YIKES!! Refueling from side vents

It took me a while to cool down then control myself from laughing after it ended up with no incident. This morning I pulled at a gas station at a remote area outside the city on my to work to refuel my 991 turbo. I stopped the car at the gas station with the fuel opening next to the pump. Opened the passenger window and told the help to fill the car with 95 fuel. Moments later I heard him asking me to drive the car forward as he was pulling the nozzle towards the side air intake. Before I get to realize what was happening another help jumped to my rescue showing him the fuel flap door location. Both went apologizing as I was trying to calm myself down from the scare I got and the laughter that followed. It'd never crossed my mind that someone would think the air vents are fuel tank openings :crazy:

Maybe he thought you were driving a Lamborghini Countach. :hilarious:

ROFL Told the help? I can't remember the last time I saw any "help" at a gas station :hilarious:

I guess I'm the peasant now :hilarious: Every time I count my blessings for having help at gas stations in the Middle East to fill the car especially in hot summer in Saudi Arabia or in cold winter in Jordan. But today, the scare got me to envy you guys in the USA. I was truly terrified... and I don't want to think what could've happened if he started pumping.

Lucky escape. You don't want to dwell on what could have happened had he started pumping petrol into the intake.

Pretty scary indeed. There are states here that require an attendant to fill for you. I think the reason given is safety. At what the job would pay I can't imagine it being much different. Les

tell that to people with a 72 , 911.. Lemon

How different is that?

here is a 72 . lemon

The car ^ is stunning... and yes, that's a mistake.

Tell you a better one! My friend's aunt drove off with gas hose still in her brand new E350, she realized it when she pulled up to her office, nozzle still there with a good portion of the hose, she was babbling on he phone! Thank heavens for breakaway hoses!

I'm laughing LOUD!!! :hilarious: :hilarious:

Can you imagine the drivers on the Palmetto seeing this woman drive by with a gas hose still attached? I'm sure plenty must have honked their horns, but knowing her she was too caught up on phone! LOL!

You're so hilarious!!! Here's a picture I found online, could be her's on the left:

Dont go to Jersey much do you? Although, I hear that might change soon.

^ That's unbelievable!!!! The way this 997 turbo bulldozed the store is just so scary. She's lucky she didn't kill anyone.

What a thread! First the OP, then the '72 had me saying Oh my God! out loud! Then the TT... Just shaking my head! Glad your car wasn't hurt, Hassan!

While no where as dramatic I have to wonder if there's more then just styling involved in moving the oil and water fill ports from side by side in the little service bay on the 987 to opposite sides of the car in the 981?

That's great! I live in NJ. If I'm driving to another close state like PA or NY (especially NYC) I'll fill up before I leave because I've screwed up the gas pumps so many times. Once in PA, instead of inserting my credit card into the credit card slot I inserted where the little receipt is expelled. Well, I put my card into the receipt thing and it swallowed it up. I could hear gears chomping down on my card. I had to get the attendant, and she got her boss, and they had to take the damn pump apart. All of that happened that so I could get the card back. And I also can't figure out how to set the little nozzle catch so you don't have to stand there with your hand squeezing the thing. I thought I had set it once only to see mucho gas running down the side of my car (a new 981S at the time) and down the street. I think I pumped 20 gallons into a 15.x tank! I've only done those things once, but there's others I won't mention. And yes, I've been driving since 1971, Yeah, they should have self serve, but they never will. Too big a lobby and low gas tax. Besides our illustrious "governor"has yet to figure out a way to weasel more dough out of the current set up.

Wow Danny. If the rest of New Jersey drivers are anything like you they should NEVER implement self service as they have in 48 other states, or however many have. Pretty frightening that you couldn't figure it out. You probably should stay in jersey.:crazy:

Youse guys are cracking me up! It's been 35 years since I lived in Jersey, but you bring it back, as did Tony and Carmella. See many Escalades there?

Danny, I laughed reading your message... thank you for a wonderful cheerful morning. PS Your avatar looks so beautiful.

I spent six months training at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. When I left New Jersey I swore I would never go back.

This is very strange! Recently there are several posts across different threads harsh about NJ. I'm not sure I understand why. Once I went to Six Flags in NJ by car from my hotel in Manhattan and returned back by the end of the day. All I saw was the beautiful country side of the state. And I liked it. I can't get what's so bad about NJ!

Here in Oregon, it works like this . . . Like Jersey, it's illegal to pump your own gas. Every few years, a campaign gets started to change that law. Part of the argument presented in TV ads supporting a change in the law is the obvious: having others pump the gas for us increases our costs. Then, each time, it comes out in the news that gas is as (or more) expensive in neighboring states (WA, CA, etc.) where people pump their own gas. Then , it comes out that the "Citizens for Freedom in Pumping" (or whatever they actually call themselves) is really a front for the petroleum industry. Then Oregonians get angry at the deceit. Then they vote against the proposal. Then we all go to sleep for a few more years while our gas gets pumped for us. Then the whole process gets repeated years later.