So today I was with my gf and I went to the gas station (Cumberland Farms) and they had this weird nozzle. I guess the rubber keeps fumes from escaping, because you have to push it all the way against the gas filler.

 

i've actually seen those around before. not often though

 

Dude here in oregon there like everywhere

 

lol, yep, they're all over here in Wisconsin too. Do be honest, I don't remember what the old ones looked like.

 

WOW, YOU guys must gbe yountg, theyhr the original nozzles..,(srry, i'm kinda sorta drunk)

 

lol, alright
well in FL we get everything after you guys up north.

 

and those are definitely new to that gas station, they just remodeled and those weren't there before
I have never seen this before in the 18 years of my life

 

drunk posts ftw!


And we have the "new" style (I guess) pumps here in PA... without the rubber boots. The ones with the rubber would probably confuse the h**l out of me at first

 

Its called a vapor recovery nozzle. Like you said it is designed to help keep fumes from venting to the atmosphere during fill-ups. I'm not sure how much it helps tho. It's more of a pain than anything else really.

 

Well, when the engineers thought of it, I'm sure it was good in theory...