• Carmakazi@piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    Not that I’m looking for advice on stealing gasoline from people, but doesn’t like every car made for the last 20 years have a mesh or something that blocks you from snaking a rubber hose into the tank?

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      A lot of the doors are also locked as well. Cant open unless the key is inside the car or pop it manually with a button.

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        Yeah, a lot of the time the fuel door either locks with the regular doors or they require pulling a lever in the cabin. That being said, people forget to lock their doors sometimes, and I can’t imagine the latch is that strong.

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          Can confirm, I successfully broke the latch in family car by smashing the fuel door too hard.

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      Yeah there’s a lot of things in place to prevent this, however most gas tanks are plastic now and one could easily punch a hole and drain it that way.

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        It’s seems like anyone doing this kind of thing wouldn’t have the discipline or forethought to transfer the gasoline from a large shallow pan you would have to fit under the car, to an actual canister you could transport effectively. Resulting in a lot of waste and damage for very little profit.

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          What you do is have a tube with an end that fits the hole you melt, connected via a little pump to your jerrycan. Bob’s your uncle.

          At least, if I was doing it, like a prick who did not care about damaging someone’s car, that would be how.

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      Not that I’m looking for advice on stealing gasoline from people

      Whew, for a moment there I was getting a little suspicious… 🤔 (/s)

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              I’m speaking as a DND player. I once spent a non-insignificant amount of time researching common, naturally found poisions that are difficult to detect because I was playing a poisoner ranger in a futuristic setting where earth was getting torn apart. (We were on a giant space station and would go to earth for missions)

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      Unfortunately the gas lock in my car stopped working a while ago. So in my case someone tried to do something there and took the gas cap with them for some reason.

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    So you have time to wash several cars as a lovely surprise for their owners. As a bonus, your presence will deter theives who would steal from members of your proletariat community. Instead you can encourage them only to steal from faceless tax dodging corporations, billionaires and landlords.

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      I unfortunately tried this as a teen. Didn’t work, and you would have to breathe in the entire tube of vapor before you can expect to get any liquid out. Was instantly nauseous and had a headache for a few days. Everytime I see an actor do this I get pretty triggered. What a strange trope.

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        Uhh… you aren’t supposed to inhale it.
        You suck the air into your mouth, then evacuate that out your nose.
        Repeat, until fuel in mouth.

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          If you’d like to show me how to do, I’ll gladly watch that video. I’d recommend a vintage gasoline from the late 2000s, diesel if you’re nasty.

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            I mean… No?
            I’m going to be shallow and judgemental here, and guess you are at least a generation younger than I am.
            I grew up in the 80s, and had to siphon gas many times between cars and motorcycles and lawnmowers and whatever else. And yes, that includes diesel.
            Its not rocket science, but I can understand the confusion if you haven’t had to do it before.

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      I’ve been wondering if putting most of the tube in the tank and then covering up the hole with your thumb would be adequate in pulling up liquid to begin the siphon process.

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    Fun fact it is actually legal to steal gasoline as long as your boobs are out.

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    Do it in an upper class neighborhood at least.

    Older cars are the only ones susceptible to this, and those aren’t generally driven by the types of people who can easily afford more gas.

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      You mean not in an upper class neighborhood then?

      Do newer cars have some mechanism to prevent this? It’s pretty basic physics, but I suppose you could put some obstacles in there to prevent a tube from reaching the liquid.

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        I believe most cars produced these days have a screen or valve that prevents siphoning. They allow liquid in, but prevent a hose from reaching the tank.

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          Every car I’ve had in the last two decades has a door over the fuel hole that locks when the doors are locked.

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          All fun and games until someone pokes a hole in the tank and drains it into a pan under the car.

          Also has the perk of not damaging the fuel door and potentially setting off an alarm if it’s there.

          Or so I hear.

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        I just mean the old cars in an upper class neighborhood are less likely to be driven by poor people while still being vulnerable to this siphoning because yes, sadly newer cars have meshes or locking mechanisms to deter gas siphoning.

        But I mean if there’s bigotry stickers on the car by all means go whole ham no matter where it’s parked. Hell stick a lentil in the tire valve caps while you’re at it.

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    Someone where I used to live was murdered while trying to steal propane.

    Shits wild, yo.

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    Most modern vehicles have fuel inlets that are specifically designed to prevent siphoning. If you want to steal gas, you’ll need to drill a hole in the (often plastic) gas tank underneath the car.

    More knowledge is more power.

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    When I was a teen, the local movie theater became known as the location for the most car thefts in the city. Next to the mall there was an on ramp that led to three different highways, so by the time they came out from the movie, their car could be two hours away in ANY direction.

    I always drove jalopies, so my car was always safe.

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      My first car had electrical problems. I had to go through the trunk if I locked it. It wouldn’t start and I gave up trying to figure out where the problem was so I always pushed started it. I always left a note on the window saying the door was open, please dont break the windows. I can’t start it with the key. There’s nothing in here to steal.

      About once a week I’d see my door open, but nothing destroyed. It also helped it was a manual transmission. I bought it for $1800 and sold it for $1200 after adding 50k miles. 1995 civic

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    We used to have security guards patrolling the parking lot at the small theater that I worked at. I’m guessing that’s not happening anymore though because profits.