RIPOFF air at garages...

asbokid

roddydogs wrote: »

? £82? ........

yeah, it's a compressor for the workshop rather than something you carry in the boot..

2.5HP Compressor and Accessories

£82.00 each *

• 2.5HP, 1.5kW, 230 volt motor
• Air displacement: 270 litres/minute
• MWP: 8 bar (120psi)
• 24 litre capacity air receiver
• Fully automatic STOP/START control
• Oil lubricated single cylinder direct drive compressor with air intake filter/silencer
• 2 air outlets
• 2 pressure gauges
• Fitted safety and non-return valve and drain valve
• Air outlet pressure regulator and reducer
• Accessory kit includes: tyre inflator, blow gun, 7 piece inflator/deflator set for footballs,
  li-los, inflatable boats, etc.
• 10 metre air hose
• Quick-release couplings
• Jet wash gun
• Gold-plated professional spray gun (with 5m air hose)
• IP44 rating
• Conforms to ROHS
• Comprehensive accessories pack

The spray gun that is bundled with the compressor is quite nice...

See: 2.5HP Compressor and Accessories, ALDI

Rolandtheroadie

Got a bargain, I only paid £69.99 last time it was in.

Steve_xx

Hintza wrote: »

A very interesting point though! Wonder where you stood legally if you charge for a service such as air, gauge is faulty, driver over inflates, tyre suffers blow out etc etc......?

Legally, by providing the service they owe you a 'duty of care'. If their machine over inflated your tyre and you had an accident as a result of that, they would be vicariously liable. Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] refers to the precedent on negligence:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson

Rolandtheroadie

scotsman4th wrote: »

A blow out after filling from a non calibrated compressor/gauge? Could only prove if you were able to catch all the air that came out of the tyre when it blew. Is a blow out not normally caused more by a damaged tyre or tyre defect?

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some time before.

Steve_xx

scotsman4th wrote: »

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some time before.

Those answers that you gave some time before were actually questions!

dizziblonde

I never do my tyres anyway (can't hold the nozzle on hard enough to work it) but designate the man of the house to do the job - and he really really begrudges paying for air... where we used to live the local Tesco charged something like 50p... unfortunately for them, the Asda half a mile away did it for free so guess which one we went to to fill up/do tyres/carwash?