TOTAL ripoff!

M4RKM

£1.16 is about average.. i had to fill up on the M1 earlier this week, £1.25 a litre....

Conor_3

Canucklehead wrote: »

he had at a minimum 4 liters in the tank

How does he know that? Going by the "only designed to give a rough idea" fuel guage or did he dip the tank?

There's a good 4-5 litres in the filler neck if you fill it up until the final click.

walshc

My partner is a Trading Standards Officer- she suggests reporting as you plan to, but notes that in all her time checking petrol stations (which they do quite a lot), she has never found a problem. It may be that a 60 litre tank does hold more than 60 litres (there is no legal requirement on tank capacity). But, no harm in registering a complaint, and the relevant Trading Standards Office should look into the issue asap

bmth123

i too check petrol pumps and agree with walshc that it is worth reporting to TS. It is unusual to find a pump that is short measure as a result of a complaint but certainly not unheard of and can be due to either a fault or a deliberate act. Its certainly worth a call to TS who can check it out.

Tucker

Piggy-pack wrote: »

When I fill up my car and the pump clicks I then leave it a minute for the fuel to go down and put a bit more in, you can always put a little bit more then what the car says

I think this is often a waste as cars have an overflo, so overfilling like this is a waste as it will probably get tipped out of the tank, meaning you've bought that extra amount for nothing. When it clicks, leave it at that and save your cash.

Oh, Canuklehead, just in case you aren't aware, if you have to pay for 0845 no's and not 01 or 02 numbers like me, don't forget to find the 01, 02 equivalent via http://www.saynoto0870.com/search.php

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Conor wrote: »

How does he know that? Going by the "only designed to give a rough idea" fuel guage or did he dip the tank?

There's a good 4-5 litres in the filler neck if you fill it up until the final click.

Many years ago in NASCAR the ruling authority limited the sizes of fuel tanks in racing cars, for safety reasons and also standardisation.

The rules said nothing about the length of the filler pipe, so the teams simply installed massively long filler pipes to the tanks, to hold much more fuel

Canucklehead

Conor wrote: »

How does he know that? Going by the "only designed to give a rough idea" fuel guage or did he dip the tank?

There's a good 4-5 litres in the filler neck if you fill it up until the final click.

Good morning: After owning and filling the van up weekly (or more when on holiday) for 6 years (minimum 312 tanks) as well as maintaining records of fuel purchased, cost per unit, mileage, and fuel consumption, he knows how much diesel is in the tank when he fills up. It is not beyond belief that the pump was out of calibration and it will be reported today. He has had personal experience of faulty gas meters (he is a CORGI) ...reported it and the dodgy meters have been replaced.

Canucklehead

Canucklehead

Tucker wrote: »

Oh, Canuklehead, just in case you aren't aware, if you have to pay for 0845 no's and not 01 or 02 numbers like me, don't forget to find the 01, 02 equivalent via http://www.saynoto0870.com/search.php

Good morning: Thanks...I've been using the site for several years now...definitely an excellent resource.;)

Canucklehead

Canucklehead

Stephb1986 wrote: »

I also drive a fiat doblo van i put £20 in on thursday and only drove it 2-3 miles back home then yesterday because of this strike i took it back to the petrol station and it took another £48 how much in money did he put in?

Steph xx

Good morning: He paid over £73:eek: @ 118.9/liter ...his heating system quotes will be going up shortly as the price of materials/equipment as well as operating costs are continuing to rise.

Canucklehead

Canucklehead

harveybobbles wrote: »

http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/la/qala.nsf/ad22cc96ba50555dca257051007aa5c8/774ba8d0d9a5f835ca257147002270ad!OpenDocument is the linky link...

Good morning: Thanks.. I know I'm 'foreign' but Oz isn't part of the UK;) So 4% of the 'driveway flow meters' checked weren't compliant...interesting! I wonder what the comparable stats are for the UK?

Canucklehead