Charles,
The same thing happpned to me at an Amoco Station in New Jersey where
self-service is illegal. They took full responsibility and got the
check within weeks. Of course, this is not a money-maker, but rather
a large inconvenience. So, I always stay near the trunk when fueling.
Jeff N.
'72 TR6
At 09:41 PM 5/5/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Two weekend ago I was out in the TR-6 with my eight year old and stopped to
>fill up at my local 7 Eleven. In St. Louis, Missouri the gas nozzles have
>a large plastic/vinyl vapor collector around the steel nozzle, I had left
>the nozzle in the gas tank opening and was around front cleaning off the
>windshield. The automatic gas shutoff caused the nozzle to fly up into the
>air, totally out of the opening, and landed on the trunk lid with enough
>force to put acouple of dents and scratches in the lid. I looked it over
>and didn't really see any damage and went in, paid and drove home. Later
>that afternoon I was washing the oak pollen off the car and then noticed
>the real damage. The good news is, I wrote the owner of the 7 Eleven
>describing what had happened and attached at copy of my gas receipt, their
>insurance company called me and paid me for the body shop estimate I got
>for the repairs.
>
>Just passing this along so it doesn't happen to someone else.
>
>Charlie Duckworth
>1976 TR-6 CF54396U w/ small dents
>
>
Jeff C. Nathanson
Director of Product Development
Manufacturing Systems & Technologies, Inc.
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