Posted: 9/24/2007 4:42:33 AM EDT
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Who in the hell designed the new spill proof nosle. WTF I have never gotten so much gas everywhere as trying to use this POS. I finally threw out my old steel can & picked up a new one, as I was at the checkout lane I did look at the strange apparatus that serves as a spout. This is apparently to save us from polluting the world around us w/ spilled gas. If anyone can use one of these things WITHOUT getting gas all over themselves let me know what the hell I'm doing wrong. In the meantime, can anyone tell me where I can get a regular can w/ a reular nosle. can't even buy a good gas can anymore........... |
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Expedition Exchange in CA has new NATO style gas, diesel, and water cans at reasonable prices. Very nice, easy to pour and they don't leak. LINKY |
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I clicked on the link & those are some damn nice gas cans. BUT I LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA & THEY WONT SELL ME ONE! The idea behind the new damn spout is to prevent spills when the can tips over. I don't know about you folks here but I have never knocked over a gas can. Even if I had, I know damned well I could set it upright & still spill less gas than using the new spout in a normal fashion. Excuse me, I need to check the list again to see what state I have to drive to so I can buy a freakin gas can. |
Go to Home Depot... They have a paint department... If you are lucky, you may find a can of red spraypaint...but get their early...they might sell out of it 
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What the fuck are you talking about? 
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In some states, selling a non PC gas can is illegal. I think it's federal regs that require a gas can to be painted red. |
it's illegal to transport gasoline in non-red containers. eta: it's important. if you get in a bad wreck, people trying to help you out need to know if you have 20 gallons of gas in the back. |
Do I have to put a bumper sticker on my car that says, "Warning! Vehicle may contain 20 gallons of fuel!" Or do people just naturally assume that a vehicle contains gas? |
Never happened to me. Maybe people just aren't wound so tight around here. |
I have been using a blue container for 2 years and no one has given me any grief. |
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Got busted at co-go's trying to fill the green cans last night. The fuel NAZI hauled her super size behind out the door when she saw the heinous crime I was about to commit. Will try BP today, I think perhaps I will try it during the day as the fuel attendants many not be as vigilant during the daylight hours. I refuse to paint the cans & I refuse to use the nosles designed by someone who rode the short bus for the greater part of thier life. |
I use 20 gallon clear Nalgene containers, but I discretely put the container right near the truck's tank and so the attendant can't see my container. Never had a problem. |
Yup; being designed by politicians they create more pollution than the old type. I hate those new fucking cans. |
I had the exact same reaction yesterday. I tried to use one of those for the first time, and was completely dumbfounded - and got gas everywhere!  |
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The coolest gas cans I have are the 20L German WW2 ones-wartime dated, and stamped "Wehrmacht" on them. I bought them from a guy who often went to Europe searching for WW2 German stuff. I probably have 20 WW2 cans-German, US, and British. Stations around me insist on the proper colored cans also. I have a postwar German one painted blue for kerosene. I use plastic ones for my tractors-I haven't seen these new nozzles,though. |