[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('greenworm', 'W')hat are the legal ramifications on building a better siphoning device solely for this purpose and advertising it as such?

You need to get an alpha dog and tie it to your car, the assailant probably sang along to your car alarm while he/she perpetrated the act.

I can hear it now.

"Eh, eh eh, beep, beep, beep, whooo, whooo, whooo." That should be enough gas, I am out of here.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')hy would anyone steal a $10,000 car for what, $100 worth of gas?

[Daculling]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Troyboy1208', 'M')y car has a 13 gallon tank and my neighbors ford Excursions gas tank is big enough to put my car in it. Why they didnt siphon his gas is a mystery to me. He does keep the outside of his house lit up like the Las Vegas strip. Maybe thats why.

[Falconoffury]

I think we are still far from the advanced gas thieves. We may get to a point where a locking gas cap is a minor annoyance.

I know that chlorine is one of the worst substances you can put into your gas tank. If you could somehow trick the thieves into stealing a gas tank laced with chlorine, perhaps the entire engine of whatever they are using the gas for will break down. That would be sweet justice.

[rostov]

Troyboy,

Honda hybrids civics have the same shape and make as non-hybrid civics.

Have you considered removing the "HYBRID" label from the back of your car? Just WB40 and a fishing line and some patience (10 mins) should do the job. You may want to remove the "CIVIC" label as well. Inconspicuous methods may minimize such incidents more (especially if they want your car for the mileage!)

Is your hybrid civic the older (2001) chassis or the newer (2006) one?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Daculling', '
')Because a person with a hybrid is less likely to have a gun than a person with an Excursion... or a least that's what they were thinking.

[frankthetank]

Could you rig a high pitch annoying alarm to a gas cap?

[Troyboy1208]

Its the newer version. 2006 chassis

[eastbay]

... my neighbors ford Excursions gas tank is big enough to put my car in it. Why they didnt siphon his gas is a mystery to me. He does keep the outside of his house lit up like the Las Vegas strip. Maybe thats why.

Sounds to me like you may have your first suspect.

[woffman]

Leave bait for the gas thieves. Use a 5 gallon gas can 4 gallon water one gallon gas. It will smell like gas if they check. They will get a little ways down the road before the car stops running. It will not do any real damage.

Except the cost to drain the fuel tank and lines.

I would get locking gas cap's now. Last time the cost of fuel was this high they were hard to get.

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'W')hy would any[s]one[/s] rational person who accepts peak oil and that high gas prices and shortages are the inevitable result of our way of life steal a $10,000 car for what, $100 worth of gas?

Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees...

[The_Toecutter]

I'd like to see someone try to siphon from an electric car. It would be funny if someone managed to complete a circuit with the battery bank and their tongue...

One advantage of EVs is that you can't siphon them.

One disadvantage is that when gas is hard to obtain, people are going to want to steal your EV. But hey, that's what that shotgun and assault rifle will be for...

[Troyboy1208]

Unless he has a shotgun and an assault rifle...and so does his friend thats with him.

[The_Toecutter]

Well, that's where pipe bombs come in handy, if you can get to them in time without getting shot. Big if though.

[gnm]

There was a device in the 70s - rather like a big hollow spike with a tube coming off one side. That was the evolved version. Prior to that a rock hammer and funnel would do. Thats how they would defeat locking gas caps. pound that into the low spot on a big trucks tank and just let it drain out.

-G

[Revi]

I'm getting a locking gas cap, and working on the electric car thing. Here's what we're doing:

www.sunnev.com

It is a neighborhood electric vehicle, but it's great for getting around town and is legal for roads posted under 35 mph in the State of Maine.

I think that this is a way of getting around even if things get wierd.