SC on cell phone at Costco gas station

[LostMyMind]

Ah, the Metro...the only car I know of, that can be carried home if it breaks down

You forgot the Yugo. It trumps all cars for carriability.

[protege]

Sounds like my mommy's Geo Metro back in the day.

Ah, the Metro...the only car I know of, that can be carried home if it breaks down

My old Tercel would get about 40mpg on the highway, with 42-45 being about average. However, I somehow got 50mpg on a long trip once. Now that just blew my mind!

[LostMyMind]

Brat. Ha ha.

Worst part, is it used to be $2 to $3 just two year ago. My tank is only 2.5 gallons.

[Crosshair]

I love motorcycles. I never understand anyone who drives gas guzzlers, anything under 40mpg are gas guzzlers.

My car gets 30 MPG. I don't know why many people drive SUVs, but I do know why I drive a car. Mainly the 2 feet of snow, -20 F temps, and ice covered roads in the winter. Though during the summer I rode my bike wherever possible.

[Becks]

I love pulling up next to those SUV at the pump. I'll say loudly, "Dang, 6 bucks to fill up my empty tank." I love motorcycles. I never understand anyone who drives gas guzzlers, anything under 40mpg are gas guzzlers.

Brat. Ha ha.

Sounds like my mommy's Geo Metro back in the day.

[LostMyMind]

I love pulling up next to those SUV at the pump. I'll say loudly, "Dang, 6 bucks to fill up my empty tank." I love motorcycles. I never understand anyone who drives gas guzzlers, anything under 40mpg are gas guzzlers.

[One-Fang]

But on the bright side, when she was done she didn't have to wait for a pump.

[skeptic53]

I gassed up around noon today at Costco, one of the busiest times of the day. They have 10 lanes of double pumps but still had 3-5 cars waiting in each line.

I picked the shortest line and waited behind a huge SUV. The cars at both pumps in our lane exited at more or less the same time. After a moment, the SUV pulled up to the back pump. I waited, they didn't pull forward, so I drove around them to the forward pump. I looked back and the SUV driver was a woman talking on a cell phone. In the passenger seat was a teenage boy reading a magazine. I pre-paid, pumped a full tank, put the cap back, waited for the receipt, and the woman was still gabbing on her cell. By then 6 cars were lined up behind her.

She could easily have talked and pumped at the same time, although many people "know" it's dangerous. (That risk has been debunked: http://www.snopes.com/autos/hazards/gasvapor.asp ) Or if her call was that important, she could have had her gormless kid go pump the gas.

A trifecta: brainless SUV driver, on a cell phone, inconveniencing half a dozen people.

GAAAH!