CAUTION: attempted fuel syphon!

[vermilioN]

Hey guys, somebody attempted to syphon the fuel out of my dads car in our drive way during the day.. My mum came home to find the fuel door open and the cap hanging there. I never thought anything would happen like this especially during the day and I live in a pretty quiet place! No fuel was taken so presumably they struggled to get it or they didnt realize it was deisel. Watch your cars!

[blinklight]

Happened to my neighbour about 4 months ago

All my cars are garaged

It is pretty sad when you can't leave your car in your driveway though

[bennieboi101]

Yeah i had this happen to me when i was on holiday in SA and went to the AMF at golden grove...must be something about Adelaide, never have that kinda thing happen up here in QLD

Watch out guys

[VRX_08]

It is only going to get worse when fuel gets even more expensive!

[SIX]

yeah it will get worse , but hey i live in salisbury and worked in elizabeth and my cars still standing lol , there hope for us yet !

[kalt]

What's that, next group buy??!!

http://rescuecap.com/



Haha, suckers tasted diesel!

[citris.87]

"Hide a spare key Holder" lol, I can just see that coming loose, and your key falling into your tank.

Anyhow, I thought it was just Townsville that was getting bad, but I have heard a couple of stories of people here catting calls about there plates being used in fill and runs. I do understand why tho, at the moment I sped about $60 a fortnight filling the Mazda, and about $160 a fortnight filling the Evo.

I bet we will see an increase in this, and I would be willing to bet most of the offenders will drive big thirsty v8s that they bought cheap, and didn't realize the cost of driving it.

[himynameisdaniel]

The worst was the fords i was test driving back in 2010 for a new car. no locking mechanism on the fuel door. (fiesta, Focus)

I asked the dealer where the fuel door release was. he just said to go open it manually!
1 of the many reasons why i did not buy a ford.


The spare key is a great idea if there are no vehicle thefts.
Car gets stolen. all the locks in your house get replaced. on top of worrying bout your ride.

[debonaire]

The worst was the fords i was test driving back in 2010 for a new car. no locking mechanism on the fuel door. (fiesta, Focus) I asked the dealer where the fuel door release was. he just said to go open it manually! 1 of the many reasons why i did not buy a ford. The spare key is a great idea if there are no vehicle thefts. Car gets stolen. all the locks in your house get replaced. on top of worrying bout your ride.

Yet you need the key to open the bloody bonnet! How are you meant to open the bonnet when the engine is running, without turning it off?

[kalt]

Yet you need the key to open the bloody bonnet! How are you meant to open the bonnet when the engine is running, without turning it off?

...Use a turbo timer - Remove key, exit car to unlock bonnet before countdown finishes, return key and cancel countdown.
A dumb design solved by an equally dumb (and illegal as you kindly pointed out in April ) solution aye.


Found cheaper keylockable petrol caps on Amazon, so forget the Rescuecap. I wonder how easy it is to pick the lock though, or just use brute force to break open the plastic cap...

[belle_tb_ES]

I heard there was something inside the fuel line/pipe near the top (near where you insert the fuel hose). But he was probably wrong

Anti siphon device