the car, charging static, coming back to the nozzle and having a spark.
- rft 4y agoThis is not the case for all of Europe. At least here in Germany our gas nozzles have a lock, no need to hold it.
- Gare 4y agoI've never seen nozzle without a lock in Europe (Croatia and countries close to it).
- spacemanspiff01 4y agoParts of US have this, (where it snows and is dry enough in the winter to be an issue.)
- is_true 4y agoIt's really mind blowing learning the reason behind some design "flaws", which clearly aren't flaws