Locking Gas Cap (92)
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Melting Slicks
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Locking Gas Cap (92)
1st problem with the 'new' 92. Lucky I was close to home. Fuel was getting a little low, so I decided to full-er-up. WELL! For the life of me, I could not get the key in the dang gas cap. Ok, no problem, I'll go home and use a little WD40. NOPE! Fiddled with it for half an hour, no luck. SCREW IT,,,,,,,,,,,gets out the drill and drills the keyway. Then, takes a flat-blade screwdriver and twists. NOW THERE! Fixed. 
Does anyone even have those on cars today? My 2012 has no such thing, are locking gas caps a thing of the past?
Does anyone even have those on cars today? My 2012 has no such thing, are locking gas caps a thing of the past?
Last edited by Cool Runnings; Apr 29, 2017 at 03:43 PM.
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When I bought my '93 a year ago, one of the first things I did was to replace the locking cap that previous owner had installed with a standard cap. The car is garaged and the basic use for the car is autocross and track days.
Guess if somebody leaves a car outside, it may be a good idea. But as you found out, dealing with the lack of extra keys or losing your only key can be a PITA.
My C5 doesn't have a locking cap, but the filler door is a locking style.
Guess if somebody leaves a car outside, it may be a good idea. But as you found out, dealing with the lack of extra keys or losing your only key can be a PITA.
My C5 doesn't have a locking cap, but the filler door is a locking style.
Drifting
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I replaced the stocker with a locker on my DD. After six months, the lock froze and is jammed in the unlocked position. So now it works like stock. 
A full-circle waste of time/money. At least I didn't have to revert to power tools.
A full-circle waste of time/money. At least I didn't have to revert to power tools.
Drifting
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I can pick one of those locks in about ten seconds though. More show than go, really.
It might make a stupid gas thief (oxymoron?) or sugar vandal pause and move on.
On a side note, I got no love from a guy in a C7 vert on the ride home today. His nose was so far up, it was blocking the sunlight.
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Melting Slicks
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Oh, sorry. That wasn't supposed to be a shot at you. My wife gave me one as a gift for the new C4. What are you gonna do, right?
I can pick one of those locks in about ten seconds though. More show than go, really.
It might make a stupid gas thief (oxymoron?) or sugar vandal pause and move on.
On a side note, I got no love from a guy in a C7 vert on the ride home today. His nose was so far up, it was blocking the sunlight.
I can pick one of those locks in about ten seconds though. More show than go, really.
It might make a stupid gas thief (oxymoron?) or sugar vandal pause and move on.
On a side note, I got no love from a guy in a C7 vert on the ride home today. His nose was so far up, it was blocking the sunlight.
Did you wave anyhoo.
Melting Slicks
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the guy with his nose in the air doesn't get it. it's about a love of cars not about driving around in a Viagra bottle.
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Drifting
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let him choke when it rains. i sit next to two C7 owners at work and we talk cars all the time. other side of me owns a 68 Mustang. A guy with a disassembled MG stops by and there's a kid with a porsche carrera.
the guy with his nose in the air doesn't get it. it's about a love of cars not about driving around in a Viagra bottle.
the guy with his nose in the air doesn't get it. it's about a love of cars not about driving around in a Viagra bottle.
