Well, Nissan gave about 8 inches of extra hose on one end and the other one is a little stubby that is virtually out of reach unless you have the tiniest of hands. Add in the fact that there is still gas coming out of the filter and running down your arm to your armpits in the 10 - 15 minutes it takes to get the short hose off the end using pliers (because you can't get your hand up in there); not to mention the gas runing into the new flesh wounds from reaching up in there. At least I was more patient than Rrdstarr when he replaced his. I thought he was going to pop a vein in his forehead!

Maybe Nissan was more generous with the hose to yours?