Hi all,
I planned to put £35 of diesel in my car this morning in Tescos Bridgend. It's always a challenge to stop the pump on the exact amount that you want to put in. It's all too easy for it to go to or for example. I was quite chuffed with myself that I had stopped it exactly on £35. When I went to pay it showed as I told the assistant that it had stopped on £35 dead. "If it's on here, it will be on the pump" was the slightly smug reply. I did check on my return to the car and it had jumped by two pence.
If I have put £35 worth in the car that is all I expect to pay for. Has this happened to you before? If this happens in one tenth of the fuel transactions in any day someone is getting money for nothing......Not much chance of them showing I suppose?????????
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Fuel - are we being ripped off?????
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More than likely, the 'extra' 2p worth never got delivered to your car anyway... Probably sat in the delivery hose.
Trading Standards are supposed to perform regular checks on the delivery mechanism to ensure what is metered is actually delivered. A quick call to your local TS office might help sour the smug look on the assistant's face...
Trading Standards are supposed to perform regular checks on the delivery mechanism to ensure what is metered is actually delivered. A quick call to your local TS office might help sour the smug look on the assistant's face...
Sex God
Customs and Excise are the ones who keep tabs on stuff like that :-)
Happened to me the other day with 2p too, cant say as I would complain though, the garages make so little on fuel with the government taking a huge tax out of it and often when I do go over the assistant never charges me the extra penny or two so it's swings and roundabouts for me, the trick to getting an extra 2p is to pay with large note for the 1 or 2p ie for £10 of fuel give 2 ten pound notes, for £20 give a 20 and a ten or another £20 note, and a profuse appology saying "I am really sorry I just haven't got anything smaller" most assistants sypathise and in truth cant be bothered giving you all that change so let you off with it 
Sex God
yep we've had this a lot at our local garages, so we walk in first say we want exactly 30 quids worth as that's all we got, and fill up till it stops
you guessed it it stops at thirty pound but by the time you got to the checkout your bill reads and its on your receipt as
we give them if they complain we tell them to call the police
g if you look into it i believe the pump can be accurate to something that equates to + or - 2 pence per £10, this can be added some 20 seconds after the pump has been replaced in some garages
i had a very good conversation with a guy from TML who fits out petrol garages for a living, it was his suggestion to ask for the exact amount before you fill
you guessed it it stops at thirty pound but by the time you got to the checkout your bill reads and its on your receipt as
we give them if they complain we tell them to call the police
g if you look into it i believe the pump can be accurate to something that equates to + or - 2 pence per £10, this can be added some 20 seconds after the pump has been replaced in some garages
i had a very good conversation with a guy from TML who fits out petrol garages for a living, it was his suggestion to ask for the exact amount before you fill
Sex God
Use the pay at the pump option .... many give you the chance to take only a certain amount and stop delivering fuel when that amount has been reached
Sex God
Modern pumps are becoming increasingly available that allow you to select the exact amount in £ or litres that you want delivered before delivery commences.
Sexpert
As mids said, HMRC are the ones ripping us off. I changed to LPG over 10 years ago and haven't had a petrol only car since. Still a rip off, but at least it's only half the tax. But please don't everyone start doing it otherwise they'll hike up the fuel duty on it.
I have never understood why ore people don't have their cars converted to gas and why Companies don't make their fleets of company care LPG.
LPG costs half what petrol/diesel costs.
It is easy to obtain now with many garages having it readily available.
An average conversion costs around £600 for a 4 cylinder engine unlike in it's early years, it is even easy to obtain in rural areas where more farmers use it these days and many rural properties have it as a domestic fuel so deliveries are regular.
Those with a bit of capital and space for a shed could forego the shed and have their own LPG tank (not sure on permissions for that)
I am sure the government would incentivise conversions or car manufacturers to make more LPG cars was it not for the high revenue they get from fuel tax.
For me it would not be cost effective, my average mileage is less than 5000 miles but for those who do that in a month it would save a small fortune in a short time.
LPG costs half what petrol/diesel costs.
It is easy to obtain now with many garages having it readily available.
An average conversion costs around £600 for a 4 cylinder engine unlike in it's early years, it is even easy to obtain in rural areas where more farmers use it these days and many rural properties have it as a domestic fuel so deliveries are regular.
Those with a bit of capital and space for a shed could forego the shed and have their own LPG tank (not sure on permissions for that)
I am sure the government would incentivise conversions or car manufacturers to make more LPG cars was it not for the high revenue they get from fuel tax.
For me it would not be cost effective, my average mileage is less than 5000 miles but for those who do that in a month it would save a small fortune in a short time.
The Guardian Newspaper did this informative report a year ago and is worth a read it is seemingly unbiased and well written.
A quick google today found me a company quoting £600 with recommendations from the following car clubs .... BMW, Lexus, Jaguar, Ford, Toyota and Audi.
Locations in Wales and the North West (Chesterfield, Sheffield)
They will give you an online quote for the cost for your vehicle.
Gas guzzlers highly recommended for conversion
It would not surprise me to learn there is an App available to find the nearest LPG station if there isn't go for it techies now is your chance. same applies to Sat Nav
A quick google today found me a company quoting £600 with recommendations from the following car clubs .... BMW, Lexus, Jaguar, Ford, Toyota and Audi.
Locations in Wales and the North West (Chesterfield, Sheffield)
They will give you an online quote for the cost for your vehicle.
Gas guzzlers highly recommended for conversion
It would not surprise me to learn there is an App available to find the nearest LPG station if there isn't go for it techies now is your chance. same applies to Sat Nav
Sexpert
A quality conversion is around £1000 these days, but better to buy a converted car and pay say a £500 premium over an equivalent non converted car (make sure you get the conversion certificate, or that it is registered on the central database of approved conversions). I'm sure you can get cheaper, but the parts are around £500 and it takes a good couple of days work. The payback for something like a 2 litre mondeo doing around 12k miles pa will be about a year. After that, you'll save around £1,000 a year.
I've never run out of LPG, but have the comfort of being able to run on petrol instead if needs be.
If you have your own LPG bulk tank and pump, you would have to declare it was being used as a road fuel and pay fuel duty and VAT, though I'm sure if you had LPG central heating and had a pump fitted to the bulk tank to fill your car, no one need know ;), though of course I would never advocate that.
I've never run out of LPG, but have the comfort of being able to run on petrol instead if needs be.
If you have your own LPG bulk tank and pump, you would have to declare it was being used as a road fuel and pay fuel duty and VAT, though I'm sure if you had LPG central heating and had a pump fitted to the bulk tank to fill your car, no one need know ;), though of course I would never advocate that.
Sex God
Definately YES
Just paid between 122.7 - 124.1 during the last week for DERV
Just paid between 122.7 - 124.1 during the last week for DERV
