In a message dated 10/24/02 5:06:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Willolyn99@AOL.COM writes:

> Loren said "...and not trying to top it off..."
>
> Thanks for the advice, but I DON'T try to top it off.  If you are holding
> the
> handle, and the gas is flowing, when the auto-shutoff trips it is too late.
> You hear the click and then you better jump back or you get wet shoes (or
> worse, sandals).  I never try to top off my tank, that is part of my system
> for checking the MPG.
>
> If I hear the gas start to bubble up, I cut off the flow.  But a gas
> station
> isn't always quiet enough to do that.  I do watch how many miles I go, and
> try to calculate how much gas to put in before I have to watch out.  I just
> get so jealous when other folks stick the hose in their car, click it on,
> and
> go wash their windshields!  If I did that, it would be a mess, if not a
> fire
> hazard.
>
> Bill Marshall
> 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
> Bradenton FL
>

same thing happens to me when im gassing up my '84 van.  by the time the
auto-shutoff stops pumping gas from the pump, its already puking petrol all
over the side of my van and onto the pavement...  virtually no warning.  and
its even worse in Jersey where they dont let you pump your own gas (stupid
law) and the pump jockeys who cant speak english like to keep clicking the
pump trigger even after the auto shutoff has gone off anyway... then i have
to ask them if i can borrow the towel wrapped around their head to dry the
gas off the side of my van..

chris