Stuart
Right!
My first car was a Mini and a combination of a small tank and a 5 bob gallon meant it was rare to spend a quid filling it up!
regards
John
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FIF,
Do you remember when we used to tell the petrol pump girl to keep the change? Happy days.
Is there somewhere in the world that is going through the Sixties experience right now?
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Alwyn,
Now there does bring back memories..........
hope SWMBO's not surfing, before your time dearest.......... (just in case)
Stuart
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what?
Here in the land of sunshine, all petrol is price-controlled by govt. As a result, filling stations have to use SERVICE (remember that word?) to get customers to come back.
As a result, you just sit in comfort, while the tank is filled, the oil, water, screenwash and tyres checked, backscreen and windscreen and headlights washed ... all by a smiling attendant who normally earns himself a nice tip (I normally put in about R150, and he picks up a tenner.)
Bliss!
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Sounds idyllic, but I worked for Esso 30 odd years ago and they tried to introduce that level of service in the UK.
The attendants got severely chapped and infected hands and the customers got shirty about attendants messing about with their cars.
So Esso went the other way, reduced costs and introduced self service.
My first car - Daisy - a 1938 Morris 8 Series II 4 seater tourer purchased in 1966. My first fill up - circa 4 gallons for 19/6d + vouchers for free wine glasses which we still have (the wine glasses I mean).
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Further to this fuel attendant thing, wasn't it that the attendants got cancer due to all the nasty vapour coming out of the petrol tanks and so now they leave the driver to inhale.
Maybe there is still a case for diesel attendants as the risk is distinctly less........
Its about time we had another petrol vs diesel rampage around the backroom.......
Lights blue touch paper, puts wooden spoon back on shelf, retires to safe distance...........
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I'd buy a diesel car if it weren't for the following ...
(1) The abovementioned attendants don't migrate to the single diesel pump - which is normally far away from the petrol pumps, and NOT under cover. Also, you have to wait while 15 Road Trains fill up their huge tanks before you get to the front of the queue.
(2) The quality of Diesel oil here is varied - I'd hate to b****r a good engine about by running it on poor quality fuel.
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