Maybe your container is calibrated in Imperial, not US, gallons.
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> From: donyarber@earthlink.net
> To: Healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 06:32:02 -0500
> Subject: [Healeys] Not Healey (Back to Gas)
>
> Has anyone ever experienced putting 7.7 gallons of gas in a 7 gallon
> container?
> I took a 7 gallon container to get gas for my tractor and when it was full
> the register said 7.7 gallons. I complained to the manager and he said the
> State had just measured the pump register.
>
> I have a feeling that sometimes we are being ripped off at the pumps while
> we are being ripped off at the pumps.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this??
>
> Just curious.
>
> Don
> former BAN owner
> Author of "Bodies and Beaches" and "Corpses and Canyons"
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