so I got drunk yesterday and my car was still at ruckus this morning.

I was late for work and I go out to my jeep which had been parked on Kaplan for the past two weeks. It wont fucking start. I try like ten times and it dont even sputter. Tonight I got home from work and went to get it going and since the gas gauge is kind of fickle decided to put some gas in.

I flip the license plate down and am like WTF, the gas cap is gone. Motherfuckers drained my gas tank and even threw the cap in the storm drain or some shit.

So I get a gas can, buy gas, put some in, drive to the gas station, fill up, then go to advance auto for another gas cap. I was telling the manager what happened when he rung me out and he was like "Yeah I have been selling a lot of siphon pumps, you live near here?".

Last I remember I had just under half a tank which would be like $23.00 of gas.

3/22/2008 10:13:25 PM

what a great idea...

3/22/2008 10:14:33 PM

did you fight everyone there?

3/22/2008 10:15:27 PM

its called a locking gas cap my tank holds over $100

3/22/2008 10:22:26 PM

yyyeah, the truck I used to have had two 20 gallon diesel tanks... that's getting close to $150 at these prices

and yes i had locking caps on both tanks

3/22/2008 10:23:10 PM

that shit would piss me off. how much do these lockable caps run?

3/22/2008 10:46:54 PM

$7

3/22/2008 10:49:50 PM

auto zone had $19, another site had $14. not too bad. I didn't see anything on the install though. how does that work?

3/22/2008 10:50:59 PM

mine kinda locks, at least it only opens from the inside. if someone wants in there, theyd have to break the cover off. so hopefully thats enough to make em move on to the next car

but gas is expensive as fuck, my last fillup was about 70 bucks. of course i happened to fill up on the one day that plus was 3.49 a gallon then it went down 20 cents the next day or 2

3/22/2008 10:53:49 PM

w00t 25 city mpg

3/22/2008 10:56:02 PM

had my tank siphoned a few weeks ago

3/22/2008 10:58:12 PM

what a great idea...

3/22/2008 10:58:51 PM

Quote :

"how does that work?"

it just has a key on the middle of the knob part.. without the key in there the knob will just spin around and never actually unscrew the lid

3/22/2008 10:59:40 PM

lol @ ppl stealing gas...they're poor

3/22/2008 11:00:28 PM

wal-mart is making a killing selling cheap lockable gas caps.

dodge cars suck. no locking fuel filler cover. i keep that shit on lock down


[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:04 PM. Reason : of course autozone is gonna gouge you, wal-mart will soon too. rollbacks holla]

3/22/2008 11:03:17 PM

^^^ I meant the installation, not the locking part

3/22/2008 11:04:22 PM

oh, you just screw it on like a normal cap, no installation really

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:05 PM. Reason : pic]

3/22/2008 11:04:53 PM

what do you mean? you just:

1. remove from package.
2. insert
3. turn till it clicks
4. turn key to lock
5. remove.

what's hard about it?

3/22/2008 11:05:26 PM

oh ok, I get it now. it just uses the key to be able to twist off. I thought it might replace the receive as well.

I was thinking that it might having something like locking arms that extend out into the receiver that block it's motoin

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM. Reason : .]

3/22/2008 11:05:41 PM

uh, what? who would buy that, b/c any added crap is more likely to be confusing and break or get lost.

OFF TOPIC:

whatever happened to those caps where you just inserted the nozzle? no foreplay or anything, i.e. sorority girls.

[Edited on March 22, 2008 at 11:08 PM. Reason : eh]

3/22/2008 11:07:44 PM

nah thatd be a little too complicated. although i have to admit i've gotten one of these off before without the key by pushing down on it really hard and twisting.. it wasn't very tight though to begin with which was part of the problem

3/22/2008 11:08:10 PM

i used to like JUAN until he started posting gay slang like "uh what"

3/22/2008 11:08:32 PM

uh whut?

3/22/2008 11:09:16 PM

haay ~

3/22/2008 11:09:51 PM

wut

3/22/2008 11:10:07 PM

idk, I just figured that's how it worked, like many lockable items.

3/22/2008 11:10:18 PM

My Land Rover has a key gas tank door, I always thought it was stupid and a pain in the ass until this happened. If somebody stole all the gas out of that motherfucker I would be out $70

3/22/2008 11:26:22 PM

damn this is all you need to do it

http://www.tooltopia.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=28920

3/22/2008 11:51:36 PM

I just found my new nighttime hobby

3/22/2008 11:53:16 PM

also, this is a good test.

take a flat head screw driver and insert into the lock of your filler door.

turn, not enough to damage it if it doesn't give, but enough to know that it works.

most cars that i have owned, the locks were just decoration, and that anything would open them.

they would be so simple that the simple act of inserting something remotely similar worked.

3/22/2008 11:59:57 PM

yeah i can pick the lock on most locking floor safes with either a safety pin or the nail file thing on fingernail clippers

I STOLE MAD WEED STASHES SON

3/23/2008 12:01:44 AM

Are you serious? People are doing this shit? What the fuck do they think this is, Mad Max?

3/23/2008 12:03:53 AM

it's shit like these that I'm grateful my car can only hold 13 gal of gas.

3/23/2008 12:04:32 AM

Yeah, good point.

The inconvenience of a small gas tank is better than risking a one in a million chance of being the victim of gasoline pirates.

3/23/2008 12:07:21 AM

the real thief's are the gas companies

3/23/2008 1:55:33 AM

you should buy a hard to break into gas cap with lock on it. Then when someone you hate really pisses you off, replace their gas cap with that one. Next time they get low on gas they'll be fucked! (or at least severely pissed off)

3/23/2008 2:07:20 AM

this makes me glad i have a small as hell gas tank that lets me get from Charlotte to the VA border on one tank...$20 worth of gas This is what you get for driving TANKS

3/23/2008 2:12:31 AM

^MOPED?

3/23/2008 2:19:35 AM

accent

3/23/2008 2:20:39 AM

not looking like a fag in 2 different states > $20 fill-ups

3/23/2008 2:34:23 AM

PWND!

3/23/2008 2:58:20 AM

FS: Siphon pump

3/23/2008 5:24:06 AM

I'm so glad I live in the ghetto where people are to poor to have cars.

3/23/2008 6:17:05 AM

^too

3/23/2008 7:36:26 AM

3/23/2008 7:53:35 AM

Quote :

"you should buy a hard to break into gas cap with lock on it. Then when someone you hate really pisses you off, replace their gas cap with that one. Next time they get low on gas they'll be fucked! (or at least severely pissed off)"

damn that's cold.

3/23/2008 9:08:42 AM

ahahhaa thats awesome

3/23/2008 9:11:29 AM

my jeep came with a locking gascap... i have to use my ignition key to open it...

wranglers ftw....

3/23/2008 9:32:45 AM

i need to test the security on my gas cap door. i bet its not hard to pop that open

3/23/2008 10:16:20 AM

^^ I has a wrangler Just a really old one.

3/23/2008 10:24:02 AM