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Hellaslow
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RIGHTHANDRIVER
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| Gas Station Attendant in O.C. and they're Homeless ! |
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panscraper_deluxe
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| Believe it or not, I'm in Hackensack, New Jersey all the time and they still pump your gas at all gas stations. Some kind of state requirement or something? |
Yeah, I think it is a state requirement there.... but I wouldn't let an "attendant" touch one of my vintage VWs... |
Ah, that brings back some memories of my first Englishtown show.
See, I didn't know about that law. And the "attendant" didn't speak English. That didn't end well. |
HAHA!! Same here! |
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btleboy
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That is an amazing story and the pictures are awesome! I wish I could find my dads first bug even though it was a 68.
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rdwood
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Thanks. I am very lucky to have the car now and to have these color slides he took of the car soon after he bought it. Hopefully it will stay in the family.
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valentinesr
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Here's another Beetle at a gas station.
This one is my dad's '57 right after he had bought it new in France. This Esso station is in Loupmont, France where he live while stationed in the Air Force.
The cool thing is I own this beetle now and restored it back to stock condition 2 years ago.
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Thats a kick ass story... To have some OG pics like that and still have your Pops ride..and he bought it new... My hats off to you brotha...thats one nice pic, and Ovali!
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vwclap
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ESSO...memories of having a tiger in the tank and free glasses with each fill up..
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...with the Esso tiger tail hanging at the rear view mirror and the bumper sticker ''Save the tiger'' on the bumper...cool...
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Asunder
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ESSO...memories of having a tiger in the tank and free glasses with each fill up..
I remember having my 59 VW while a senior in High School and going to an ESSO station and putting a dollars worth of gas in it and heading to the Jersey Shore..Seaside Heights to be exact...a spring time "Hookey" day.
Got a free glass to boot.
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rdwood
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Here's another Beetle at a gas station.
This one is my dad's '57 right after he had bought it new in France. This Esso station is in Loupmont, France where he live while stationed in the Air Force.
The cool thing is I own this beetle now and restored it back to stock condition 2 years ago.
Randy
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iVolkswagen
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Not far from here (2 miles) is a gas station that pumps the fuel for you. Only one I've ever seen. And only one guy fills up the cars. So its the same guy, every time.
Only problem for me is that there is a big dip between the highway and the entrance, so I scrape hard every time. 
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john7
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Gas station attendent.............  Those were the days. |
you know if i worked at a gas station, i would pump gas for people.
its super boring sittig behind the counter all day, i do that now
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stale air
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I wonder if he remembered to put the hood prop back down...
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My buddy had an oval once where there was a nice tag next to the fill neck that said "PUT HOOD PROP DOWN BEFORE CLOSING HOOD!" The PO must have had a problem in the full serve isle and made up a nice tag so it wouldnt happen again. 
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drpete
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| Gas station attendent............. Those were the days. |
Yeah, but you won't be able to get any S&H Green Stamps. It just ain't the same.
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MargaritaVillain
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Fill 'er up! |
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Rich's 50
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| Buenos Aires looks like a good place to fill up with petrol |
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onetype
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| now that is some nice gas!!! |
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Buzz Lightyear
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| Buenos Aires looks like a good place to fill up with petrol |
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JorgeDavidson
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The only time I've ever seen an attendant in the UK they didn't put the cap back on the tank and I lost a load of fuel before I had a chance to stop and sort it out.  |
 My experience is worster... 8:10 AM: a at. girl in a gas station took my key, opened the rear cap of a VW Polo, and filled the tank of diesel fuel... of course, the Polo were a 1.8 MI gas version.  At 12:00, 3 attendants still were trying to clean the tank... and not to talk `bout injectors..
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I always thought the fuel necks were different sizes to prevent that from happening?
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Well.. no here . The only warning is a sticker near fuel cap. In my case, the girl read "gasXXX" almost erased. Here, another way to call diesel fuel is "GASOIL", so the girl thought that. Besides, we don´t use the word "gasoline" or simply "gasolina" (that was what the stiker said) in spanish as the rest of america. we usually call he gas "Nafta".
If don´t believe here gas attendants are still alive (w/uniform and hat or cap) check this out:
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desh
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| The only time I've ever seen an attendant in the UK they didn't put the cap back on the tank and I lost a load of fuel before I had a chance to stop and sort it out. |
My experience is worster... 8:10 AM: a at. girl in a gas station took my key, opened the rear cap of a VW Polo, and filled the tank of diesel fuel... of course, the Polo were a 1.8 MI gas version. At 12:00, 3 attendants still were trying to clean the tank... and not to talk `bout injectors..
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I always thought the fuel necks were different sizes to prevent that from happening?
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JorgeDavidson
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| The only time I've ever seen an attendant in the UK they didn't put the cap back on the tank and I lost a load of fuel before I had a chance to stop and sort it out. |
My experience is worster... 8:10 AM: a at. girl in a gas station took my key, opened the rear cap of a VW Polo, and filled the tank of diesel fuel... of course, the Polo were a 1.8 MI gas version. At 12:00, 3 attendants still were trying to clean the tank... and not to talk `bout injectors..
Jorge
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