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Fuel station forecourt air lines are now literally - a 'wheeze' ! In the olden days somewhere there used to be a compressor and an air tank reservoir. Inflating flat tyres just took moments.
Most forecourts now use 'Pay As You Go' coin operated air lines that typically cost at least 50p for a miserly four minutes or so.
Not too unreasonable perhaps as whilst they say air is free, it is argued that someone has to pay for the equipment. (The days of complimentary customer services are long gone and would be far too much to expect)
However, I find that modern air lines are painfully slow in operation. They huff and they puff and then they 'blow' the tyres up, managing only a few PSI increase every 20 seconds or so. They then need a 'little rest' to measure the actual tyre pressure before they can continue their Herculean exertions.
Often it is impossible to inflate four tyres within the alloted time and more money must be paid.
Would this just be a cunning 'wheeze' to extract more money from us I ask myself every time I use them ?
Maybe I am too cynical and there are good health and safety technical reasons ? Anyone know ?
MikeM
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