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Old 10-02-2008, 05:33 AM
 
Location: Orlando
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I think there's a really weird news story breaking.....

"All over the country, people are flocking to their cars!! There's some kinda new trend going on!!!
Sir! Sir! Why are you flocking to your car..umm...err....in your BVDs? Cuz I need to look at my gas gauge light up thingy!! Oh my Gawd! Oh my Gawd! It's true!! It's true!
Well folks now you have it....the gas tank thingy is true!! Back to you in the studio."

Ok I wrote that in jest after I read these entries...ok, ok, after I grabbed my keys and went and check it myself. This is sooooooo cool.

I know something a teenager doesn't!!! Wait, it's technical...they probably know.
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Old 10-02-2008, 10:05 AM
 
Location: God's Country
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Well of course I had to go check and sure enough it was there
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Old 10-02-2008, 10:14 AM
 
Location: South Bay Native
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Ok, after all this ima check mine too but I can wait until it's time to go home.

I was going to say too - what about the people who fuel from the back? I saw someone at the station once who flipped their license plate to access the gas cap. Don't ask me what make or model I have no recollection...
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Old 10-02-2008, 11:18 AM
 
Location: Arizona, The American Southwest
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Ok, after all this ima check mine too but I can wait until it's time to go home.

I was going to say too - what about the people who fuel from the back? I saw someone at the station once who flipped their license plate to access the gas cap. Don't ask me what make or model I have no recollection...
My 1979 Z-28 Camaro was like that. Now that makes me wonder, which direction did the gas nozzle point to?
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Old 10-02-2008, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Ok, after all this ima check mine too but I can wait until it's time to go home.

I was going to say too - what about the people who fuel from the back? I saw someone at the station once who flipped their license plate to access the gas cap. Don't ask me what make or model I have no recollection...
Most cars in the 60's and 70's had the gas filler hidden behind the license plate.
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Old 10-02-2008, 05:41 PM
 
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Whats the little black plastic bubble on the top of the dash for?
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Old 10-02-2008, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Not tied down... maybe later! *rawr*
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Whats the little black plastic bubble on the top of the dash for?


Mine is for rain censors. The sensor "reads" when the rain falls harder and adjusts the speed of the wipers accordingly.
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Old 10-02-2008, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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Talking .

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If you look at your gas gauge, you will see a small icon of a gas pump?
The handle of the gas pump will extend out on either the left or right side of the gas pump?
If your tank is on the left, the handle will be on the left? If your tank is on the right, the handle will be on the right .
Why is it that I’ve always thought it pointed towards the side my wallet was in ~ left pocket or right pocket?
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Old 10-02-2008, 06:53 PM
 
Location: Arizona, The American Southwest
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Whats the little black plastic bubble on the top of the dash for?
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Mine is for rain censors. The sensor "reads" when the rain falls harder and adjusts the speed of the wipers accordingly.
Really? Hmmm.. I thought my dashboard had an inflamation of some sort...
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Old 10-02-2008, 06:57 PM
 
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I'll take Mike's answer. It might not be logical, but it looks like a blackhead to me. That or a really big boil
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