NEW FUEL NOZZLE PROMISES RELIEF FOR “LEFTIES”

by parksplug

Mention “Lefties” and “Righties” and someone will assume you’re ranting about politics. But not this time. We’re referring to which side your vehicle’s gas filler door is on, and in this case, there are a whole lot more lefties than righties.

“It’s not fair. I always have to wait in a much longer line than those people,” complained motorist Candelabra Fopp. “Righties cruise right up to the pump. I usually get stuck behind at least two or three cars,” she added as as she gassed up her Daihatsu Charade. “It’s not fair.”

But relief may be in sight for Fopp and other exasperated “lefties.” A new extended fuel nozzle called the AmbiGas, which allows motorists to refuel from either side is in the final stages of testing and could show up at a gas station near you by late summer.

“It’s pretty neat,” said Cord Goots, spokesman for AmbiGas, LLC. “You can stand on one side of the car while refueling on the other side. Heck, you could probably even have a smoke while you’re pumping gas, although we don’t recommend it,” said Goots, smiling.