# Lady uses plastic bags for "gas can" **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 15, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720 "2019-12-15T15:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/1 "2019-12-15T15:33:15Z")
There are good ideas and then there are bad ideas. I think we all know where this one lands! ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/2 "2019-12-15T15:39:13Z")
I actually had to use a gallon milk jug once in a pinch and it worked. I did know that the plastic in these jugs and gas cans is the same chemistry (#2 HDPE) so figured it would work in the short term. It did but this isn’t something I would willingly repeat. The gas cans are a lot thicker of course and they pour a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/3 "2019-12-15T16:01:19Z")
You see a lot of that stupidity in Florida when a hurricane is approaching. Seems like no one wants to store empty gasoline containers from storm to storm - we don’t have a lot of storage space - and fuel jugs sell out faster than any other storm prep supplies. There were videos of people using 5 gallon, open buckets, too. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/4 "2019-12-15T16:09:41Z")
“You’re doing great honey.” ---
**Author:** ![kurtwm1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kurtwm1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kurtwm1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/5 "2019-12-15T16:22:54Z")
Has to be safe … she double-bagged it 😐 ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/6 "2019-12-15T16:33:17Z")
In my younger years, I stored gas in numerous unsafe containers. When you have little, you do whatever you can. ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/7 "2019-12-15T17:04:16Z")
The gallon milk jug I used was a funny story. I had a faulty fuel gauge and a bad load of gas. I was getting horrible mileage due to the bad gas but figured I had a lot left because I was going off my normal mileage. I ran out of gas about a mile from a gas station and walked back with an empty milk jug that used as a water storage container and filled it with gas. I once had a gas can that had a hole in it and seem to recall having to do something similar as it was mixed gas for small engines and I couldn’t just put it in my cars. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/8 "2019-12-15T17:18:22Z")
Why can’t you use mixed gas in a car I have done it many times with the tank at least half full or better with no problem’s? ---
**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/9 "2019-12-15T17:23:54Z")
Geez. Everybody knows you’re supposed to use styrofoam cups. ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/10 "2019-12-15T17:24:10Z")
I wonder if it was something like last minute prep for a hurricane as you suggest. That would make the most sense. I wonder if there are any collapsible gas cans like the water bladders you can get for camping and hiking or if something like that just wouldn’t be strong enough. One of my buddies bought a big one of those and a raccoon bit or clawed at it on the first night it was used and that was that. He replaced it with a blue plastic water storage container for the next trip. That thing looks basically like a gas can and is made of the same material with a similar pour spout. No animals have destroyed it either. I am guessing a collapsible gas can for easy storage is probably out of the question. I hear people also go crazy and buy out every generator available as well. You would think people would all have those by now but I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/11 "2019-12-15T17:26:27Z")
I didn’t know if I would foul something with the mixed gas or not. I figured one time and only a couple gallons at most wouldn’t do anything but catalytic converters and oxygen sensors are not cheap. I wouldn’t think twice about it in an older car with no emissions controls. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/12 "2019-12-15T17:27:06Z")
I hear people also go crazy and buy out every generator available as well. You would think people would all have those by now but I guess not. [/quote] You would think so. But after the hurricane is over & the cleanup is done might be a good time to buy one from the people who do not want to hang on to them. ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/13 "2019-12-15T17:30:35Z")
I saw someone use one of those big 44 ounce Styrofoam cups like you get sodas in at gas stations to hold gas from a mower being worked on once. It held for a few minutes and then just suddenly dissolved! I think most plastic bags are HDPE or LDPE so I would assume they are chemically compatible with gas. I don’t know about any of the others besides polystyrene (#6 recycling symbol) being a no-go. All gas cans that I see are HPDE (#2 recycling symbol) or metal so I would assume it is the most chemically compatible material when dealing with gas. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/14 "2019-12-15T17:31:26Z")
What’s with the red pumps that say “K”? Is it kerosene? Or the store name? Like circle K? Did not watch video ---
**Author:** ![clairehamilton371\_160944](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@clairehamilton371\_160944](https://community.cartalk.com/u/clairehamilton371_160944)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/15 "2019-12-15T17:33:14Z")
Wow…that was amazing. Lol. The thing is though I can’t imagine if all that gas spilled in my trunk…what a disaster ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/16 "2019-12-15T17:36:55Z")
That would be an accident looking for a place to happen. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/17 "2019-12-15T17:38:35Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > What’s with the red pumps that say “K”? Probably k for “Kroger” It clearly says “Kroger” at one point in the video That’s a chain ---
**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/18 "2019-12-15T17:50:06Z")
It is a Kroger store. They are a huge chain and also own many stores that don’t go by the Kroger name. They are a huge retailer much like Wal-Mart. Some have gas stations and some do not. Kroger is pretty far and few between in my region but there is one in my town. I wish it had a gas station as you get rewards points for buying groceries and the only way to use them is on gas. I found one with a gas station while traveling and got some crazy price off each gallon of gas purchased with all the accumulated points. Either way, that first bag was leaking like mad. I bet her car was a mess. You would want to leave the trunk open for days and the windows rolled down for a while after that. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/19 "2019-12-15T17:59:37Z")
It was a Kroger’s gas station. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720/20 "2019-12-15T18:00:33Z")
> [@cwatkin](#): > > that first bag was leaking like mad. I really hope that neither she nor any of her passengers decide to light up a ciggie. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/lady-uses-plastic-bags-for-gas-can/154720.md?page=2)