Gas Pump Etiquette

[runin90lx]

rant number 2: 2 weeks ago i was somewhere outside of Indiana, PA at a Sheetz travel stop. there was a halliburton yard across the highway and this is evidently the place where they fuel up. i have said 30 foot trailer behind my truck and am having to maneuver around much lot traffic to get in position behind one of the halliburton big rigs that has been sitting there for a few minutes. the driver is there with the truck and he hangs up the hose, so i think he is almost done. instead of pulling up, he goes inside. i still think this is no big deal, as i figure he is gonna go pay and then come back out. i shit you not, FIFTEEN FUCKING MINUTES LATER, he slowly walks out to his truck, carrying a bag of breakfast food from the restaurant inside the store. as i have said, i am no hothead, but i did stare him down with my windows down and i think he got the hint...

i try to give people the benefit of the doubt. i think gas pump rudeness is due to ignorance and stupidity as opposed to purpose maliciousness...

was there plenty of truck parking? if not i cant say he was at fault. i know how it is working in the oifield. we may go 24-36 hours w/out being able to leave a location so we have to spend some time in the store getting enough food/drinks to last.

[ceyko]

|Entering DFWM Warrior Mode|

I just get out and beat the SoBs with my tire buddy, throw 'em back in their car, put it in neutral and shove it out of the way.

Hell, I don't even own a diesel and I do that on principle.

[sig239]

Waaa waaa people are using my gas pump

No shit seem like a bunch of crying pussys posting on here any more.

Kyle threw out $100 because he was exaggerating in an effort to strengthen his point.

Damn, Kyle, you got straight called out, by jluv, no less!

[Silverback]

No, $70 is the price I pay at the dealership for the full service deal where they change the fuel filter, top off fluids, inspect the tires and brakes and all that jazz.

Kyle threw out $100 because he was exaggerating in an effort to strengthen his point.

That said, the only single disadvantage I can find about owning a diesel is the fuel mileage. I am lucky to get 13 in the city and 17 on the highway. Then again, I don't get much better than that in my Explorer (because of the extra weight I've added). Everything else about my truck is better than it's little brother. More room, more power, heavier duty parts (for when I do use it offroad or to pull something), more longevity, holds its value better, etc...

In all honesty, the size alone was the biggest draw for me. It's like driving around town in my living room, towering above most on the road. It's not a "look at me" thing, but instead a "damn, look at all this room" thing.

Parking was a bitch... for about the first week. After that, it's a piece of cake.

Since when does anyone just buy the most practical thing for their purpose, especially in something that offers more enjoyment outside of just its primary use? Most on this board are or were into vehicles for more than just getting from A to B. In fact, you have more validity when you point out that someone's car is slow or ugly than you do when you point out that it isn't the most practical for the way they use it. If that carried any weight, we'd all be driving some kind of bland, base-model econoboxes or work trucks everywhere we go.

everyone knows how you brothas like your DONKS!

[jluv]

6 qts of motorcraft and a motorcraft filter. I do the change myself. I assumed since 70 and 100 were thrown out that the $70 was the do it yourself price?

No, $70 is the price I pay at the dealership for the full service deal where they change the fuel filter, top off fluids, inspect the tires and brakes and all that jazz.

Kyle threw out $100 because he was exaggerating in an effort to strengthen his point.

That said, the only single disadvantage I can find about owning a diesel is the fuel mileage. I am lucky to get 13 in the city and 17 on the highway. Then again, I don't get much better than that in my Explorer (because of the extra weight I've added). Everything else about my truck is better than it's little brother. More room, more power, heavier duty parts (for when I do use it offroad or to pull something), more longevity, holds its value better, etc...

In all honesty, the size alone was the biggest draw for me. It's like driving around town in my living room, towering above most on the road. It's not a "look at me" thing, but instead a "damn, look at all this room" thing.

Parking was a bitch... for about the first week. After that, it's a piece of cake.

Since when does anyone just buy the most practical thing for their purpose, especially in something that offers more enjoyment outside of just its primary use? Most on this board are or were into vehicles for more than just getting from A to B. In fact, you have more validity when you point out that someone's car is slow or ugly than you do when you point out that it isn't the most practical for the way they use it. If that carried any weight, we'd all be driving some kind of bland, base-model econoboxes or work trucks everywhere we go.

[347Mike]

over by cabelas... I've had some homie encounters over there that I can remember.

Yes. I never said I never encounter them, it is just very, very rare. Like less than 3 in a year of me living here.

[CJ]

Fort Worth - right near Alliance Airport and 5 minutes from TMS.

over by cabelas... I've had some homie encounters over there that I can remember.

[The King]

has the king been in here to call you mustanggay289 yet?

god bless.

I won't need to as long as he can make an ass of himself all on his own, and as long as other tools like you are here to do the dirty work.

No but his buttbuddy Rick came up with a totally new one and used mustangqueer289. It was rather ingenious.

waa-waa-waa LOL

[347Mike]

Garland?

Fort Worth - right near Alliance Airport and 5 minutes from TMS.

[VaderTT]

What pisses me off is all the gangsters and thugs pulling up blasting their fucking music loud as shit while they pump $5 of gas into their impala. I'm so fucking sick of it, sooner or later I'm going to snap.

People do that outside of my work, waiting to pick someone up. Then they peel out leaving, like "look at me", wtf?

[BP]

My dad had an Econoline van with 500,000 miles on it. The odometer actually rolled back to 0.

My dad had a fleet of Dodge vans and at least 3 of them made it to 1,000,000 miles before his company was bought out. Engines usually lasted about 300k miles, transmissions 150-200k. The rear ends though lasted the life of the vans with some basic maintenance. The other vans probably would have lasted that long but idiot drivers kept crashing them into trains.

[CJ]

That explains it .. nobody has a radio cuz they all got stolen.

hahaha...

[mustangguy289]

Garland?

That explains it .. nobody has a radio cuz they all got stolen.

[CJ]

170 and 35.

Garland?