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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 godrik · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I found it interesting to see that because of bad previous experience, Americans have a huge biais against diesel which is common in Europe. Meanwhile, because of bad previous experience, European have a huge biais against automatic gear shifting which is common in the US.

      I guess everybody is just as biased :)

    2. Re:Um... by madhatter256 · · Score: 5, Funny

      The reason automatics rule in the US is because no one has time to use a manual. We are all busy texting, talking on the phone, eating, watching movies and sleeping. Sometimes, a few of those things at the same time... We only have two hands a knee to drive with!

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    3. Re:Um... by rherbert · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I doubt you're really an American if you use the word "petrol."

    4. 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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    5. Re:Um... by BLKMGK · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You do realize that until recently automatic transmissions ate up significant amount of power\MPG right? How is that significantly better exactly? Anyone who has driven a stick for any length of time isn't flailing around - I'm guessing you're one of the fools who can't do so. It's got nothing to do with image and quite a bit more to do with control. The best "DSG" type automatics are actually stick shifts run by a computer - complete with one or more clutches. Stick shift transmissions are often capable of withstanding far more torque than automatics and they are most certainly a simpler piece of hardware. Not burning out the clutch in a heavy vehicle with a stick is simply a matter of knowing WTF you're doing and having proper gear range available. You should maybe take a gander in a few 18 wheeler cabs or dump trucks to figure out just how wrong you are, perhaps you think pickups are pulling more weight? The automatic is starting to make inroads there too but manuals are most certainly capable of moving those vehicles without issue...

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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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  3. Sigh by ledow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given that that's possibly the shortest Slashdot story ever, it manages to make only two assertions, both of which are confirmed as false (by the linked articles themselves, no less).

    And I heard about this story about 6 hours ago on my way in to work and, honestly, didn't care then.

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    Now "Inaccurate insights for imbeciles".

  4. Re:Solar? by geekoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The editor was being witty."

    No, no he wasn't. It was neither quick nor inventive. It was boring, predictable and obvious.

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