To the manager at a gas bar: Yes, I track my gas mileage, it is law for a vehicle used part time for business. Yes, my engine sucked ass for exactly one tank of gas, the gas I bought from your station. Even my receipts and odometer readings show 3/4 the fuel economy that I normally get. I don’t know what you sold me, but it wasn’t gas. I think you sold me the liquid from the last time you defrosted your ice cube freezer. I explained everything to you, you sat there and listened to everything, then you said “No refund.” You are an asshole. A gasless asshole. —Informed Customer, Not Coming Back
This article appears in Aug 9-15, 2012.
Go back to the pump with a witness and take a sample of $1.00 worth of gas. Take it to a chemist and get it tested to see if it is pure gasoline. Or pour it into a clear glass and examine it yourself, it wouldn’t take a genius to prove. If there’s water in it, the mixture will seperate with the gas on top and you’ll get that rainbow affect. Give your proof to the cops and sue the Gas bar in small claims court. If you need Ally “the hammer” McMeal to preside at your service, my fee is cheap – practically pro-boner. Could prolly get your ass a brand new ride out the deal too, since his shoddy “gas-mixture” damaged your vehicle. 😉
you couldn’t just say ‘prove it and sue’ ?
Do this and then go here and test that and try this and recruit me…
geez…
“Even my receipts and odometer readings show 3/4 the fuel economy that I normally get.”
Your receipts and odometer readings aren’t going to prove shit. How does the manager know that it’s not your vehicle at fault? Maybe it needs a tune up. Maybe your air filter is clogged or one of your spark plugs is fouled. Maybe the pressure in your left rear tire is down a couple of pounds. Maybe you drove in more stop-and-go traffic this week compared to last. Maybe you used your air conditioner more that week. Maybe you didn’t drive as economically as you usually do. Maybe you were carrying more weight in your vehicle than usual. Maybe the daily average mean temperature outside was warmer than previous weeks. etc, etc, etc.
Gas mileage and fuel economy is an estimate at best and it sure as hell isn’t a constant. Bottom line is there are a myriad of factors, both controllable and uncontrollable, that affect fuel economy.
I’m just as pissed at the price of gas as the next guy but, to expect the manager of a gas station to issue you a refund based solely on your claim of lost mileage is ridiculous. I wouldn’t have refunded you either. Unless it caused serious damage to your engine and you can prove it, you don’t have a leg to stand on.
it has a thing to do with condensation and evaporation. gas expands when warm, thereby giving you the impression of a full tank. when it cools down, i drops your leval in tank. you can fill up on a 30 degree celsius day, and have about 3/4 tank, in the evening, after sun goes down, and things cool off.
my suggestion is to gas up the night before, if possible, then you will have a fairly accurate reading again. this sounds strange, but it is true. you can check it out, or call a company that sells fuel.
just don’t go off the nutty end when asking them about these two words i used.they will let you know exactly what is what.
is this the same guy that wants free coffee?
i wish i had an gas-less asshole….
LOL Molly are you referring to yer hubby?
lol, no i was referring to my own ass. however i do have several ex husbands, only one of which was an asshole, and he with a greased arse.
OP, if your fuel economy returned to normal, then take it to small claims court. You have reasonable evidance. Odds are, the gas station will settle out of court because it is cheaper than the publicity.
Blow me, you are an idiot. That is complete bullshit!!!! Say the average tank is 40 litres, 1/4 of that is 10 litres, there is no possible way gas under the “extreme” heat of 30 degrees celcius is going to decrease it’s volume by 10 fucking litres by cooling 15 degrees. Not to mention gas is stored more than three feet underground where the temperature stays at a constant 54 degrees farenheit, so when you fill your tank the gas is actually cooler than the air, not at the same temp. Dumbass, it makes no difference what time of day you fill your tank up, the temp is always the same, even in the winter. Standard units of measurement require standard temps. Do you really think that gas stations make more money in the warm weather? Fucking moron!!!
Your fuel economy depends not only on the gasoline but your car and how you drive your car (varying speeds, stopping and starting, speeding). Too many variables to prove anything in court unless you get some of his gasoline and have it tested. That would be the next step.
GDM, you wish you had a gasless asshole and you have several ex-husbands? A tad stinky are we? j/k
yeh, i forgot to tell my butt that women don’t fluff. it’s a matrilineal thing in my family. my daughter does too. i feed her feta at family gatherings and we serenade the dogs.
harper, you are right about the cooler in ground thing, but take some gas, let it sit in the heat for awhile, outside the tank. you will notice it start to evaporate. now get this, if it is in a confined space, it will expand, and yoou have a full tank. and just reverse the logic there.
i have had almost the same trouble years ago, when i drove cab in bridgewater. thought someone was swiping the gas. you would think there would be no difference in hot or cold weather, but there actually is.
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reverse the logic there
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Or just talk out of your ass, and make up “facts” to try to prop up your lies.
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drove cab
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Before or after serving in the Falklands war, or being a Toronto police officer?
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Well bye ,if ya got 3/4’s as far hon a tank of water as ya did on a tank a gas,oi tinks oi’ll hook op me car to da garden ‘ose my sun.
Best comment: SC (snortin’ rotfl)
Runner-up: HB
who asks’ for a refund on gas HAHAHAHAHAH. go to shell weirdo. maybe you were pissed off one day and you were driving especially hard or doing more city driving than usual than highway.. either way.. get over it 🙂 if it’s for a business you can claim it anyway. cya