Diesel Pumps discusting

Most Shell have hand wipes and some servos have disposable gloves.

too right gbc then you have to wait an eternity for them to return to their vehicles with their shopping and cappacinos etc. i guess these days with so many drive offs you can't fill up and then move to another park then go in and pay & do the shopping or can you?

The more I read this the more I laugh. 'Their responsibility' becomes your 10c extra a litre for your whinge. Would you winge about that too?
Maybe we should get some slavery happening again - keep costs down, and our hands and shoes clean?
Maybe I read the post wrong, but I don't think so.
Hey WP - the one and only?

all the more reason for us to actually provide some "service" if these poor buggers can manage it with their problems but hey, let's not criticise the Aussie "service" eh?

I always have plenty of rags in the car and that does the trick for me

Same here SB

Another good way to beat it is get a petrol car. No complaints then.

Daza! What sort of fuel ecomomy are you getting from the petrol Patrol with the van? And a t what speed do you travel on average? Thanks Michael

G/Day Michael

We have only done a few short trips at this stage roughly 200ks each way.

As yet haven't calculated fuel usage over an extended trip.

Just going on a comparison with our old 2008 3ltr patrol which averaged around 22 ltres per 100ks and later when it got up to 26litres per100ks re: problems with the Common Rail and Fuel Injector Pump.

We have noticed that we are using less fuel with the 4.8 litre than the 3ltr motor.

When towing I sit on 95 to 100 ks per hour, but a vast difference in performance ect.

I put the better fuel usage down to the fact that the motor isn't struggling and we don't hesitate to overtake a vehicle when required.

Highway driving fuel usage is a lot better than stop start town or city driving.

We are fortunate that we don't do much of the latter.

In the next few days I will have a better indication on fuel usage as we are towing the van up north roughly a 2000k return trip.

Cheers

Mechanics get dirty by choice & are paid to do so. I have also noticed a trend for SNAG mechanics to wear gloves themselves!

Owners also have the choice of buying a petrol vehicle if so concerned. Or carrying gloves/wet wipes etc.

I know this has little to do with diesel and more to with shopping at servos but it pertains to some people's total lack of indifference and selfishness. I was at a pump recently behind two other vehicles and the woman in front went in to pay. She suddenly discovered that when she got inside she didn't have her discount card and came back to the car to get it. Back to the store. She was gone a long time I thought so when another pump became available I backed off and moved over to that one.

I watched as I could now see her shopping and browsing up and down the shelves. I was filling two tanks (180l) so I was there a while. When she had finally emerged the guy behind her had now been locked in by another car that had pulled in behind him. I reckon she was gone for about 10 minutes at this time and as she entered her car he started his engine and moved closer to her thinkling that she was about to pull out.

Wel what do you reckon? Her mobile rang so she answered it. When I came out from paying she was still sitting in the driveway talking as I drove away and the two blokes at the back were still sitting there.

Graham, I'm sure I have come across that lady as well.

Wait until she spots a friend pull up to a pump just after she's finished gobbing off on the phone.
Ah the joys of modern motoring.
AlanTH.

...and then she decides to wash her whole car with the window squeegee and bucket.

The best bit was whe she went inside and found that her discount card was still in the car. She just marched out like there was no one in the world but her, took her time finding it and strolled back in and then began to shop.

I don't know why I got angry as she was not holding me up but I was simply amazed at the way the poor bloke waiting held his temper. I would have had to say something.

There should be a wating zone or something when people want to shop. Why they would want to anyway simply astonishes me as the product is so expensive. How about drivng to the closest supermarket?

These are the ploys that Woolworths and Coles use to recoup the discount.

Most servos have removed the pin that holds the lever up for continued flow, however a long shanked rivet (or something like it) is the perfect size to put in. I haven't used one myself, but I know someone who has a piece of wire about this size on his key ring purely for that purpose.

In my current car (and the previous 2), the fuel cap is the right size to be wedged under the handle to ensure full flow until it cuts out when full.

Our nearest garage (and the cheapest in the Dandenongs) supplies latex gloves at the bowser, however this does not ensure that my wife will actually put fuel in it when she uses it!

About 5 - 6 years ago, there was a very small indepentant service station in the back streets of North Sydney. It was opperated by two brothers. They provided full driveway service. They would fill it up, check oil, water, wiper bottle ect.... They did a very well for themselves for a couple of years, as all the ladies around the area went there.
Caltex caught on, bought them out ... now it's a large Caltex station.
Capt.