What happens when you drive away with the gas nozzle still in your car and pull the hose out of the gas pump. By The Horse. / myLot

@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

@DianneN I bet he enjoys it. Men secretly like "taking care of" their wives.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Do they still have gas stations with "attendants" where you live?

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DianneN

@DianneN (247184)

• United States

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse Yes, but I have to drive for 8 minutes to get to one. So my husband is in charge of filling the cars. lol

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113008)

• El Paso, Texas

6 Aug 18

I'm so glad it hasn't happened to me as of yet and pray it never will, with my luck I'd damage the whole kitnkaboodle

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (113008)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Aug 18

Oh no @TheHorse you haven't thought of trying to do that to see what would happen, have you?

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 18

I'm glad I've only thought about it so far.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

31 Aug 18

@rebelann No, I like conducting "experiments," but that's not one I would do.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182398)

• United States

6 Aug 18

I don't think so but I once drove away with the container from the bank drive thru in my car.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (182398)

• United States

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse Yeah, but why would you say that? It could have happened lately..but thankfully, it has not!

@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Heh. Oh, that must have been a few years ago!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

6 Aug 18

I've never driven off with the nozzle still in the car, but I once drove off with the gas cap on the trunk back in the days before they were attached to the car. Didn't realize what I'd done until the next time I went to buy gas.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

7 Aug 18

@TheHorse I suppose so. If you know anyone who needs a gas cap for a 1965 Malibu, they can look alongside Eastwood Road in Wilmington, NC between Market Street and the Wrightsville Beach drawbridge.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Aug 18

@DWDavis I'll put this on Craigslist!

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

So it's still out there on the side of the road somewhere?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Aug 18

We've driven away from the drive-in with the speaker still in the car. Will that do?

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Heh heh. I think we did that once in Montana. Did anything break?

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Sep 18

@JudyEv Oh good. Glad you didn't get "in trouble."

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse The cord pulled out of the speaker but they didn't seem too concerned. They just said it happened all the time.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse Thank heavens when I had cars I never did that when I pumped my own gas.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Heh. I worry that I'll do it some day. I'm often "lost in thought" when I do things that are fairly automatic.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130213)

• Israel

7 Aug 18

@TheHorse I hope it doesn't happen to you.

KrauseHome

@KrauseHome (36447)

• United States

6 Aug 18

This is interesting. I wonder how many times it has happened to Taxi drivers or Uber, Lyft and the ones who deliver food? Actually it would be interesting to see what the stats are for this

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160998)

• United States

6 Aug 18

I cannot remember if I did, or almost did. If so there were no repercussions. It would have been about forty five years ago, though. Maybe I just saw someone else do it as I cannot imagine doing it myself. I am too compulsive about things.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

I tend to be pretty compulsive about "getting things right." But I also get "lost in thought" sometimes.

Shellyann36

@Shellyann36 (11384)

• United States

8 Aug 18

They might have a quick release now but several years ago they didn't. One of my friends did this and she ended up having to pay for what her insurance company wouldn't.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Aug 18

How much did it cost her?

May2k8

@May2k8 (18392)

• Indonesia

6 Aug 18

I don't have a car so if that happens then I think to have someone do it for me.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Sep 18

Heh. I drove off with the back door of my SUV open the other day. Luckily, I caught my error quickly.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13179)

• Ireland

6 Aug 18

@thehorse what creature would ever drive off before withdrawing his nozzle???

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

29 Sep 18

Perhaps in the attachment is strong enough...

Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

27 Aug 18

I never have but I tend to stay right there even on cooler days when is rather get back into the car.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

27 Aug 18

I usually go inside and buy stuff.

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Angie

@andriaperry (117173)

• Anniston, Alabama

6 Aug 18

Nope I have not. But I have almost forgotten to pump the gas.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Heh. I think I acatually did that once as well. No. I filled my tank, but didn't notice that the pump hadn't worked, until about 5 miles down the road.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Aug 18

I never leave the pump unattended for a second.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Really? What's the reason?

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Aug 18

@TheHorse To make sure all is well. Sometimes a pump will just stop.

much2say

@much2say (56185)

• Los Angeles, California

6 Aug 18

Not me, but my friend did that! She was exhausted out of her mind (long story). Her mind was "not there" after pumping the gas . . . she actually took off with the nossle/hose and the gas station owners demanded that she pay for the damages.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Yep, if there's damage, I reckon the driver has to pay.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (80884)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

6 Aug 18

When I drove ages ago in NYC most of the gas stations still had service and I did not have to pump myself.

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@TheHorse (220426)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Aug 18

Interesting. It's that way in Oregon, but nowhere else I've driven through recently.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (10113)

• United States

6 Aug 18

I pumped my gas when living in CA or traveling but always did it first or went into the store first then out to pump. Here in Oregon, they pump for us so no worries. I always wondered if gas would pour out or something if a hose was pulled out.

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