<VV> Re: Gas Tank Size

[Gary Swiatowy]

I hope this doesn't come as a suprise to any of you, but gas pumps are not 
"always" accurate. In NY supposedly the bureau of weights and measures comes 
out and checks the pumps and places a seal on the pumps to indicate their 
accuracy. Pumps on indian reservations are exempt from this. Also since 
pumps are now electronic,  there has been "chips" that will favor the gas 
stations owner yet will still read accurately at 5, 10, 15, 20 gallon 
increments.................

One station on the reservation I put in a full gallon more than the maximum 
my Subaru tank will hold, and the warning light had just gone on. Attendant 
wanted to hear nothing about it................ Last time I purchased fuel 
there...........

So unless you are measuring yourself before putting it in..................

Gary Swiatowy

> From: Doug Mackintosh <dougmackintosh at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Monza vs Corsa
>
> I have put 13.5 gallons in my '64 several times.  The most I put in was 
> 13.9 gal - and I hadn't yet run out!
>
>  Tony said:
>  <<By the way, never in my life was I ever able to get 14 gallons of
> fuel into a Vair (car) fuel tank regardless of how empty it was.    I
> did well to get much more than 11 gallons into them... less than
> that, in the case of my '60.
>>>