Would anyone recommend me getting a locking gas cap for my fit ?

 

Not unless you are really concerned about someone stealing gas. I got one and have never used it. There is no tether unless you make one yourself. Plus I find it a nuisance to unlock.

 

Do you feel like you need one? Because the filler tube is long and turning its relatively hard to syphon, but I'd be more worried about damage than stolen gas. If its a problem in your area then I guess you could get one. The Element locking cap fits.

 

Yeah I remember having a locking gas cap during the gas shortage of the 1970's . A b--ch to get off in the winter .

 

During the 70's gas shortage I had a locking gas cap that, if I could find again would be perfect. It wasn't a full sized cap. It was a small unit that went into the narrow "unleaded gas only" filler resriction*, and the regular gas cap would fasten down right on top of it.

Back then often stations had employees pumping customer gas, I think so they would not take more than whatever amount was the max to a customer. So I'd confuse the hell out of them when they would come to my driver window to ask whether I wanted regular unleaded or premium, and I'd hand them a gas cap key. They'd open my filler door, see a regular cap, come back and hand me the key saying it wasn't needed. At first I'd tell them it was, which caused a mini discussion. Eventually I'd just say, "Oh, thanks" and take it back. 30 seconds later when they came to my window again I'd silently be holding the key out for them.

Fortunately for me my '74 VW Van was easy to siphon gas from. I pretty much parked it for most of the duration of the crisis, and used my TS 185 cc Suzuki bike for my <2 mi commute...and when it got low I'd siphon gas from the VW to fill it. From what I've read I'd have to get a really long tube to get anything but fumes from the Fit!

Paul H
*PS, for youngsters on the list: Gas fillers were without that aluminum plate with the small hole before the advent of unleaded gas and cars with catalytic converters with "unleaded gas only" warnings cuz lead in gas will ruin a converter. So they made unleaded fill nozzles narrower that leaded gas nozzles, and added the restriction...so a leaded gas nozzle wouldn't fit in the pipe. Woe be it for he who was found to have removed the restrictor plate, as there was only one reason to do that.

 

I had that same gas lock on my '79 Ford Pinto. I didn't have a gas filler door, my gas cap was out in the open on side of the car and color matched so this lock was perfect for me. Left it at a gas station in Wickenburg, AZ on the way to Las Vegas and never could find another one. I don't think it could work today though as it would block the evaporative recovery system.

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i was under the impression that if someone wanted to steal gas, the way they'd do it now is go under your car and puncture the gas tank, and let gravity do it's thing, rather than siphon, which can take too long for the job, and potentially there are anti-siphon things in the way.
Where's the "honor among thieves" these days to at least steal the gas politely without damage?
here's recent articles:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/08/24...red-cross.html
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/w...-tank_48323388

That being said, the honda fit has a small gas tank, and a thief would be better served stealing gas from a bigger car...
Of course, i suppose, if you are suspecting a beef from someone who's going to put something into your gas tank, this could stop that, but there are plenty of other ways to vandalize your car too.

anyway, that's just my 2cents that didn't really answer the actual question at all.

 

Still just baffles me that the gas cap door doesn't lock when the doors of the car lock like it is here with the Fit.

 

Honda cheaped out on many things on the Fit.

 

Really to keep it at a price point that people are not going to just bypass on it since it is already viewed as a cheap car stateside. Though I don't really think that feature would have really added any substantial amount to the price of the vehicle. Once they are made in Mexico, they may have more features installed to match up to what is offered here in Japan. At the current pricing there, they are not making Honda any money at all really.

 

To follow on my earlier post on the subject:
1. I searched in vain for a gas lock that fits inside the filler like I had in the 70s...no trace of them found.
2. After relooking at the Fit's filler I don't think it would have worked anyway...not from the evaporative recovery, but due to how deep in the filler the restriction is placed.

And I agree, it's a shame the filler doesn't lock with the doors, like my 75 MBZ used to (via a vacuum system!) Caused my son to break the gas door off when he couldn't open it to fill the car: he had locked the car at the pumps when he went inside the station, and didn't know this "feature" existed and caused his difficulty. I wasn't pleased.:}