Automotive pet peeve of the day!!

[mechanickeith]

I just love when I am pumping my gas I am forced to stand there & listen to the commercials & adds on the little TV screen that's on all the gas pumps now.

[ho428]

Mine is when they don't keep receipt paper in the pump and I have to go inside for one.

[David Jones]

Originally Posted by mechanickeith

I just love when I am pumping my gas I am forced to stand there & listen to the commercials & adds on the little TV screen that's on all the gas pumps now.

O.M.G.
The local Chevron has those. 4 pumps, screens on both sides, so 8 different screens. The sound comes to my ear from the random pumps like a bad stereo sound mix.

[Mill67]

Most of ours here have a mute button, I always mute them!

[72projectbird]

I hate those damn things! I don't need to be entertained while pumping gas!

My automotive pet peeve? Cars that don't use keys anymore. Can someone tell me why anything short of a race car needs a push button start? I hate them!

[Chris65LeMans]

When I drive my Pontiac, I don't need to listen to the ads - there are too many people wanting to talk about the car.

With my daily driver, I'll set the "auto" switch and walk away to avoid that stuff.

They are always playing "Jimmy Fallon" clips on the pumps out here. Either they are picking his worst jokes, or that guy isn't very funny.

[sts]

Talking about cars while gassing up the 9. A guy about my age told me. “Most people don't know this. Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, he invented the automobile assembly line.”

The pearls of wisdom gained while pumping gas and listening!

Youth is brilliant: While driving the car in a parade, an 8 year old boy hollered out, “Nice Firebird!” I said thanks while his buddy asked him how he knew it was a Firebird? “It says so on the car.” Why can't people our age figure out these kinds of things?

[GT182]

Originally Posted by sts

Talking about cars while gassing up the 9. A guy about my age told me. “Most people don't know this. Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, he invented the automobile assembly line.”

No, Henry Ford improved the automobile assembly line. And that didn't know it either.

"The modern assembly line and its basic concept is credited to Ransom Olds, who used it to build the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash." I knew it was Ransom Olds, but to confirm the above is taken from here....
https://www.bing.com/search?q=who+in...f7c8d54c32f5c2

[tigergto]

Mine is when a young person is pumping gas, car shut off but stereo on full blast.

[nashcar]

My best/worst one is when a guy pulls up with his girl and I'm filling my Z/28 and says his friend had one just like it only it was a convertible.

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by Chris65LeMans

When I drive my Pontiac, I don't need to listen to the ads - there are too many people wanting to talk about the car.

With my daily driver, I'll set the "auto" switch and walk away to avoid that stuff.

They are always playing "Jimmy Fallon" clips on the pumps out here. Either they are picking his worst jokes, or that guy isn't very funny.

Jimmy Fallon is just another one of the young, know it all " Richards", although not quite as annoying as most of the others. The young one's make Johnny Carson look even better than he was..lol

[Simple Man]

Originally Posted by tigergto

Mine is when a young person is pumping gas, car shut off but stereo on full blast.

BINGO!

Just as bad, the person who walks up "Hi, I'm out of gas, and I need to get home, and I have no money", and they're driving something nicer than most people have....

[FirebirdHank]

My pet peeve, convertibles with the top down and every window up!
Worse than that, top down with only quarter windows up!!!

[locomotivebreath]

Here in Kentucky , I don't know if I'm more annoyed by the fart can Honda or the hick with the fart dump diesel / semi stack sticking out of the bed - at least the Honda kid doesn't belch black smoke or have a fish hook on his real tree hat ! 3rd up is Harley's with drag pipes .

[RocktimusPryme]

The C6 I bought a little while ago straight up hates the newer style gas nozzles with the vapor guards on them. Most other cars I've had would sometimes trip the auto pump deal. The corvette I pretty much just have to stand there and hold it.

[66sprint6]

All of the taxi cabs filling up when gas is 2 cents a litre cheaper in my neighborhood. It seems to happen whenever I'm low on fuel. I've seen them fight over spots in line to save 1.20 with their 60L tanks.

[zeebo]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

Jimmy Fallon is just another one of the young, know it all " Richards", although not quite as annoying as most of the others. The young one's make Johnny Carson look even better than he was..lol

carson is 100x funnier than fallon or any one of those other late night goofs/time wasters on tv. 300 channels and nothing on. give me football or the westerns channel, sports news or a movie. thanks.

[geeteeohguy]

Originally Posted by mechanickeith

I just love when I am pumping my gas I am forced to stand there & listen to the commercials & adds on the little TV screen that's on all the gas pumps now.

I HATE that. I put the nozzle on lock and walk away so I don't have to be bombarded with that crap......

[My64GTO]

Slide your credit card, select your grade, insert the gas nozzle, then freeze your ass off and WAIT 5 minutes till they reset the pump...

[brad900]

Originally Posted by 72projectbird

My automotive pet peeve? Cars that don't use keys anymore. Can someone tell me why anything short of a race car needs a push button start? I hate them!

Mercedes invented it because of carjackings. That way you have the key on you, you get carjacked & within 10 miles or so the car will shut off when it comes to a stop because its always making sure the key is in the car while running. Other car company's only saw the start button and said thats cool lets do that too.