An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) ??? Strange thing happened ... I stopped to fill the car with gas, [View all]

put in the debit card and all, pushed select, and all the select lights kept flashing ... went inside to attendant, said no problem, try again ... same thing, went back in, manager was there, said no problem ... but then looked more in depth at his console, said something weird was happening, all of his pumps were going on and off line ... he reinitiated the system, waited a minute, and it cleared, ... tried again, filled up per pump OK.

Got in car, noticed gas gauge was still on empty, only had a few miles left, had appt., so figured I would go back into station after my appt. and tell them no gas pumped, although gallons showed on pump. (I was thinking, no way are they going to believe that one ...)

Driving along to appt., I also noticed dash instruments, electronic dash, were screwed up. ... also had my navigator on, it was all screwed up and giving wrong directions.

Restarted the car, things came back to normal, showed my gas OK. ... restarted the navigator, it came back to normal and I went on my way. I was telling my friend in the car, did we just have some kind of EMP or what.

Just saying, it was weird. It seems more than a coincidence. This car is very reliable, never any funky problems, and the navigator is always on target. It seems the electronics got scrambled at the gas station and my car.