The newest twist with the CR-V (which is being shipped to China) is that it is only suppose to have 1/3 tank of gas when the shippers come to pick it up at the house. The trick is that the car was bought from the dealer, driven home, and not driven since then (sort of) because it has no tags. So we are looking at a full tank here. Easy enough, we'll just siphon the sucker.
Got hose, got gas tank, got brand new knowledge right from the web, got advice from plenty of friends, got practice with the the water in the kitchen sink... and got a un- siphonable tank as it turns out. Can't even get the hose to the tank, let alone get the gas out, and we're talking 10 feet of hose here! The end wasn't even wet.
That's okay, just run the car until the gas is used. Of course, the Honda CR-V is a pretty darn efficient car and after idling for 4 hours with the air condition blowing full it did manage to almost use a little less than a quarter of a tank... well... maybe an 1/8th. Turns out you could idle this thing for days on a full tank of gas.
They took it anyway though
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