i have not made skin contact in years, i use a paper towel. that sh?t is nasty. peoples grubby hands and fuel smell...hmmm

but on the other hand i can get a few days out of a pair of underwear, now some think that is nasty.

I love the smell of diesel, burned or unburned. I took off my ALDA just for the exhaust aroma! :wacky:

I keep medical gloves in the car. That way I can toss them after using them.

No way, no gloves, towels...nothing. I am rugged and handle the pump with my bare hands. :D

As Arnold would say, those who use gloves and towels may fall into consideration to be called...."Girly men". :D :D ;)

*Flame suit on*

this needs to be a poll
 

Gloves ? nah.

1) My Loving wife has a lousy nose like me, neither of us think it smells that strong. She says that it makes her think of me (proud to be the only diesel man in her life =)

2) If a co-worker mentions it, I'd be like "yeah, I drive a diesel, I think everyone should..."

3) If I'm in the office, and others noticed the smell, no one has mentioned anything to me yet. I dont do any high power sales meetings (I am involved in $4M engineering project meetings) but I don't consider a little diesel smell (if at all) an "office-offensive" thing.

-John

I keep a box of nitrile, unpowdered gloves in the trunk. I fill up at a truck pump which is pretty nasty. You can't get that diesel smell off your hands for a whole day if you don't use a glove. I get the gloves at a medical supply house - $9.00 for a box of 100. I use them for working on the car as well.

I never used to, but now I'm a convert. Won't work on the car without them, even my gassers.

Rgds,
Chris W.

I'll pump my fuel and then get in my car and sniff my fingers... kind a habit. never even knew i had it until i drove my Toyota for the first time in over a year. fulled her up and hopped in... about 10 min down the road noticed i was sniffing my fingers.. and had a horrible head ache. damn gasoline. had to hang my hand out the window.

I work in a laboratory and keep a box of latex gloves in my car at all times. I almost always use one at the pump. It keeps my hands from stinking of fuel.

It took me 20 years to realize how amazing wearing latex gloves is for working on my cars. Its sort of like preventative maintenance for your hands, its MUCH better than trying to scrape grease out from under your nails.

I use the plastic gloves if station provides them, I generally have some in my trunk if they don't and if the handle is clean I will still at least use a paper towel if available. I don't want diesel on my steering wheel, they are expensive.

I'm 6'5" and 300 lbs and no one has ever dared to call me wussy for using a glove or paper towel at the station. :P Sometimes I have seen guy who looked like he wanted to, but in MO everyone can have a consealed gun in the car. :D Not to mention sometimes my CCW prints, or a shirt rides up too far. :eek:

Here in NJ today, where it is always full serve, but I always supervise politely if not do it myself for time sake, the following happened with my 83 300TD:
Man of middle eastern descent barely speaking any english.
"Diesel?"
Yes.
"Is this a diesel?"
Yes, fill it up with Diesel please.
"What kind of car is this?, A Mercedes? I've never seen one like this."
Yes it is a Mercedes.
"It is very nice."
Thank you.

He proceeds to try and lift the hatch where the hatch button is for the fuel. I politely point out it is at the right rear behind the wheel. He thanks me.
Of course I watch like a hawk, but all seems OK.
12 gallons later, he takes out the nozzle. He put the cap back on and was turning too hard on the cap because he was looking/feeling/listening for the clicking sound of most gas caps.

I stop him immediately, also informing him that mine doesn't click, but I was still nice about it.

Usually I do it myself at this particular station, but he seemed happy do be doing his job and was there very quickly. I was happy not to have any diesel smell on my hands at all, but also careful as I don't want anything happening to my car.

I have some stations I always trust based on familiar attendants, where I only look through the passenger side view mirror to make sure all is well.

$2.73/gal. today, but toward PA on Rt. 15 it was 2.53 last week.

no gloves. I think they're ghey. I never use them on my gas cars, so why change? There was a glove in my SD when I got it, but it's a freaking leather yard working glove. I didn't feel the desire of looking like a hillbilly Michael Jackson.:rolleyes4

I like the smell of gasoline :wacky:

When I go poddy I don't aim to get any on my hands either!;)

Tom W

The only time that a real man would use a towel is after the fact, if the nozzle was so wet his hands were going to damage the interior. Once I had to use a towel on my shoes so I didn't track up the carpet with some of the ten gallons of diesel some trucker pumped on the ground.

Garden gloves
 

The pump handles are usually filthy. It would be nice if all there were on them was diesel fuel. Usually some black mix of dirt and old fuel.

I use old garden gloves, keep 'em in the car door pocket