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Wrong Fuel Chokes Presidential Limo

Posted by timothy on from the so-this-doesn't-happen-only-to-my-brother dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fueling your car with the wrong type of fuel happens even to POTUS. This happens when you put gasoline instead of diesel in the tank. ...." And Yes, the presidential limo really is a diesel. What about clean, renewable solar?

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  1. Um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link is to a story which says the correct fuel was used.

    1. Re:Um... by Runaway1956 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Old truck driver here. Drivers use "fuel" in their trucks. Motorists use "gas". Brits use "petrol". Maybe you should get to know some truck drivers. Like rherbert, I've never heard an American use the term "petrol". Not on the east coast, not on the west coast, and nowhere in between. The only person in recent memory to use the word, is an imported guy from England. We mostly keep him around to laugh at. When his jokes run out, his accent is still hilarious.

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  2. Not so. by jewens · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know I'm breaking the convention of reading before posting, however to quote TFA "the mechanical problem had nothing to do with the type of fuel used, as first reported."

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