SUV talk...go

[Wild and Free]

Ha Ha yeah we already talked about not mistakenly filling it with diesel, she has been pumping diesel for a lot of years now.

This thing is weird as it doesn't have a gas cap, the thing has a rubber flap you just shove the nozzle into and the fuel fill door seals against it when it is closed.

[dripley]

7 hours ago, Wild and Free said:

Ha Ha yeah we already talked about not mistakenly filling it with diesel, she has been pumping diesel for a lot of years now.

This thing is weird as it doesn't have a gas cap, the thing has a rubber flap you just shove the nozzle into and the fuel fill door seals against it when it is closed.

I have seen the tanks with out the cap. That would take a little getting used to. For the most I have driven older vehicles most of my life. Went to Christmas party in Dallas Texas many many years ago. The company got me a rental car. While driving to the office it started raining and I had to pull off the road to figure out how to turn the wipers on. It was on a column mounted switch and I had never driven a car with one. Spent 15 minutes figuring out where all the switches were.

Edited March 9, 2017 by dripley

[Wild and Free]

 

[Buzzinhalfdozen]

So what's the reason for no cap? Just so people don't forget to put the cap back on?

[Wild and Free]

Your guess is as good as mine on that one.

[IBMobile]

It's so when it doesn't seal tight anymore the check engine light will come on with a p0455 large leak in fuel evaporative system and you can't just go to your local parts house and get a new gas cap to fix it.  It means money for Honda.

[dripley]

Don't loose the funnel.. I'll bet it's $75 to replace at the dealer.

[Wild and Free]

Well broke 1k miles today on the new 2017 Honda CR-V EX-L AWD 1.5l turbo and wife and i both love it. Still learning all the options but the more we both drive it the more we love this thing.

Edited March 20, 2017 by Wild and Free

[dripley]

Good to hear. My daughter has an 06 I believe. I kind of got stuck driving for a few days while working in her area. It drove fine and filling it up for less than $20 was pretty cool. The drivers seat was comfortable but my leg laid against the console and was npt comfortable at all. It was on the 4th and last day I drove that I found a steering wheel adjustment that let back away enough to get my leg off of the console. Sometimes learning new vehicles can be fun. On a side note, hers was returned with a full tank and mine was empty. Kids, you gotta love em. I know I do mine.

[Wild and Free]

Ha ha sounds like my wife. It won't take long for her to figure out EXACTLY how many miles she can drive with the fuel gauge on empty.