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Just saw this while getting gas. Why is it illegal to get less than 4 gallons? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/asklemmy

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[–] brap 43 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not from the US so my biggest surprise here is that you don't get separate hoses for each grade.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Imagine getting Diesel in Germany. “Sorry, that was actually 15 liters of regular gas. ¯_(ツ)_/¯”

Edit: Ok, it’s not as bad as I imagined, since this picture seems to be about E15/E10, not diesel/regular.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

diesel absolutely DOES get a separate hose, every time

[–] mipadaitu 12 points 6 months ago

Diesel are often entire separate sections of the gas station.

Most of the pumps in the US have the same hose for 87/89/92 octane pumps that are E10 (10% Ethanol) and if there is a higher ethanol like E15 or E85, they're usually a separate hose.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I've seen pumps that have individual hoses for each octane grade in the US, but they're definitely uncommon, at least where I am, and I believe more prevalent on older pumps. But diesel always has its own hose.