Tight petrol-stealing gits...
... syphoned about four gallons of fuel from my car when it was parked up in storage. It's quite an old car, though, and is designed to run on leaded fuel (although frankly it will work with anything from paraffin to meths).

So what did they get? Well, all the water and sludge out of the bottom of the tank, presumably, and a mixture of very stale LRP, octane booster and avgas.

Modern cars won't really work well on that. I hope they remember that little incident when they're having their catalytic converter replaced at great expense, or having new pistons and valves fitted (high octane fuel will really destroy modern engines that aren't set up for it).

Hohoho.

It's not length, it's the equivalent of the proportion between octane and heptane in the fuel mix.
(gordonjcp, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 9:41, closed)

Hmm
I wouldn't say your story has anything to do with being tight, just petty theft.

But yes, I too hope for the same consequences :D
( Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11:05, closed)

Whan done by a pro...
2nd entry down...

yarchive.net/car/sugar_in_gas.html
(apologies_for_length, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 11:22, closed)

Now THAT
is class. *takes notes*
(Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 15:22, closed)

It's little stories like this that make my day

a good bit of unintentional, natural justice.

Ideally, their car will have packed up at a very inopportune moment.
(Happy Phantom dressed you up in women's clothes, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 12:29, closed)

your car..
..runs on avgas?

Cool.
(inflateable, Sun 26 Oct 2008, 19:00, closed)

mmmmmmmmm av gas
pratically any car or bike will run on av gas even your lawnmower will happily purr on it. whats special about av gas is 1) Its Garunteed to be free of inpurities and contamination (Aviation regs)

2) Its a higher octane rating 108 i think against typical bowser rating of 100.

For the record if you can get it your briggs and stratton powered mower is much easier to start
(welgar, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 7:21, closed)

*karma alert*
Brilliant :)
( Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Mon 27 Oct 2008, 16:19, closed)