> > Last time I stopped for gas on a visit to my home state of NJ, I
stopped the
> > attendant as he was unscrewing the oil filler cap to put gas in.
Close call.
> > Never take your eyes off these guys.
>
> Yikes.  I can see how that could happen, though.  Some Ford and GM
cars
> used to have the gas filler behind the license plate.

when volkswagen first brought the vanagon to the u.s., and Road &
Track got one for testing, the very first time they had an attendant
fill up the gas tank, it happened. luckily, the attendant mentioned
that he had only put about 0.2 gallon into the tank. that kinda clued
the R&T folks that something was wrong. the gas station drained the
oil and flushed it and refilled it. then they filled the gas tank as
they should have. :)  but they likely would not have been so nice if
it had been you or me. :(