RIPOFF air at garages...

Keith

Pssst wrote: »

I visited a local Sainsburys and they do complimentary air and water.

The last time I checked my tyres at Sainsbury's, the carwash called me a "fat !!!!!!!", I popped in to the kiosk and complained and the man said

"The air and water is complimentary but the carwash is out of order"

Pssst

Keith wrote: »

The last time I checked my tyres at Sainsbury's, the carwash called me a "fat !!!!!!!", I popped in to the kiosk and complained and the man said

"The air and water is complimentary but the carwash is out of order"

Boom,Boom..!

david39

If the garage charges for the use of the air machine then that machine is registered with the Trading Standards Authority and is checked for accuracy every time the petrol pumps are checked by them. This is at least every six months but can be done at any time as a spot check without warning.

It is a legal requirement that the air machine is accurate just as meat-scales at a butcher's or people-weighing scales in a chemist.

The upkeep of the equipment to this standard is costly because the public who use these machines tend to be heavyhanded with them and throw the hoses and connectors on the ground or even run over them with their vehicles.

The pressure guages that are sold for the public's use for checking tyre pressures are notoriously inaccurate - I know - I used to sell them. I checked 10 guages on one display card of brand new units from an industry leader and no two of them gave the same reading. Variations were up to 10%.

theartfullodger

And at Southwaite Services, M6 Northbound between J41 & J42 this morning Air advertised at....


£1 British!! Stone me, inflation or what!!

Cheers & Best wishes at all


Lodger

asbokid

ALDI, zee german dizzcount ztore, is selling a 2.5hp compressor complete with a set of 7 air tools, including a tyre gauge, for £82.

At 50p a blow job at the garages, you only need to DIY the tyre pressures 164 times, and the compressor has paid for itself.

roddydogs

? £82? ........

ailuro2

We got our little tyre pumper upper from Lidl a few years back for £9.99. has done sterling work, and of course keeping your tyres at the right pressure can save you 5% on fuel costs, so it's a worthwhile tenner to spend.

Handy for pumping up bike tyres too, footballs etc, which you're not allowed to use the garage ones for.

It's no use for blowing up inflatible toys, though, not enough air comes out for that - we originally bought it for Dd's bouncy castle and were a bit gutted it's faster to do it by foot.

5 mins to pump up a flat tyre? The tyre's not worth pumping, fit the spare and get to a garage to get the tyre fixed, running on a tyre that's losing air can wreck the inner of the tyre rendering it useless (and dangerous if not changed)

LotusExige

The fact is that if you drive any distance before checking the tyre pressure the tyre will have warmed up and be at a higher pressure than it would have when cold. Buy a pump, whether electric or a foot pump and do ypu tyre checking at before driveing off.
BTW, I have been useing an Argos sub £20 thing that plugs into the lighter socket for years with bo problems.

hewhoisnotintheknow

LotusExige wrote: »

The fact is that if you drive any distance before checking the tyre pressure the tyre will have warmed up and be at a higher pressure than it would have when cold. Buy a pump, whether electric or a foot pump and do ypu tyre checking at before driveing off.
BTW, I have been useing an Argos sub £20 thing that plugs into the lighter socket for years with bo problems.

yup

if filling at a petrol station i always over inflate drive home, once the tyres have cooled i then deflate them to the correct pressure

motorguy

Pssst wrote: »

I am used to garages ripping us off for 20p for air these days.

Anyway this morning i happend to call by a local Shell garage and was outraged to see that they charge 50p for air !

I drove out.

Who do you think pays for the purchase, maintenance, repair of these machines (that are often vandalised)?

Would you prefer it was added to fuel costs?