[Shotimes] Re: Pennzoil & Teller Illusions

[Rick Glass]

As I said in my last reply.....

"I have put 21.047 in it once and this 20.46 is the 2nd most....I have put
over 18 gallons in a few times....all at different stations and pumps (even
in different states) to rule out a faulty regulator on the pump......"


Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 47k
   Flowmaster 40's
   no "pre-muff"/no resonator
   still not Kirk'd
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MonsieurBoo@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:53 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Pennzoil & Teller Illusions


> Rick G:  "I actually filled up Sunday morning....I put 20.46 gallons in
that
> 16 gallon tank."
>
> ... And folks, I just made a mental connection between this statement and
> something I read last week in the local news.
>
> Some people around here are reporting that they don't think they're
actually
> getting full gallonage pumped into their tank, as compared with what shows
on
> the pump.
>
> Yes of course there are regulatory agencies whose job it is to check the
> accuracy periodically.  Next time you pump gas, look at the little sticker
and see
> when the last time was that they actually did it.  Some of the ones I've
seen
> are too weather beaten to read!
>
> I do some freelance database development and systems integration, and
> occasionally do stuff for our neighborhood Exxon.  Exxon stations use a
proprietary
> mini-UNIX box and software to handle all the pump and tank stuff.  The way
you
> manage the computerized pumps isn't too dissimilar to how they tweak the
> computerized slot machines in Vegas, and it wouldn't surprise me if these
pumps
> could be tweaked just as surreptitiously.  In fact I wouldn't doubt the
same
> son-of-a-bitch wrote both programs!
>
> Now I gotta see if I can borrow his system manuals again and go digging
for
> any relevant functionality buried in a sub-sub-submenu ;-)
>
> All y'all might want to calibrate a 5 gal jerrycan and do some freelance
> testing at your usual fillup spot!
>
> Cheers,
> Mark LaBarre / Washington DC the capital city of illusions
> 94 ATX 125k
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