As fuel goes up
29 November 2005, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Dracoro
What I really want are those pumps where you flip the switch so you don't have to hold the gun while you fill up. They are there but never enabled to work. When you have a 20 gallon tank, you notice these things 
People stick it in pull the trigger then walk around until it goes click.
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
dunno - I gave up after about 10 minutes. went in to tell the chap in the garage that it wasn't working and it was stuck at 7psi - he came out, flipped the setting and it had actually reached 100psi. took ages to let the feker down again
You on the wind up here?
29 November 2005, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by STi wanna Subaru
You on the wind up here?
hmmm - I wonder how much pressure you could get in a tyre before it blows
back in 20 minutes
29 November 2005, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by OllyK
Go to Esso, they have a little dish on their counters that says "Penny Dish - don't worry about the odd penny, help yourself" to cover just such eventuallities.
I stuck 2p in the dish next time i was in there though.
29 November 2005, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
nope - I was sh1ttin meself when I was letting it down - just waiting for a massive bang and my legs to disappear. Seems that tyres are made of sturdier stuff though - standard setting on the motorhome are 80 at the front and 85 at the back.
hmmm - I wonder how much pressure you could get in a tyre before it blows
back in 20 minutes
hmmm - I wonder how much pressure you could get in a tyre before it blows
back in 20 minutes
Now had it been your lady that had done that she would never hear the end is my guess!
Still chances are she wouldn't have a clue what to do in the first place
29 November 2005, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by OllyK
Go to Esso, they have a little dish on their counters that says "Penny Dish - don't worry about the odd penny, help yourself" to cover just such eventuallities.
Always thought that was a good idea, hardly ever see it in the UK
30 November 2005, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by AndyC_772
I think I must be missing the point on this one. Ever since I stopped being a poor student, I've never bought petrol in round quantities, nor have I ever known in advance exactly how much I'm going to buy. I just put the nozzle in the tank, hold it open until it clicks off, then pay for it by card. At Tesco now I don't even have to go to the kiosk, just swipe the card through the pump and fill up.
If you prefer for some reason to always pay by cash, why not just make a point of putting in, say, £19.95 worth? So what if you get a few coppers in change?
Pre-pay would be a dreadful idea; suppose you pay for £45 worth but only get in £40 before the tank is full. At best you have to queue up again for your change. Worse still would be if you queued up to pay £40, then again for another £5, then again because you only got another £4.37 into the tank and have 63p to collect. What a waste of time.
The only time to ever buy petrol £20 at a time is if it's not your own car.
If you prefer for some reason to always pay by cash, why not just make a point of putting in, say, £19.95 worth? So what if you get a few coppers in change?
Pre-pay would be a dreadful idea; suppose you pay for £45 worth but only get in £40 before the tank is full. At best you have to queue up again for your change. Worse still would be if you queued up to pay £40, then again for another £5, then again because you only got another £4.37 into the tank and have 63p to collect. What a waste of time.
The only time to ever buy petrol £20 at a time is if it's not your own car.
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