Jason Bleazard <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: Terrible Tom wrote:
:>
:> In my opinion locking gas caps are pretty much a waste of money.
: IMHO, it's a psychological thing as much as anything. 90% of people are
: honest and wouldn't steal gas in the first place. Take the remaining
: dishonest ones, probably 80% of those are basically lazy opportunists.
: If they open up the fuel door and see a lock, they'll probably move on
: to an easier target. If they think it's easy, they might start fooling
: around with it. Even if there's an anti-siphon valve in the tank, I
: still don't want some idiot sticking a dirty siphon hose down the fill tube.
Yep, same basic theory as a car alarm or the club, etc. Its not
going to stop a determined thief, but it will discourage the joyriders.
Here's a thought that might take it a step further... What if you
were to create a gas cap (some modification of the filler neck might
be required to make it convincing) which looks like a propane filler
plug, and add a label on the inside of the fuel door which says "propane
only", or similar wording. Even better than a locking gas cap since
the thief thinks there's nothing worth stealing in there. :-)
If you didn't want to go to all that trouble, you could also
just make up a label for the inside of the door that says "diesel
fuel only". Might work, especially up there in Toronto where most
everybody drives econoboxes and the assumption might be that most
trucks are diesel. One drawback to this though is to make sure
that you are the only person who refuels your truck, or you might
accidentally get a tank full of diesel some day. :-(
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