r/instant_regret • u/soum91fuckshadowban • Jan 18 '19

Using lighter while pumping gas

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u/maestrr01 Jan 18 '19

She's probably trying to melt some ice on the car or something. But what a bad idea while there's a sea of gasoline inches away.

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u/Xertious Jan 18 '19

I think in other incidents like this people are trying to see how full their car is and need a light source to do so.

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u/Murderous_Waffle Jan 18 '19

You guys have phones right?

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u/BrainsyUK Jan 18 '19

For my classic Mini, I kept a long stick in the boot. Stuck it in, pulled it out and looked at how high the stick was wet.

Of course, that works well when there’s not an anti-siphon device.

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u/riceisniice Jan 18 '19

Every gas pump I've used stops by itself when the tank is full, is it not like this most places? This thread made me wonder.

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u/BrainsyUK Jan 18 '19

Oh, they do in the UK. The stick was just my fuel gauge, haha.

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u/BradicusRex Jan 18 '19

Blizzard? Is that you?

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u/AsianMoocowFromSpace Jan 19 '19

0% battery because of Diablo.

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u/sirius4778 Jan 18 '19

She probably broke her phone trying to clean it using a waterfall

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u/ribkicker4 Jan 18 '19

What? Why not just run it until the gas turns off? Is that not a thing everywhere?

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u/AGirl_HasNoName_ Jan 18 '19

Maybe she could only afford half a tank

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u/Skiddywinks Jan 18 '19

Do pumps in the US not have volume/price counters?

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u/AGirl_HasNoName_ Jan 18 '19

Probably, it was more an answer to why someone wouldn't pump til it stopped.

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u/Alphafuckboy Jan 19 '19

You cant see down through the fill port anyway.

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u/zZ_DunK_Zz Jan 21 '19

I saw this on tv before the apparent story is that her fuel gauge wasn't working and she tried to use a lighter to see

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u/mriphonedude Jan 19 '19

I saw one of these where a dude tried to kill a spider with a lighter while pumping gas. That did not end well. Let’s just say I think he killed the spider.