[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Same reason you don't fill a gas can in the trunk. Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by MisplacedYankee [Email] (#1756) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MisplacedYankee) on Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:51:52 In Reply to: Don't get back in your car while refueling. . ., dean, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:24:11 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Its usually listed on a gas can that if you don't set it on the ground you risk static (and a spark) that could end up in a nasty fire. This makes sense. While I agree with the article I disagree the issue is more rampant today than days of yesteryear. Most cars today use leather (or something like leather) on the seats -- it may just be experience, but usually friction against the leather won't make static. All the cloth seat cars I have owned were static disasters and I always grounded myself using the key against the metal before closing the door. Luckly now I can afford leather in all my cars.

This is also more of an issue in different parts of the country. If it is humid out the chance of a static shock is slim. Thus if you got back in your car on a rainy day this issue is null and void. In say Denver where the air is really dry static is rampant.

Once agian a warning such as this will now make 20/20 or something and put the fear in everyone....At the end of the day few people will ever die from this...now if we could just get everyone off the cell phone when driving!!!



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• Don't get back in your car while refueling. . ., dean, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:24:11
  • American Petrolium Institute ---, Ian Glenday , Sat, 2 Nov 2002 23:58:20
    • Ian. Not to argue, but if you read those reports,, Texron, Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:28:49
  • Sorry, this just does not compute. Just like the cell, Texron, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:13:27
    • While you were gone, Ed NC was talking smack about ..., J, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:23:56
      • See my smackdown of EdNC below! n/m, Texron, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:26:03
        • Maybe you should call yourself TexRock! :-), J, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:30:10
  • Also, all the pumps in my area warn against..., Greg Netzner, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:29:39
  • Re: Don't get back in your car while refueling. . ., Ed NC, Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:53:34
  • Same reason you don't fill a gas can in the trunk., MisplacedYankee , Fri, 1 Nov 2002 10:51:52 <-- Viewing This Message

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