yeah,
this is exactly why you don't want the gas cap key to be the ignition key
also.

gas station attendants could easily damage your critical ignition key.
but if the cap takes a separate key, that can't happen.

and as I said the other day ..
if the gas cap key is on the same key ring as ign key, you can't drive off
without your gas cap on and locked.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <becida@COMCAST.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: locking gas cap

> At  9/16/2010 11:34 AM, Andrew Martin wrote:
>>OK.  Some numbers to further confuse the matter...
>>
>>I have 4 locking gas caps in front of me.
>>
>>The (3) caps with VW part # 251 201 553 will open with an ignition key and
>>with any of the 4 different ignition keys that I have.
>>
>>The single cap with VW part # 251 201 551C will only open with the
>>smallish
>>GAS key but none of the 4  different ignition keys I have will even fit in
>>the cylinder.  No surprise after looking closely at them cuz the inside of
>>the cap is considerably shorter and smaller than the other caps.
>>
>>I like the cap that requires the ignition key so I don't forget the cap
>>after filling up.
>>
>>Andrew
>
> I was in Oregon getting gas with my '87 (the cap used the ign key)
> and the girl doing the filling was having troubles, she was really
> forcing it. I was worried that she might break the key off in the gas cap
> lock.
> The '84 I have now uses the short key, that's on the same key ring as
> my ign key so the cap has to be back on or I won't have my keys to
> start the VW but the gas attendant in Oregon won't be able to break
> the ign key off in the gas cap <g>!
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net