Hand should be on a zippo lighter. Preferably one that looks like this.I don't tend to lock my car (although I only unlock the driver's side door), but my head is on a swivel and my right hand is unoccupied and ready to either fend off an attack, punch, or draw a pistol. I also have my back toward the car when I'm pumping. I figure an attacker is unlikely to leap over the car to get to me, so it leaves my back less exposed.
Where is your cell phone ?When I pump gas. I lock my truck, pocket the keys, and walk around my truck, with my head on a swivel while my gas tank is filling.
Mines in my back pocket and my gun is in my right pocketWhere is your cell phone ?
I've gotta gas up the car today & now I'm skeered.
Just don't daydream while you are doing it and you will be okI've gotta gas up the car today & now I'm skeered.
I wonder if this happened in one of those locations where there's no catch on the pump handle. When you have to spend the entire time you pump gas with one hand on the nozzle, squeezing that lever, it tends to hold your focus more than it should when there are potential hostiles in the area.
I will turn the gas cap sideways and wedge the handle/lever into the pump positionWhen I wind up with one of those, I turn my back to my car, hold the lever down with my left hand (reverse grip, with the nozzle pointing behind me into the gas tank), and keep my eyes on my surroundings. Because that's generally a sign that you're at a crappy gas station in a crappy neighborhood.
Me too!I will pump gas then waddle my fat ass into the store for lotto tickets all while leaving me key in the ignition. A trick I learned long ago is if you vehicle looks like shit thieves figure your a broke dick & do not **** with it.
New vehicle would get washed & cared for the first year. Then I'd stop washing them because I'd get pissed off at all the dings & scratches in it. Were I live I don't even lock either vehicle at home or even while buying groceries. I generally leave the windows down if its hot out while buying groceries.
Hire Kyle Rittenhouse to ride shotgun?Drive an old beater and dress like Fetterman.
Predators tend to hunt for their prey. I would think that scumbags out jacking cars are looking for specific type of vehicles. They are either going to chop them or commit more crimes in them. A 4 door makes a better getaway vehicle then a 2 door.I wonder if this happened in one of those locations where there's no catch on the pump handle. When you have to spend the entire time you pump gas with one hand on the nozzle, squeezing that lever, it tends to hold your focus more than it should when there are potential hostiles in the area.