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What's wrong with pulling up to the wrong side of the pump? I do it all the time when the petrol station is busy, just pull the hose over to the other side and

by jstanley 10mo ago

What's wrong with pulling up to the wrong side of the pump? I do it all the time when the petrol station is busy, just pull the hose over to the other side and fuel the car anyway.

CoastalCoder 10mo ago
The hose won't always reach.
- jstanley 10mo ago
  In my experience that's only true in TV adverts from my childhood. I've never had one unable to reach in real life.
  - cromka 10mo ago
    Try in Europe
    - paganel 10mo ago
      I'm in Europe, in case you're on the "wrong" side of the pump you just have to make sure that you park the car a little further, so you'd get the pump hose through the back and on to the other side without scratching the car's paint. That's all it is to it. I'm from Romania and I've driven (and hence re-fueled) my car all the way from Bretagne, France, to Peloponnese, Greece, never had a problem. I also don't know anything about any "arrow" signalling anything in my dashboard, maybe it's only on the US-made cars, I wouldn't know cause I generally know on which side I have to fuel my car.
      - bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        I'm also in Europe, I drive a ford, and the only fuel arrow on my dash actually points to the wrong side for filling
        lproven 10mo ago
        Petrol or diesel?
        LtWorf 10mo ago
        You have a car that runs on raw petrol?
        lproven 10mo ago
        I do not know where you are in the world but in the homeland of the English language, Britain and most of its direct (former!) colonies, "petrol" is the stuff cars and motorbikes run on and "diesel" is the stuff agricultural vehicles and heavy plant (lorries, buses) runs on. "Gas" is a phase of matter along with "liquid", "solid", and "plasma" and that is all the bare noun means. "Natural gas", and the obsolete "coal gas"/"town gas", are fuels, but for heating/cooking/light not vehicles as a rule, but generally we'd talk about propane, butane, etc. We never, ever use "gasoline" or the Germanic "benzene" for this. Benzene is a specific chemical here, never ever a fuel.
        mjmas 10mo ago
        Here in Australia 'gas' as a fuel always means LPG (liquified petroleum gas = propane/butane). And it is getting rarer for cars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing-from-roads-gas-renewable-fuel-vehicles/102236128 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing...
        bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Hence the expression "now you're cooking with gas" That must confuse the hell out of the yanks
        bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Oh I'm a week late but diesel
      - stavros 10mo ago
        Agreed about never having a problem with this, but our cars either have the arrow, or the hose in the icon is on the side of the car that has the tank cover. This has been true for all cars I've seen here.
    - looperhacks 10mo ago
      I live in Europe, never encountered a problem.
    - gambiting 10mo ago
      I'm in Europe, the hoses always reach to the other side of the car just fine. Or maybe you know, remember that Europe isn't one country and actually say where you are.
      - Podrod 10mo ago
        Try in The World
    - LtWorf 10mo ago
      I live in europe. It does reach the other side.
  - lazide 10mo ago
    Apparently you have a tiny car? I’ve never had a vehicle (even a small Subaru) that they reached.
  - CoastalCoder 10mo ago
    I should clarify. The hose probably reaches when the rear of the car is adjacent to where the hose connects to the pump. (I only drive my normal passenger cars, not trucks.) But I'm me not in the habit of doing that, because it doesn't usually matter for me.
tpoacher 10mo ago
just because there's nothing particularly wrong with only getting the usb in on the 3rd try doesn't mean it's not a minor inconvenience worth resolving. but if you want a more dramatic example, it's right there in the text: Moylan got soaked because of this inconvenience. if he'd gotten a pneumonia as a result of this and died, then that is suddenly much more than a minor inconvenience.
- xnorswap 10mo ago
  There's a trick to USB, the block part (in the wire) is nearer the ground. ( motherboard-side for vertical desktops ) Since learning that, I have the confidence to stick it in first time rather than 3rd or 4th. That's not to say that USB-C isn't a huge improvement that has thankfully resolved having to know that.
  - bdbdbdb 10mo ago
    I like that usbc is double sided but I find them prone to pop out a lot easier than standard usb. It's a weird ask but wish they were bigger

What's wrong with pulling up to the wrong side of the pump? I do it all the time when the petrol station is busy, just pull the hose over to the other side and fuel the car anyway.

CoastalCoder 10mo ago

The hose won't always reach.

jstanley 10mo ago
In my experience that's only true in TV adverts from my childhood. I've never had one unable to reach in real life.
- cromka 10mo ago
  Try in Europe
  - paganel 10mo ago
    I'm in Europe, in case you're on the "wrong" side of the pump you just have to make sure that you park the car a little further, so you'd get the pump hose through the back and on to the other side without scratching the car's paint. That's all it is to it. I'm from Romania and I've driven (and hence re-fueled) my car all the way from Bretagne, France, to Peloponnese, Greece, never had a problem. I also don't know anything about any "arrow" signalling anything in my dashboard, maybe it's only on the US-made cars, I wouldn't know cause I generally know on which side I have to fuel my car.
    - bdbdbdb 10mo ago
      I'm also in Europe, I drive a ford, and the only fuel arrow on my dash actually points to the wrong side for filling
      - lproven 10mo ago
        Petrol or diesel?
        LtWorf 10mo ago
        You have a car that runs on raw petrol?
        lproven 10mo ago
        I do not know where you are in the world but in the homeland of the English language, Britain and most of its direct (former!) colonies, "petrol" is the stuff cars and motorbikes run on and "diesel" is the stuff agricultural vehicles and heavy plant (lorries, buses) runs on. "Gas" is a phase of matter along with "liquid", "solid", and "plasma" and that is all the bare noun means. "Natural gas", and the obsolete "coal gas"/"town gas", are fuels, but for heating/cooking/light not vehicles as a rule, but generally we'd talk about propane, butane, etc. We never, ever use "gasoline" or the Germanic "benzene" for this. Benzene is a specific chemical here, never ever a fuel.
        mjmas 10mo ago
        Here in Australia 'gas' as a fuel always means LPG (liquified petroleum gas = propane/butane). And it is getting rarer for cars. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing-from-roads-gas-renewable-fuel-vehicles/102236128 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/lpg-cars-disappearing...
        bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Hence the expression "now you're cooking with gas" That must confuse the hell out of the yanks
        bdbdbdb 10mo ago
        Oh I'm a week late but diesel
    - stavros 10mo ago
      Agreed about never having a problem with this, but our cars either have the arrow, or the hose in the icon is on the side of the car that has the tank cover. This has been true for all cars I've seen here.
  - looperhacks 10mo ago
    I live in Europe, never encountered a problem.
  - gambiting 10mo ago
    I'm in Europe, the hoses always reach to the other side of the car just fine. Or maybe you know, remember that Europe isn't one country and actually say where you are.
    - Podrod 10mo ago
      Try in The World
  - LtWorf 10mo ago
    I live in europe. It does reach the other side.
- lazide 10mo ago
  Apparently you have a tiny car? I’ve never had a vehicle (even a small Subaru) that they reached.
- CoastalCoder 10mo ago
  I should clarify. The hose probably reaches when the rear of the car is adjacent to where the hose connects to the pump. (I only drive my normal passenger cars, not trucks.) But I'm me not in the habit of doing that, because it doesn't usually matter for me.

tpoacher 10mo ago

just because there's nothing particularly wrong with only getting the usb in on the 3rd try doesn't mean it's not a minor inconvenience worth resolving. but if you want a more dramatic example, it's right there in the text: Moylan got soaked because of this inconvenience. if he'd gotten a pneumonia as a result of this and died, then that is suddenly much more than a minor inconvenience.

xnorswap 10mo ago
There's a trick to USB, the block part (in the wire) is nearer the ground. ( motherboard-side for vertical desktops ) Since learning that, I have the confidence to stick it in first time rather than 3rd or 4th. That's not to say that USB-C isn't a huge improvement that has thankfully resolved having to know that.
- bdbdbdb 10mo ago
  I like that usbc is double sided but I find them prone to pop out a lot easier than standard usb. It's a weird ask but wish they were bigger