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madness410 05-27-2008 09:30 PM

watch your gas tanks...
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779216/

everyone knows with the high gas prices and people going crazy over them...some may decide to rob others to get gas and sell it on the black market and avoid the prices. i know i park my camaro outside all the time im going to keep an eye out or maybe invest in a cap that locks...

...or a knife under my car like mad max did in road warrior :-P

...but keep an eye out

just giving everyone a heads up

r0nin89 05-27-2008 09:38 PM

Ya theres been an increase in locking gas cap sales where I work since this has started. I threw one on mine...

BonzoHansen 05-27-2008 09:38 PM

I keep meaning to get one for my truck.

Knipps 05-27-2008 09:54 PM

that's interesting, i think i may have been a victim at the mall today (not my car but the one i went in)

madness410 05-27-2008 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Knipps (Post 451518)
that's interesting, i think i may have been a victim at the mall today (not my car but the one i went in)


wouldnt be suprised...the mall is a very populated area and alot of vehicle thefts occur there. a syphen pump is like 10 bucks at home depot

r0nin89 05-27-2008 10:22 PM

Yep. You can rig one up cheap too. Or do it the old fashoned way and collapse a lung like my stupid friend.

sweetbmxrider 05-27-2008 10:23 PM

you can get a hose with a check valve ball bearing style thing. whack it a few times and itl do the trick!

DaSkinnyGuy 05-28-2008 06:00 AM

My friends dad got his F-150 full gas tank syfoned <spelling, in washington twp in glouster county a few weeks ago.

jims69camaro 05-28-2008 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DaSkinnyGuy (Post 451567)
My friend's dad got his F-150's gas tank, which was full, syphoned in washington twp in gloucester county a few weeks ago.


you failed the spelling and punctuation mods. :mrgreen:

the same thing happened back in the '70s. locking gas caps became the norm, rather than the exception.

Slo86Bird 05-28-2008 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 451530)
whack it a few times and itl do the trick!



you must do a lot of whacking.

deadtrend1 05-28-2008 04:10 PM

locking gas caps can easily be popped off with a flathead. Then just unscrew the lower part and its off.

Had to do it on a pickup here at work cause someone lost the key to it.

NastyEllEssWon 05-29-2008 02:50 AM

i just never have gas in my car when its parked. they can syphon my empty tank. seriously...who the hell has money to keep a full tank nowadays...especially in fbods

IROCdan330 05-29-2008 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon (Post 451851)
i just never have gas in my car when its parked. they can syphon my empty tank. seriously...who the hell has money to keep a full tank nowadays...especially in fbods

I do, mainly because I don't like to heat up my fuel pump any more than need-be and my engine nor myself are a big fan of the water that will accumulate due to condensation from all that open area in the tank.

WildBillyT 05-29-2008 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by IROCdan330 (Post 451859)
I do, mainly because I don't like to heat up my fuel pump any more than need-be and my engine nor myself are a big fan of the water that will accumulate due to condensation from all that open area in the tank.

Yep. I never go below a quarter tank for that reason.

ar0ck 05-29-2008 08:08 AM

I hope they siphon it the old fashion way by sucking it through a tube and they swallow a lot of it.

V 05-29-2008 08:10 AM

i just use a shop vac with an extension

NastyEllEssWon 05-29-2008 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS (Post 451878)
i just use a shop vac with an extension

thats great!

firehawk1120 05-30-2008 11:14 PM

forget the going through the gas cap I heard people are just puncturing a hole in the gas tank and draining it out the bottom

Slo86Bird 05-30-2008 11:24 PM

smart people! till they use a screwdriver and make sparks, dumbasses!

jims69camaro 05-31-2008 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 451876)
Yep. I never go below a quarter tank for that reason.

not to mention all of the sediment hanging out at the bottom of the tank. i've been down closer to E than i've wanted to, but i just keep an eye on the filter. anyway, the tank in mine is full, but only because i had to add some things to it :twisted: in order to get my car to act right :mrgreen: and to make sure it'll take sitting for a while.

Slo86Bird 05-31-2008 10:49 PM

mines on E for the 3rd time this weekend. i put 30 in and thats gone in 2 days and then i was on E so i put 10 in and im on E again...

Anti_Rice_Guy 06-01-2008 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 451876)
Yep. I never go below a quarter tank for that reason.

Same here, I rarely go below that in the Explorer, but it gets filled up every week so on rare occasions I do. The Camaro, on the other hand, never goes below half, and rarely below 3/4 :mrgreen:

Tru2Chevy 06-01-2008 04:48 PM

I can't even remember the last time I went to a gas station and didn't fill up. It's been a few years at least.

- Justin

Knipps 06-03-2008 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 452385)
I can't even remember the last time I went to a gas station and didn't fill up. It's been a few years at least.

- Justin

I can't remember the last time I said to fill it
I can tell you this though, it wasn't on my dime :mrgreen:

Anti_Rice_Guy 06-03-2008 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Knipps (Post 452944)
I can't remember the last time I said to fill it
I can tell you this though, it wasn't on my dime :mrgreen:

Mine aren't either :lol: I always fill up though, I realized I didn't clarify before.


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