Hello Everyone
I made a fuel stop, filling my tank.
Ugly/nasty personality pulls up to the other side of the diesel pump, hops out shrieking and cursing at her two kids in the back (elementary school age), pops the diesel pump in the tank of her 7 series BMW (V12 gasser) and locks the flow on while she beats on the window and screams curses at the kids.
I was sorely tempted to drive away; but Good Sam stuck my foot in the grinder.
I walked around the fuel island and waved for her attention; without interrupting her cursing, she flies the bird at me.
I walk closer and attempt to gain her attention again; she stuck her hand in her bag and comes out with mace, says "Leave me the F*** alone A**hole", enough is enough.
I got in my car and drove from the pump to the store, walked in and asked the clerk to kill her pump and explained why, the clerk did kill the pump at 10 gallons of diesel, and attempted to explain over the intercom what the problem was, the lady did not listen, climbed in the car, started it, twisted around screaming at the kids and stomped on the accelerator in the process, she stayed in this position for roughly four-five minutes with the engine cranking 5-7K the whole time.
I got a coffee and was paying for it just as she let off the throttle.
The clerk said OMG and I looked up to see clouds of smoke in the car.
The lady rolled the windows down, and drove off through a large puddle, giant steam cloud when car hit the water.

I left the fuel station, passed the lady 1/2 mile later; going 5 MPH and attempting to keep it going, cloud from under car, in car and under hood.

I did try to warn the lady, the clerk tried to warn the lady, you would think that smoke clouds filling the car would warn her that something was wrong!
"WRONG", Duh; too stupid to drive diesel.

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I enjoyed that story.
It's even better than the time I saw a woman jawing on a cell phone in stop & go traffic. She got bumped in the rear just hard enough to jar the phone out of hand and out of the window
The car behind her finished the job.
You are much kinder than I. After getting the finger from her I would have gone to the clerk and said " wanna watch something funny?"

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Diesel Lovers,
a number of years ago I was fueling my 1970 220-D and a similar model was putting gasoline in his Diesel. I stopped him and asked if he knew that was gasoline. He told me he always put several gallons of in his mix for better cold weather starts. I can't wait to get my hands on a new Mercedes CDI. I just found out that Freightliner is using the CDI 2.7L and are happy with 22 mpg. My 1992 2.5 turbo has 180,000 and going fine.
Regards.
Frank

whunter

Good story, some people are just "rude to the bone", sounds like she got what she deserved. Thanks for sharing

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Good story, I think those BMW 12's go for like $15k. I gues her husband will be getting a nice bill. I like a happy ending.

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Hi all.

I'm sure she'll ***** and moan to her
husband and he'll buy her another car
just to get her of his back,so he can
concentrate on his mistress and
ignore her.

I think it's sad,but I guess that is what
you get when you marry for money and
not for love.

She won't learn and stay this arrogant.

Louis.

The whole story and the scene it created (in my mind) left a bad taste in my mouth. Feel sorry for the kids. Someone needs to shove a diesel nozzel somplace other than the tank inlet on the car.

Don

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Amen to that.

whunter, I'll bet that she finds a way to blame the whole thing on you...either that or the gas station attendant. I'd be real wary...

She sounds like a complete nutjob. She probably shouldn't be driving at all...probably one of those types who drives with a brick on the throttle, one knee steering, and one hand on her cell phone and the other either hitting her kids or putting in makeup...

As BIGRED said, I feel sorry for her kids...

Just another one of those times you wish you wore a badge.

15K for a factory fresh BMW 12 sounds way low to me.it might not ruin it though but sure is a good story wish I was there.......
William Rogers.........

Hello william rogers
The car was a new 2004 BMW 7 Series.
MSRP: $69,995 - $119,195
To my educated eye, it looked like the fully load package.
Have a great day.

"I left the fuel station, passed the lady 1/2 mile later; going 5 MPH and attempting to keep it going, cloud from under car, in car and under hood."


whunter,

you can't keep me hanging like this....what happened next? after you passed her, i guess you are leaving that to the readers' imagination......

i loved the story. i hate it for the kids. i hate it when people like that come into the office. why do they always seem so...

1. mad
2. in a hurry
3. they often have bad teeth
4. bathed in channel #5 or is it #4?

i love to hear stories like this.

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"Instant Karma, just add Diesel"

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I've heard stories from my dentist about people who drive up in fance imported cars and get teeth pulled because they don't have dental insurance and can't afford a crown.

No way she owns that car, it's leased, and will be a piece of junk by the time she turns it back in.

Not that putting the wrong fuel in the tank is all that uncommon -- I nearly filled the work van with diesel one time. At most of the stations I use, though, the diesel nozzle won't fit into the unleaded tank filler.

Peter

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