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Get your hands off my gas...cap (Full Story)
By Aaron Smith, CNNMoney.com staff writer, May 30, 2008 "As gas begins to look more like liquid gold, more motorists are keeping it under lock and key, fueling sales for locking gas caps, according to retailers and manufacturers." RECORD FUEL PRICES SPUR SALES OF GAS CAP LOCKS (Full Story)
by Paul Tharp, New York Post, May 15, 2008 "Soaring gas pump prices are fueling an epidemic of gas-tank siphon thieves - and triggering a boom for locking gas caps to thwart them." Sales of locking gas caps spike
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By Glenda Anderson, Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), May 9, 2008 "...Pep Boys is seeing an 80 percent increase in sales of locking gas caps in California and a doubling of sales nationwide compared with this time last year, said spokeswoman Alex Spooner. Exact figures were not available, she said. AutoZone reported 12,000 more gas caps were sold nationally in the week of April 27 to May 3 compared with the same week last year, a 38 percent increase. AutoZone's figures include all types of gas caps, but, based on past sales spikes, they're linked to gasoline price hikes, said AutoZone spokeswoman Brenda Berry...." "Replaced damaged or missing gas caps -- about 17 percent of the
vehicles on the road have gas caps that are either damaged, loose or are missing altogether, causing 147 million gallons of
gas to vaporize every year."
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