Seems easy enough, but I'm trying to buy a locking gas cap for my 08 LS coupe.Dealer says "none listed". Duh.
Aftermarkets say "No 08's listed - yet. Have for 07"
Dumb question: are 08's the same gas entry as 07's ?
Thanks

 

i would think so man. how much are they wanting?

 

I seriously doubt that this would have changed for the '08 model. I bought one at Advance Auto..only problem is the slot that the retaining ring/cord goes in is too narrow, so I had to eliminate that.

Once gas hit $3.50/gallon, I got it right away

 

20 bucks.

 

i got one from ebay for 27. pretty sure all cobalts are the same. I had this when gas was 275. its a wonderful little thing

 

all gas entrys are the same............I have a locking gas cap

 

it's a production piece, they are all the same. You can get a decient locking one staring at 20-25 bucks and it goes up from there.

 

This may be a stupid question, but dont most new cars have something that prevents people from siphoning gas out of the tank now?

 

that's what I was always told, but you can never have too much security.

 

yes but people can still put **** in

 

My first "mod" to my Cobalt. Locking gas cap. Especially now that premium is $1.43L...

 

Price of gas doesn't matter, locking gas caps are a waste unless you've got enemies and are afraid of someone putting something IN your tank. Last thing I want to to is make my Cobalt look like a previous gen Eclipse.

 

My sister had a locking gas cap on her Cavi and lost her key, so her boyfriend took a screwdriver and had it off in less than 30 seconds. Kind of makes them a bit of a waste.

 

lol, i had a locking cap on my Caprice, and the mechanism froze in the winter (twice, but the second time it was screwed) And it took me 25 mins to get it off with a flathead screwdriver and a hammer.

? The cap replaces the clicky nozzle cover eh? Not the fuel door...

 

Well hers did come from Wal-Mart

 

ummm maybe you missed all the stories and even the posts of people stealing gas and selling it at a discount. A few members on the site here had it happen to them.

Why take the chance? plus it stops people from putting crap in there.

 

Aside from that, people putting **** in tanks at random is extremely rare. As I said in my first post, if you have a reason to fear it, then go for it. I personally have never had it happen to me, nor to anyone I know or have ever known.

 

I'm assuming if I had one I'd have to get out of my car and unlock it for the gas station guy every time I filled up.

That seems like far too much hassle to me to prevent something that is rarely/never going to happen anyway.

 

put it this way.... its better to be safe than sorry. sure maybe u don't have any enemys.... but there's still punks and ****** and 1 can just pick any random car instead of specific picking....and unfortunately could end up being you! I wouldn't take the chance.... that's why I got 1 right after I bought my car

 

they give you two keys... one to put on your keychain when you are filling your own gas and an extra. I keep it in the arm rest and hand it to the guy or you could just hand your keys over too.

 

**** **** siphoning people are soon going to be tapping into tanks with a battery operated pump by drilling a small hole in the gas tank.

 

True, anything and everything has its inherent risk, but to me and most, it's one worth taking. If anyone ever did something serious to my car, I have insurance and rental coverage. I pay them every month for peace of mind.

Not to mention, I've heard plenty stories of locking caps breaking, not sealing correctly (causing screwy emissions issues), and so on. To each his own.

 

Well, I live in a fairly safe/quiet area, but I work and do just about everything else in Memphis, TN. So anything I can do to keep these thieving sons of bitches from taking anything from me is well worth it. .....and considering I can't count how many times I've seen dumbasses put $2 worth of gas in their ride, and this is recently, you know they'd rather steal it than pay for it.

 

If I were a thief, I'd be going for Escalades and such for gas. Too much trouble for maybe 10 gallons if the guy has refilled recently.

I actually would rather invest in an easy on/easy off car cover to protect from door dings. Something much more common and much more of a hassle to deal with.

And Mythbusters shown that sugar in gas tanks doesn't do that much to motors directly. Probably just gums up the filter. Pennies did nothing. Wasn't until chlorine they started having issues.

 

Yeah.. I guess if somebody wants it bad enough, they'll find a way in, locking or no! Even the locking outer access panel that alot of cars have can be easily pryed open with a little screwdriver. My thoughts were the "safe than sorry" angle, but I was concerned about whether the aftermarket prods would effect emmissions tests or worse yet - the horrid evil of a check engine light possibly resulting from it. I dunno....... does anybody make a small batt opper alarm that would screech when the outer door opens? Something you turn right off or whatever. That'd be cool.... (a MAGNETO would be REALLY cool!) ZAP DEM BUGGERS!!!!