Locking fuel caps for autos are back in high demand
BY MICHELLE TRAURING AND ARIELLE BRECHISCI | lidesk@newsday.com
10:32 PM EDT, June 6, 2008

John Martone went to a Glen Cove auto parts store Friday, intent on buying two locking fuel caps.

He'll have to wait until Monday, as White Dog Auto Parts was sold out of caps for his 2000 Buick and 2002 Cadillac SLS.

Martone, 76, of Glen Cove, said he doesn't know of anyone who's been the victim of stolen gas, but he wanted to buy the caps as a precaution.

"It's worthwhile for thieves to steal my gas, with gas prices the way they are," said Martone, who's in the roofing business.

As the cost to fill 'er up keeps going up, locking fuel caps are flying off the shelves of Long Island auto parts stores. Some buyers have been victims of stolen gas, but most are doing it as a preventive measure because gas prices are so high, store managers and workers said.


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