In article <199608080222.TAA04873@mtshasta.snowcrest.net>
   robertc@snowcrest.net (Robert Crawford) writes:
>        Do not pull up to the truck fuel islands without being instructed to
>do so.  Truck diesel and and auto diesel have thier taxes calculated
>differently and the station can get in BIG trouble if you fill up at a truck
>pump and they will not hesitate to yell at you if you try.

This explains those signs I've seen at the truck stop diesel islands
in recent years: "50 gal minimum" and "no autos". In the early 1980's
I had a Rabbit Diesel, bought by mistake. Honest, I didn't realize it
was a diesel until I was signing the papers. Being from Europe, where
all trucks run on diesel, and if a gas station has two pumps, one is
diesel, I learned the hard way how different it is in California
and surrounding states. When I lost faith in the Rabbit after it popped
a headgasket, I was happy to get a gasoline-drinking 85 Golf, which I
still drive. It is practically maintenance free. (Unlike my wife's
87 Westy, which is the reason I read this list).
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