View Poll Results: Leave your car running while refueling?
Yes
4
6.78%
No
55
93.22%
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Do you leave your car running when refueling?
12-17-22, 02:54 PM
#61
Lexus Test Driver
Being from Utah. Within a minute someone has already told the attendant and the cops are on their way. No one will warn you or say that’s not a good idea. Signs are posted so you had your chance to do right. That’s the story they will give you. Me, personally I am from the Northeast originally and could care less what others do on their on dime.
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12-17-22, 02:58 PM
#62
Lexus Fanatic
Being from Utah. Within a minute someone has already told the attendant and the cops are on their way. No one will warn you or say that’s not a good idea. Signs are posted so you had your chance to do right. That’s the story they will give you. Me, personally I am from the Northeast originally and could care less what others do on their on dime.
12-17-22, 06:00 PM
#65
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
I'll have specific responses later, but from what I'm quickly gathering I'm taking it a lot of you turn your cars off and lock them while you're filling up? To me that's kind of insane.
That crime map is just flat wrong, West Knox county is extremely safe. Knoxville didn't burn in 2020, at all. Big cities like Washington did. There is crime here of course but that map is not accurate. It's got the richest parts of town off the lake, all the best parts of West Knoxville as the deepest red, labeling those areas the absolute most dangerous. Wrong. Then in the inner-city areas where it really is bad are rated the same or even better. That's just not accurate.
I live here, I grew up here. I don't anymore but I used to leave my car running going into gas stations, everyone did. I live in a very safe area, I can assure y'all. However the city is too big now, I don't feel comfortable leaving my car running to go into the gas station. It is worth noting that my cars are much nicer these days, lol. So there is that.
I don't remember my filling up behavior being any different in Los Angeles, though hellllll no I'd never leave my car running to run in the gas station. I'm sort of shocked that many of you lock your cars up while you're standing there filling up. How dangerous is it out there??? Now obviously, I'm not going to go down to the slums of the city or even the other parts of town and be carefree like this, but I'm just telling y'all how it is here.
Bottom line is your car isn't going to blow up if you leave it running while you refill. All those YouTube examples were of crime, not cars blowing up because they didn't shut the ignition off. People texting and emailing in cars, I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of you do that. Much more dangerous than me sitting in my running comfy warm/cool car while it fills up. I never text and drive, I always pull over. Not giving myself any badges, just trying to provide perspective.
That crime map is just flat wrong, West Knox county is extremely safe. Knoxville didn't burn in 2020, at all. Big cities like Washington did. There is crime here of course but that map is not accurate. It's got the richest parts of town off the lake, all the best parts of West Knoxville as the deepest red, labeling those areas the absolute most dangerous. Wrong. Then in the inner-city areas where it really is bad are rated the same or even better. That's just not accurate.
I live here, I grew up here. I don't anymore but I used to leave my car running going into gas stations, everyone did. I live in a very safe area, I can assure y'all. However the city is too big now, I don't feel comfortable leaving my car running to go into the gas station. It is worth noting that my cars are much nicer these days, lol. So there is that.
I don't remember my filling up behavior being any different in Los Angeles, though hellllll no I'd never leave my car running to run in the gas station. I'm sort of shocked that many of you lock your cars up while you're standing there filling up. How dangerous is it out there??? Now obviously, I'm not going to go down to the slums of the city or even the other parts of town and be carefree like this, but I'm just telling y'all how it is here.
Bottom line is your car isn't going to blow up if you leave it running while you refill. All those YouTube examples were of crime, not cars blowing up because they didn't shut the ignition off. People texting and emailing in cars, I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of you do that. Much more dangerous than me sitting in my running comfy warm/cool car while it fills up. I never text and drive, I always pull over. Not giving myself any badges, just trying to provide perspective.
Last edited by AJT123; 12-17-22 at 06:06 PM.
12-17-22, 06:09 PM
#66
Lexus Champion
I turn mine off but don’t lock it, as I’m standing right next to it. I have no need to leave it running while I refuel.
12-17-22, 07:06 PM
#68
Lexus Champion
Thread Starter
Someone mentioned they top off, I never do that. It’s not going to kill the car but it’s not great for it. When it stops, it’s done. Don’t pump anymore. I feel a lot of people don’t know this.
12-17-22, 07:21 PM
#69
Lexus Fanatic
It (could) kill the Evaporative Canister for the fuel system if raw gas soaks the element, although that probably will not be a problem unless you live in an area, like I do, where vehicles have to be emissions-inspected every couple of years. I think that is one of the components they check.
12-17-22, 07:22 PM
#70
Lexus Fanatic
That crime map is just flat wrong, West Knox county is extremely safe. Knoxville didn't burn in 2020, at all. Big cities like Washington did. There is crime here of course but that map is not accurate. It's got the richest parts of town off the lake, all the best parts of West Knoxville as the deepest red, labeling those areas the absolute most dangerous. Wrong. Then in the inner-city areas where it really is bad are rated the same or even better. That's just not accurate.
Bottom line is your car isn't going to blow up if you leave it running while you refill. All those YouTube examples were of crime, not cars blowing up because they didn't shut the ignition off. People texting and emailing in cars, I'd be willing to bet a fair amount of you do that. Much more dangerous than me sitting in my running comfy warm/cool car while it fills up. I never text and drive, I always pull over. Not giving myself any badges, just trying to provide perspective.
12-17-22, 07:54 PM
#71
12-18-22, 05:58 AM
#72
dramatic much? explosion requires containment of vapors. Gasoline vapors is what ignites, not liquid form. Your car has a chance of exploding tomorrow, why bother to drive it. You need a massive release of gasoline to create a dangerous enough vapor cloud for an actual explosion. I bet people still believe you can blow up a car shooting at its gas tank with a gun like in a movie.
12-18-22, 06:01 AM
#73
Lexus Fanatic
We protect ourselves from lots of stuff that is very unlikely to happen every day.
12-18-22, 06:36 AM
#74
my main concern for turning the vehicle off is carjacking target and wasting fuel idling, not an explosion. Dont be surprised if that rule is a relic of when cars used to have more open ignition systems, arcing risks, and not as tightly sealed fuel systems. Not anymore with more modern cars.
12-18-22, 07:39 AM
#75
Lexus Fanatic
my main concern for turning the vehicle off is carjacking target and wasting fuel idling, not an explosion. Dont be surprised if that rule is a relic of when cars used to have more open ignition systems, arcing risks, and not as tightly sealed fuel systems. Not anymore with more modern cars.