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jmcquown[_2_]

On 8/30/2018 3:40 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 2:03:29 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2018-08-30 2:23 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> I remember when cars had the gas cap behind the back license plate. Do any
>>> car makers put it there now? The only complaint I ever heard about that
>>> location was getting a gas can to empty completely if you used one if you
>>> ran out of gas.
>>
>>
>> At least you knew where to put the gas when you pulled up to a pump.
>> When I was working we were constantly changing vehicles and I often had
>> trouble remembering if the gas cap was on the left or the right.
>>
> A few weeks ago I had a rental and agreed to return with as much gas as when
> it was given to me. I go to fill the tank and pull up to the pump thinking
> the tank is on the left side like my car. Running around searching for the
> gas door I found it on the right side of the vehicle. That prompted a U-turn
> in the lot to another pump.
>
Rentals can be interesting. I had a rental car a number of years ago
after someone hit my car, an unwittnessed accident in a Walgreen's
parking lot. The car went to the body shop.

Thing is, I've driven a standard shift most of my adult life. The
rental car (they picked me up!) was an automatic. Full power steering &
brakes. It takes me a few miles to get used to driving an automatic
again. The extra sensitivity in the steering and the brakes.

I automatically reach (without thinking) for the shift or feel for the
clutch. It's like muscle memory. You have to retrain your brain
slightly when you change from years of a standard to an automatic. IMHO.

Oh, and it's a good idea to listen when they tell you where the
windshield wipers and the headlights are. It started to rain when I was
driving the rental home. LOL

I really couldn't wait to get my car out of the bodyshop. They did a
great job and I was more than happy to turn that rental car in. Ah yes,
I can drive my car home.

Jill