I heard, back when, that there was a concern about vandalism (sugar in the gas tank?). I suspect it could have been a cost savings/ production efficiency issue. Maybe it was justified as making the styling sleeker. Maybe all three were brought up when the decision was made. Don Ekhoff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fearer" <mfearer@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [DML] Gas Flap. > So, what *was* the reasoning behind the gas flap being discontinued? Was > it materials & production costs? Were there defects & problems? It seemed > like the original idea was better than the post gas flap design.... > > Mark Fearer > Manchester, New Hampshire > 3072 > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >