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YOUR RESEARCHIt's an emergency!
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Fill with gas
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I have run into the same thing at full service stations.
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I let the wife borrow the car today. I was sitting in a meeting late afternoon and someone calls one of the attendees looking for me. They say my cell phone has been going off constantly in my office and when they went in to shut it off (since it was annoying everyone outside) they noticed my wifes name on caller ID. They were looking for me since it must be very important. As I stepped outside into the hall the admin is already headed to the conf. room with my cell. I look at the phone and I have 15 missed calls! I think "oh s(*&"! I call my wife and ask what's wrong. She says "I'm stuck at the gas station and can't open the gas thingy!"
Yup....
you have failed to give her the tool she needed to be kind and fill it up after she took it out and burned all the gas at the local autocross !!
I did the same thing myself. When I took the car for a PPI it needed some gas so I stopped at a gas station. Searched high and low for a gas door switch and couldn't find one. Had to call the PO.
funny on the gas deal, but seriously guys it's a big deal to have the wife or anyone else you rely on be able to drive a manual. i had a good buddy die because his wife couldn't get him to help due to inability to work the tranny. he laid there and bled to death while she frantically tried to get the car to move. so teach anyone you can to work that clutch... sorry to be a downer on an otherwise funny thread.
My wife drives the Carrera all the time... good at it.
But I keep all the cars filled with gas. Can't think of the last time she had to get out at the pump.
I had a new 528i loaner from the BMW dealer a few weeks back. It took me nearly 5 minutes to figure out how to put the car in reverse and release the parking brake. While the technology package was fascinating, I don't think I ever want a car so complicated. After three days I was only begining to get the hang of iDrive and the rest of the car's functionality. And I'm no Luddite!
Maybe I'm getting old, but what was so darned wrong with a three dial HVAC system and a radio with frickin' *****. I was looking at '08 Bullitt Mustangs on eBay last night (I'm gonna own one of those eventually, I can feel it) and got sort of nostalgic looking at that simple and effective dashboard.
