justice for trying to steal gas

RWB214 · 05-13-2006, 10:14 AM

Anyone think it would be evil to keep a jerry can of gas on the roof of my jeep with a cup of sugar in it, not for my own usage, but as a target for someone to steal and when they do they get justice for trying to steal other people's gas...?
hehehe

**CoriolisSTORM** · 05-13-2006, 10:17 AM

I think it'd work fine. I'd be alright with it, especially if it taught them a lesson about it.

NotoriousWithag · 05-13-2006, 10:18 AM

Yes.

Last summer when I went down to richmond to stay at a friends house for a few weeks I got my gas siphoned on 3 separate occasions at the Paramounts Kings Dominion parking lot where he used to work.

And since you mentioned that idea I think I really will do that...

thanks for bringing it up.

TexanTJ · 05-13-2006, 10:26 AM

Sounds fair to me but ive heard that the sugar doesnt always work that well. I think it'd be more fun to do it with the gas mixed like a 2 stroke at about 15:1 . then just look for a sputtering car thats smokeing like none other and you've found your perpetrator.

domdan69 · 05-13-2006, 10:26 AM

Cup of sugar won't do squat. Myth.

TexanTJ · 05-13-2006, 10:27 AM

or better yet, use ATF for the mixin.

**Awshux** · 05-13-2006, 10:37 AM

Fill it with diesel, and hope they use it in an empty tank!

**DestructoJr** · 05-13-2006, 10:39 AM

Or be even cheaper about it and mix with water

ERAUTreeTopFlye · 05-13-2006, 10:39 AM

I'd recommend the two-stroke mix, but with jet engine oil so it eats through EVERYTHING in that engine.

Oh... and no point mixing it with water, cause it won't mix. Just get a full can of water and float a little gas on top so it smells right.

cands · 05-13-2006, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Awshux

Fill it with diesel, and hope they use it in an empty tank!

Hope they have a manual trany, cause stalling it out is the only way they are going to shut it off.

**PhilipJ** · 05-13-2006, 11:56 AM

Mythbusters proved that sugar doesn't do squat. Bleach however -- that'll ruin someone's day.

tmak504 · 05-13-2006, 12:27 PM

just fill it with sand but label the tank 91 octane clean gasoline please do not steal because i will be using this in my jeep at some point becasue i only buy higher grade fuel because it is better for performance and the engine. Then maybe they will try it

Tjs88xj · 05-13-2006, 12:42 PM

Sounds like a great idea. I have been contemplating carrying a can with me, but I KNOW it would get stolen.

00xj54 · 05-13-2006, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by useful_idiot

Mythbusters proved that sugar doesn't do squat. Bleach however -- that'll ruin someone's day.

I think the just when I mixed the bleach and the gas, it would ruin MY day.

00xj54 · 05-13-2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by domdan69

Cup of sugar won't do squat. Myth.

Thats's right.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp

05-13-2006, 10:18 AM	#3
NotoriousWithag Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ashburn, Virginia Posts: 80 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Yes. Last summer when I went down to richmond to stay at a friends house for a few weeks I got my gas siphoned on 3 separate occasions at the Paramounts Kings Dominion parking lot where he used to work. And since you mentioned that idea I think I really will do that... thanks for bringing it up. __________________ ..Dude, she won't uh let me suck 'em or touch em!

05-13-2006, 10:26 AM	#5
domdan69 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Wilmington NC by the beach Posts: 516 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Cup of sugar won't do squat. Myth. __________________ 93 YJ I6 4.0 custom welded aluminum front fender, herculined , 33" 12.50 15x8 BDS 2" suspension, M.O.R.E. Boomerang shackles, Teraflex disco's, Flattened and hacked out wells, electric fan to replace stock fan.WARNx8000i,high-lift jack,relocated mirrors

05-13-2006, 10:37 AM	#7
Awshux Cynical Bastard Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The desert Posts: 1,744 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Fill it with diesel, and hope they use it in an empty tank! __________________ You live and learn. At any rate, you live. -Douglas Adams

05-13-2006, 10:39 AM	#9
ERAUTreeTopFlye Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, Fl Posts: 283 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I'd recommend the two-stroke mix, but with jet engine oil so it eats through EVERYTHING in that engine. Oh... and no point mixing it with water, cause it won't mix. Just get a full can of water and float a little gas on top so it smells right. __________________ Jon Selman 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2L 3.5" RE Lift on 31x10.5's Daytona BEach, Fl.

05-13-2006, 12:42 PM	#13
Tjs88xj Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Issaquah Wa Posts: 359 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Sounds like a great idea. I have been contemplating carrying a can with me, but I KNOW it would get stolen. __________________ 99 XJ Classic 4.5" lift, 32" Les Schwab junk.