Well chance to make a video that might get hits on the internet aside. And comedic opportunity aside. I think they waited a little long to tell the lady. An active gas pump, and nowhere for that gasoline to go, is a potentially dangerous situation. Reminds me however of when people complain about the legal warnings attached to automobile owners manuals or any product operating set of instructions. The warnings sometimes sound ridiculous. BUT....this is proof that almost anything CAN possibly happen. I would be interested as to what the story was. Borrowed car? Rented Car? How do you find yourself behind the wheel of a Tesla, and on the road, and NOT know it's an electric vehicle? Borrowed from a friend, you'd think it would be mentioned. Rented you'd think it would be mentioned, and if owned? Well, let's just not go there.
Yeah, I'd guess either borrowed or rented since. Seems more likely that she was on the phone to ask for help in returning it with a full tank. They did wait quite a while. I like to think I'd have helped sooner, but for all I know I might have waited expecting her to figure it out any second. Hard for me to say one way or the other. I'm just glad she didn't try to squirt gas into the charging port. Yikes!!
I saw a Tesla pull into my local gas station at the gas pumps. The woman got out, cleaned her windshield and left.
When I first saw this video, I thought it was a creative con job..............................but then later I went to a Costco gas station. Oh My Dog!!!!!!!!
I even do this with my gassers, on days when bug splats accumulate faster than I burn fuel. If I ever get an EV, remind me to not do wash the windshield this way while in Oregon. No telling what the attendant may do. First time there decades ago, I had the attendant walk past the gas filler door and try to rip off the license plate (note to youngsters: some cars of that era had the gas cap hidden behind the license plate).
My '81 VW had the fuel filler next to the front passenger door, and the OIL fill was through a license plate trapdoor. It never happened to me but I eventually met another owner whose engine had been filled with gasoline.
How about a gas fill in the trunk. Porsche. Or right in front of the windshield. Model A with no fuel pump, gravity feed and a bobber gas gauge.
Our 58 VW bug had the gas cap under the hood, atop the tank, IIRC. My dad bemoaned the countless times attendants would try to close the hood by just pushing down on, with out first unlocking the strut that held it up: the poor hood was bent early-on.
My Dad's VW squareback had the gas cap under the hood & the oil filler / dipstick cap under the rear door. You do not want to put gas in there!
International Travelall had one of its gas caps in the right front fender, how convenient. Second picture of passenger side. Huge Hauler: 1973 International Travelall
I still own two of those GM cars with the gas cap behind the license plates. I really sucks when you pull an 18 foot plus car in behind another car at the pumps.
