Fuel in small towns...

Hi rbt.
Where did you strike these problems?

rbt,

I'm sorry you had bad experiences in country towns. They are not all like that though. I come from a little place ...about 200 people..and we are friendly to travellers and definitely don't think of the dollar before the offer of help or the friendly hello.

Hi rbt

I take it you have got rubbish in your fuel from buying in real daggy old servos in small towns.

We have made it a rule over the years to try to buy at busy servos, either on the highway or the local distributor, who is sometimes a bit cheaper as normally only locals hunt him out. We also buy only Caltex or Shell, BP at a pinch, and have to change around as remote areas seems to have one or other dominate. We never get the el cheapo brands or buy from the dirty little old fashioned "garage" - their tanks are probably just as old. I have even bought while the tanker is in there stirring up the fuel with no evil effects - I checked that night.

I always carry a couple of spare fuel filters as there are risks of dodgies, but amazingly, with nine years using ULP and ten on diesel, we have not had a crookie yet, so are comfortable with our "rules". In both cars we have had tanks totaling 130 - 140 litres so we can choose bigger centres.

I think I am agreeing with you - you can't go into the little servos to give them patronage - people need to earn your business.

Cheers and better luck with the new strategy.

Max

Viv... dont be silly, it not my fault!

and it is all about the dollar on the Bruce and Burnett, do it and youll see

rbt,
A few weeks ago we got back from a 2 week 4230klm trek around Qld. Went to Lake Monduran, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Winton, Longreach, Morven, Kingaroy, Home. Bought $1000 (or thereabouts.... I didn't bother keeping the receipts...) worth of diesel along the way, sometimes in big places like Mackay, other times in little places like Calcium. My "preferred" brand appears to be the brand you have the problem with, but I must say I had no problems at all with any brand. I found the fuel good AND the service good, not just in the servo's but the other places in towns that we visited.

I'm baffled as to how you have managed to come up against enough "bad-eggs" to be put off country towns. After all, isn't your gripe with the fuel co. and their franchisee's? How does the townspeople fit in with this? Check out posts 45597 & 45598 on this forum..... that's the sort of service we were lucky enough to have had.

rbt, I'm not having a go at you here, just baffled as to how this has came about.

Cheers and better luck next time,

Brian

Hi rbt,

A strange post. Won't be too many Simpson Desert or CSR trips in the future if you only buy your fuel in the major centres and only a particular brand. Perhaps you prefer to replace your camper trailer with a fuel tanker!

I invite you to visit to see if we can earn your respect but we won't try to sell you fuel otherwise. If not you can use the servo down the road.

Cheers
Ian@Mt Dare

i dont use a camper-trailor

mabe it was because i was only buying 10-20 litres but still wanted to ask a question and that most cost 200 litres...

im surprised there isnt more comment here, like caravan park fees, fuel is only one of the nags and maybe there is a silent "non-net" majority

look at how it cycles up toward pensioneers-day, cmon guys, your almost un-defendable with petrol

maybe this was the trip i got all the so-and-so's, whatever...