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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can't believe I need to state the obvious here, but this is over and above all of the other extremely valid objections already raised by others vis-a-vis turning the door you sit right next to into an ersatz Molotov cocktail that weighs an extra fifty pounds.

How is this going to help gas stations become drive "thru?" (I see we still also haven't learned how to spell "through.") It's going to allow the gas station to do what, exactly, stick a nozzle in the side of your car?

That's already how filling a modern car with fuel works.

(Yes, I specified modern because otherwise at least one pedantic nerd is going to go "well acktshully" and mention any of the various cars from the '60s and '70s which had the filler hidden behind the license plate or brake light or an emblem on the trunk lid or whatever. We already know. Nobody cares.)

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

How is this going to help gas stations become drive “thru?” (I see we still also haven’t learned how to spell “through.”) It’s going to allow the gas station to do what, exactly, stick a nozzle in the side of your car?

"We need to put mid air refueling rigs on gasoline tankers on the highway" -Elmo Muks.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Ever see footage of what this looks like from the cockpit? Fuel. Everywhere. The highway would be a gas-stinking oil-slick 24/7.

Also, Musk?! You'd think he'd jump at the chance to promote Tesla instead of spewing pulled-from-ass gas car concepts.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

He's too late, Top Gear already did it anyway.

[-] zovits@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Also, a door that weighs that much more is going to be fun on any ground that's not perfectly level.

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

And it can slosh. I'm sure that won't come into play at all when trying to open and close it.

[-] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

Ok this gave me a good chuckle. I then thought “ oh but you could make it so gas station attendants just stand/sit outside and fill up cars as they come “ but then I realized this would also be possible today, and I started laughing even harder. Besides ensuring that every little fender bender ends in painful death, there’s literally 0 purpose to this.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

And you can still realize your dream right now by moving to New Jersey. But then you'd be dreaming in New Jersey.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Hate to break it to you, but both "drive-through" and "drive-thru" are considered correct.

Wikipedia refers to "A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through)..."

As explained on Erin Wright Writing, "According to our primary American-English dictionaries (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language), drive-through is the preferred spelling, while drive-thru is an accepted informal variant. However, the use of drive-thru has become so common that using drive-through now feels incorrect."

Also keep in mind this is Xitter, where abbreviations are are a normalized (often necessary) part of the lingo.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

English: drive-through
Murican: drive-thru

Now about light...

[-] Fluke@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

English (Traditional), English (Simplified).

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

My driveway is at a T-in the road. it's only a matter of time

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

You have large rocks or anything to stop this?

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago
  1. The HOA would not abide.
  2. large rocks in my driveway would keep me from getting in my driveway

my best option would be to petition the HOA to allow me to install https://www.drivewaybollards.ca/

i doubt that would fly

[-] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You put the large rocks in the front yard, with an island and plants around them. For the driveway, if it's a road-facing garage, your car should block that. If you don't put the car in the garage, leaving the car ramps or blocks you use to change your oil against the garage door should be fine.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah, this is the pinnacle of murican drive-thrus

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thank you! Yeah, this is all downsides for no upside. It's like saying if I want to stop having my legs show I can wear body paint instead of pants. Like, pants are already doing the proposed goal better than the paint will, and it's all downhill from there.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Pinto door. Also the filler is on the side already

[-] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

My exact thought. New Jersey already has gas stations as drive-thrus by default!

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