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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #50 on: May 01, 2018, 07:54:44 AM »
If we're travelling, I'll usually fill the car, then move over to a car park, while the Mrs goes in to pay for fuel, because we'll then frequently stay to have lunch or a snack while we're stopped. Nobody has ever spoken to us about doing so.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #51 on: May 01, 2018, 08:19:21 AM »
Quote from: edz on May 01, 2018, 07:08:36 AM
Our local servo the other day, We pulled up, grabbed the fuel nozzle stuck it in the rank, the screen on the bowser clears to 0's, pull the trigger,  the  pump kicked over for a split second then   " NOTHING "  stand there like a Limp D*ck in a Brothel, try again Nothing, WTF ... Must be a fault in the pump,The screen still read all 0's,  meanwhile the lady opposite has sent her kid in to get the attendant, her pump wasnt working either..
Dopey attendant comes out and anounces that the pumps wont work until they finish changing the price ..   >:D >:D >:D
But we picked up and started to fill at the old price. Sooo do we still get our fuel at that rate ?  "  No you have to pay the new price " ...
Not happy, Went from $1.38 to $1.48  ..in the blink of an eye practicaly ..
No use going to the other servo up the road as they were getting a fuel delivery .

That is legal where you are? Amazing. can't be done in WA?

From the Fuelwatch website: Western Australian fuel consumers benefit from price transparency and reduced price volatility because service stations must notify FuelWatch of their following day's prices by 2pm each day.  These prices are ‘locked in’ for 24 hours from 6am so drivers can make the best decision on where and when to purchase their fuel.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #52 on: May 01, 2018, 09:28:18 AM »
Quote from: rossm on May 01, 2018, 08:19:21 AM
That is legal where you are? Amazing. can't be done in WA?

From the Fuelwatch website: Western Australian fuel consumers benefit from price transparency and reduced price volatility because service stations must notify FuelWatch of their following day's prices by 2pm each day.  These prices are ‘locked in’ for 24 hours from 6am so drivers can make the best decision on where and when to purchase their fuel.

RACQ are pushing for similar up here atm, after fuel prices jumped 35 cpl in one go a week or so back :o >:(

Useless bloody Transport Minister (& I know that's a duplication of words >:D) is on teh News last night - Oh no, that won't work as it will probably just push prices up higher ???
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #53 on: May 01, 2018, 09:45:57 AM »
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That is legal where you are? Amazing. can't be done in WA

who would you complain to and actually get any action?  Nobody..
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #54 on: May 01, 2018, 03:24:32 PM »
Quote from: Pete79 on April 30, 2018, 07:10:05 PM


I get the paranoia because doing a runner is such a real thing these days, but it is another little bit of courtesy that’s lost these days.

I got done for doing a runner when I was filling my old 80 series. Walked in and told them the pump numbers for the LPG and Petrol. They only charged me for the LPG then reported me to the police for doing a runner on the petrol!!!! It was early in the morning and I was late for the train so I didn't notice the incorrect price

I just went down and paid and they apologised but said it was all they could do.

No harm no foul in the end and the police thought it was quite amusing.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #55 on: May 05, 2018, 06:02:02 PM »
Yesterday I go and fill up.
Everyone doing what is fair and Normal.
What a bloody difference, no stress, no D/Heads, no hassles.
Happy days,
Now, having said that it will be a sh1te fight next time.


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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2018, 11:35:22 AM »
Be good if you could simply move the offending parties vehicles like what happened at an auction place I was at.

Idiot parked his car in the middle of the loading area, preventing the trucks from getting the goods. Three times the owner was paged on the PA to move the car. Fourth time was warned that in 3 minutes the car would be moved. Just as 8 ton forklift picks up the car and starts to drive off, owner comes running yelling at forklift driver, then jumps onto forklift and starts bashing on the cabin door.

Next thing, 3 burly security guards grab the bloke and he and his car are unceremoniously deposited out the gates, much to the amusement of the crowd.

Strangely, it felt VERY satisfying to watch it all unfold  >:D   
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #57 on: May 06, 2018, 11:48:26 AM »
Having picked up cars that were blocking our drive ways in a  past work life .. Yep it is fun ..
Especialy when they return to find their car sitting up on a stack of other cars [ Dont p*ss off a wrecking yard operator ] . or wedged  in between two cars an inch off their bumpers ]  ..  :angel:



















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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #58 on: May 06, 2018, 11:57:03 AM »
Yesterday I was second in line waiting for the 2 pumps to finish. Both cars filled up then left at the same time. So old mate in the car in front of me stops at the first pump rather than driving through to the next pump. After a polite word didn't get the desired effect I just drove around him and then backed up to the empty bowser (right up to his car). For some reason my pump took extra long to fill up that day, unfortunately old mate didn't have the room to go around me so had to wait. What a shame...
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #59 on: May 06, 2018, 02:05:10 PM »
Quote from: Bunyip on April 23, 2018, 03:28:00 PM
What gets me is the queues out the driveway onto the road because everyone's filler cap is on the same side of the car.

If my 100 Series cruiser can be filled from a pump on the "wrong" side of the car I am sure your little sports car can as well. The hoses are made long enough to reach to the far side of a vehicle.
Not every servo has long hoses anymore.
Had to fill the wife's Cx9 the other day. Pulled up at a Woolies servo on the wrong side as the others were full.  Hose didnt even make it to the opposite corner of the car, let alone around to the filler.



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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #60 on: May 06, 2018, 05:28:05 PM »


Quote from: nab on May 06, 2018, 11:57:03 AM
the car in front of me stops at the first pump rather than driving through to the next pump

I have been caught like that before...

At an unfamiliar to me servo -- waiting 5 - 10 minutes to get a crack at the bowsers   .... I do the right thing, roll forward to the front/ first bowser ONLY TO FIND that that pump doesn't do diesel...   and this is in spite if the signs at the start of the row listing diesel as part of the offer...   grrrr...

And with all the advertising and other guff around the pump, not easily to see that the front one does not....

Next time I'll just do myself a favour, park at the beginning of the row - walk down to the first pump to make sure that it too does the diesel - (and that it is working/in service)..

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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #61 on: May 06, 2018, 06:09:00 PM »
When I was a rep on the road filling up 3-4 times a week  I built up such a hatred of refueling.

The cruiser now with 210litres and the ability to refuel from hi flow is a dream . Fill up on average once a month  :cheers:
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #62 on: July 11, 2018, 06:30:29 PM »
Got screwed over again today.
The diesel pump is the first bowser, I've filled up, just writing the detsils into my records, car backs in to the pump in front.
Havevto sit there while the fluff about getting out of their car,
Then the fig arse about opening the fuel flap and unlocking the cap.
Then they can't make up their bloody mind which fuel to use.
I Shit you not,  zi sat there for nearly twenty minutes.
Grrrrrrrrrr.


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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #63 on: July 11, 2018, 06:37:27 PM »
Yesterday, I wasn't after fuel, I was driving down the street.
I went and asked this tool whst he was doing parked out on the road?
His reply was, F4yk o55 dickhead, I'm waiting for my mate to fuel up.
This is a busy road with a school just of the road behind me and an industrial estate to the left of the intersection just behind this tool.
These people breed.
There is no hope for humanity

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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #64 on: July 11, 2018, 09:50:58 PM »
Quote from: Hairs on July 11, 2018, 06:37:27 PM
I went and asked this tool whst he was doing parked out on the road?

You had to ask?
He clearly has the “I’m the most important person in the road and don’t have to give a crap about anyone else” devise attached to the rear of his vehicle....
After he unhitches he’ll turn into a normal person again I’m sure. ;)



I did my servo good deed on the weekend.
Had the tinny on the back, needed to put diesel in the ute and unleaded in the boat.
Our servo has gas first, diesel is the middle pump, unleaded in the last pump.
With the ute parked almost at the gas bowser the diesel line Easy reaches, it puts the boat right at the unleaded and saves having to shuffle around.
I’d just finished filling the ute and was undoing the jerry in the boat when I heard a Diesel engine pull up behind me.
I took the jerry out and put it on the ground beside the pump, walked up to the ute and told the misses to jump in the driver’s seat and park up next to the exit.
Old mate thanked me a couple of times for letting him in, we both got our fuel and no stress from anyone.


And yes, I did catch a nice feed muddies and a couple of fish for dinner that night as my instant karma.. ;D
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #65 on: July 11, 2018, 11:29:36 PM »
Quote from: Pete79 on July 11, 2018, 09:50:58 PM
You had to ask?
He clearly has the “I’m the most important person in the road and don’t have to give a crap about anyone else” devise attached to the rear of his vehicle....
After he unhitches he’ll turn into a normal person again I’m sure. ;)
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #66 on: July 12, 2018, 08:38:45 AM »
Quote from: Hairs on July 11, 2018, 06:30:29 PM
Got screwed over again today.
The diesel pump is the first bowser, I've filled up, just writing the detsils into my records, car backs in to the pump in front.
Havevto sit there while the fluff about getting out of their car,
Then the fig arse about opening the fuel flap and unlocking the cap.
Then they can't make up their bloody mind which fuel to use.
I Shit you not,  zi sat there for nearly twenty minutes.
Grrrrrrrrrr.


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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #67 on: July 12, 2018, 01:07:36 PM »
Quote from: Hairs on July 11, 2018, 06:30:29 PM
Got screwed over again today.
The diesel pump is the first bowser, I've filled up, just writing the detsils into my records, car backs in to the pump in front.
Havevto sit there while the fluff about getting out of their car,
Then the fig arse about opening the fuel flap and unlocking the cap.
Then they can't make up their bloody mind which fuel to use.
I Shit you not,  zi sat there for nearly twenty minutes.
Grrrrrrrrrr.


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Handy hint, take a photo with your phone of the bowser after you fill up and another photo of the odometer when you get back in the car and fill you records in later

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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #68 on: July 12, 2018, 01:15:16 PM »
Quote from: Hairs on July 11, 2018, 06:37:27 PM
Yesterday, I wasn't after fuel, I was driving down the street.
I went and asked this tool whst he was doing parked out on the road?
His reply was, F4yk o55 dickhead, I'm waiting for my mate to fuel up.
This is a busy road with a school just of the road behind me and an industrial estate to the left of the intersection just behind this tool.
These people breed.
There is no hope for humanity

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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #69 on: July 12, 2018, 01:21:26 PM »
Quote from: macca on July 12, 2018, 01:07:36 PM
Handy hint, take a photo with your phone of the bowser after you fill up and another photo of the odometer when you get back in the car and fill you records in later

Or just scribble the odometer reading onto the receipt, as most have the number of litres on them. Then fill out your log-book later.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #70 on: July 12, 2018, 03:31:46 PM »
Hi,
    Isn't that the navigator ' s job?
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #71 on: July 12, 2018, 04:10:21 PM »
Quote from: Pete79 on July 11, 2018, 09:50:58 PM
He clearly has the “I’m the most important person in the road and don’t have to give a crap about anyone else” devise attached to the rear of his vehicle....

That sign comes with the caravan paperwork.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #72 on: July 12, 2018, 06:34:37 PM »
Quote from: HEM19X on April 30, 2018, 12:02:28 PM
On our WA trip last year we pulled into a servo [small town] to find a car [empty], no probs I thought, they are just in paying.... 5 mins goes by [maybe they are having a leak??] another 5.. WTF. Kate goes into the shop & asks who might own the white Magna? I do said the lady who was sitting at one of the tables HAVING HER LUNCH!!! Not happy when she was told not to rush as I was just about to knock the car into netrual & give it a nudge with the bullbar..... but she moved her car.

Wife went to Melb with her sister recently in sisters car. Stopped at Pakenham BP to fuel up. Wife says she'll go and order coffee and meet sister inside after she fuels up.
After their cofffee wife heads out to general car park. Sister says "no". Parked at bowsers. Had left the car there after fuelling up. Her and her hubby apparently always do this.

Ironically she is a very nice, generous, helpful person. ........normally!

On their way home my wife got takeaway coffee.
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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #73 on: July 12, 2018, 09:08:41 PM »
Geez with these last few posts you can only wish the karma bus catches up with them and runs right over the top of them , just shows how arrorgant, self centered and thoughtless some people have become, yeah and i know its no news flash

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Re: Fuel Station Etiquette
« Reply #74 on: July 12, 2018, 09:16:11 PM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on July 12, 2018, 08:38:45 AM
Pots and kettles, comes to mind... LOL  >:D
Takes 10 seconds, if that.
I have everything ready to go.

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