Try our new info resource - "Aladdin's Cave" (Main menu)Just added a separate link to Ash's Dropbox thread (shortcut)
I have always hated people that only bung £10 in there cars and don't get me started on people that stop on the forcourt jump out and just buy coffee.
Quote from: Seabeowner on September 24, 2021, 07:07:52 PMIt's a shame so many petrol stations have closed, 40000 in the 60s, 18000 in the 90s and less than 9000 now and with far more vehicles on the road.That's a good point. Our local 'independent' garage has just 2 pumps, petrol and diesel and a man comes out and fills the car for you. In Wainfleet, also not far from us, there is a petrol station that is that old, the pumps are still on the pavement and you just pull up by the curb and they come out and serve you. But, with both places, their fuel is usually at least 1p per litre cheaper than the big sellers.
It's a shame so many petrol stations have closed, 40000 in the 60s, 18000 in the 90s and less than 9000 now and with far more vehicles on the road.
Quote from: Nurse Julie on September 24, 2021, 07:25:10 PMQuote from: Seabeowner on September 24, 2021, 07:07:52 PMIt's a shame so many petrol stations have closed, 40000 in the 60s, 18000 in the 90s and less than 9000 now and with far more vehicles on the road.That's a good point. Our local 'independent' garage has just 2 pumps, petrol and diesel and a man comes out and fills the car for you. In Wainfleet, also not far from us, there is a petrol station that is that old, the pumps are still on the pavement and you just pull up by the curb and they come out and serve you. But, with both places, their fuel is usually at least 1p per litre cheaper than the big sellers.There is a small filling station on a housing estate in Duffield that still (I used it circa 2015 ish) had mechanical dispays in Gallons only - no money on the dials!Not as bad as when I was in Cyprus a few years ago - the out of town Taverna had a hand wound mechanical pump.
The wife’s new car turned up yesterday, on probably the most appropriate day of the year so far.
Well, the lefty BBC started all this panic fuel buying so I guess this is their attempt at humour, but what's in a name....