Fueling up at a truck stop

naturist wrote:

Road Runners wrote:
{SNIP}You usually find that the diesel hoses have a green handle. However, I have found some to be colored yellow.

Practically all the gas stations that have diesel fuel advertise their price in a green color.{SNIP}

I agree with everything else in this post, but it is absolutely crucial, as a new diesel owner/driver, that you realize that THERE IS NO COLOR STANDARD FOR PUMP HANDLES OR SIGNAGE.

Having three diesel cars (well, ok, two of them are SUVs) and driving diesel for over a decade now, I hang out on a couple diesel specific forums here on the 'net, and hardly a week goes by that some newbie hasn't posted a horror story about pulling up to the pump with the green handle and finding they got a load of gasoline instead. You have years of training about getting gas for your ride to "adjust" now that you have a diesel, and unless you teach yourself to PAY ATTENTION TO THE sign saying "diesel" on the pump, sooner or later you are going to zone out, grab the green (or yellow, or black, or whatever color the diesel pump is at your favorite station) and screw yourself royally.

So let me say it again: THERE IS NO COLOR STANDARD FOR PUMP HANDLES OR SIGNAGE. Instead, read the label on the pump. Twice. No, three times. If it doesn't SAY diesel on it, wrong pump.