On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:16:45 -0800, DarkMatter wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:02:37 +1300, "Ken Taylor"
Gave us:

snipped previous

It's a bit of a stretch to think that cell-phones are a problem, whereas the
car driving off next to you, with a set of spark plugs going for their
lives, is not. Hmmmm.



Yes, I agree. At 40kV these days too, and sure... none of that
closed system leaks anywhere.... sure. It is ten orders of
magnitude more dangerous than any handheld (or ear held) transmitter
is to flammable liquid vapors.

One should turn one's engine off whenever not using the car, let
alone at fuel pump islands. Always!

The old adage that it costs more to restart an engine than to leave
it running is bull**** today. Fuel injected (or throttle body)cars do
not suffer the idle mixture swings or flooding risk of old carbureted
engines. Unless you are in a very very cold place, turn your friggin'
engine off when you aren't driving the friggin' car!

The guy next to you with the dangling plug wire arcing away, though.
Make me more determined to have fuel delivered to a home tank.

I got yelled at for leaving the engine running at a deisel pump
once. Some people just don't know how hard t is to ignite the stuff.

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Best Regards,
Mike