Volkswagen Jetta driver says she’s always asked the same recurring questiaon when filling her car up at the gas station
- A Volkswagen Jetta TDI driver shared a recurring question
- She’s usually asked it at the gas station
- Other drivers have been vocal in being able to relate
Published on Dec 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM (UTC+4)
by Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
Last updated on Dec 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
A Volkswagen Jetta TDI driver has shared the recurring question that she is asked while filling up at a gas station.
She humorously highlighted the rarity of diesel sedans in the U.S. market.
Plenty of other drivers had experienced the same thing.
The majority of them had one significant thing in common.
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The question asked about the Volkswagen Jetta
While she’s going about her own business at her local gas station, TikToker Cate of
craftykitchenknife, often gets harrassed by fellow pumpers.
“They’re usually a guy and usually an older male,” she shares.
“I’m a dumb blond and they think I’m just using the pretty green pump,” she quips.
They all have the same question to ask about her stick-shift TDI (Turbocharged Direct Injection).
Per her video, it seems that they’re concerned that she’s mistakenly refueling with diesel – the fuel her sedan requires to keep it on the road.
It seems as if they aren’t accustomed to seeing diesel sedans in the wild.
They are actually fairly rare on the US market due to previous emissions scandals.
However, she’s so hacked off over the common assumption that she lacks knowledge about her own car that she’s even gone along with it.
Commenters, especially women, related similar experiences, often noting gender-based assumptions with men claiming that they’ve never been asked the same question.
True gas station gaffes
Hitting the wrong pump would be a fairly easy mistake to make at the world’s largest gas station which has 120 pumps and is 74,000 square feet.
In another story of a trip to the gas station gone awry, a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport was caught pulling out of a gas station with the nozzle still in the car.
Meanwhile, people were recently confused as a Tesla Cybertruck pulled into a gas station – but there could be a reasonable explanation.
London-based Amelia cut her journalistic teeth covering all things lifestyle, wellness and luxury in the UK capital. Fast-forward a decade and the experienced content creator and editor has put pen to paper for glossy magazines, busy newsrooms and coveted brands. When her OOO is on you can find her spending quality time with her young family, in the gym or exploring the city she loves.
