So… have you ever wondered about the proper etiquette for pumping gas? We didn’t think so. But, Heidi has. In fact, it’s a family tradition, courtesy of her old man. The proper technique? Once you’re done pumping, give that hose a shake here, a shake there, and send those last precious drops s…

You brought back memories. Back in the 60’s, some of my hippie friends used to do exactly what you suggested. The would take their VW Micro Busses around to all the gas stations in the middle of the night and drain all the hoses. They claimed that each hose was good for about a half a gallon. I …

When I was a kid back in the late '50s in Arkansas, I made some extra bucks in the summer by mowing lawns. Down the street was a Conoco station, and the owner knew me well, since I picked up my newspapers for my paper route there, and as his was the only gas station around, I bought all my mower ga…

The economics of shaking after pumping are not the biggest issue… Those who don’t take the last few drops when removing the nozzle give me a real pain. Some cars, like mine (Mazda Miata), have horizontal gas tank openings. It is virtually impossible to insert the nozzle without spilling the few …

I’m an “every last drop” person myself and have discovered that the old days are long gone for getting gas from the HOSE after the pump is off. These new electronic pumps have a different valve in the nozzle. After the pump is off I only get the few drops in the end of the nozzle and the pressure se…

This represents another problem for people whose cars require premium gas and are at a gas station that has only one hose for all three grades. How much regular are you being stuck with from the previous customer? Is this customer getting short changed by the gas station, and the next customer get…

I’m surprised a couple of enterprising, mechanical types such as yourselves had no experience with this method of getting gas during your formative years. I grew up on the Iron Range of Northern Minnesota in the 60’s, when a carload of teenagers could only come up with $1.30 among them. After burnin…

Back in the 50’s, I used to take my parents car out and spend all my money on everything but gas. Sometimes I would be far away from home and with the gage sitting on empty, I would do this trick to get back home and park it. I don’t recall Dad not making it to nearest filling station the next mor…

Gas and cigarettes for $1.00 ! I’m showin’ my age.

Memories, indeed. I worked at a gas station in the early 70’s; the days of odd-even license plates and checking to make sure that people had less than 1/2 tank or they couldn’t buy any more. Anyway, I owned a Vespa at the time, and kept a gas can by the pumps. Every time I pumped gas for someone,…

What's the proper etiquette for pumping gas?

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keith August 30, 2008, 3:23pm 6

Arkansas, 50’s, 7 cents worth of gas=half gallon. Does that sound about right?

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