Take care of the pennies...

[MegaSteve]

Checking oil on a recently stopped engine doesnt really tell very much apart from the colour of the oil as most of it is still held up in the engine rather than the sump where it is measured after a longer period of inactivity. Cleaning the windscreen, that is a plus though.

We are talking of cars built in the '50s and '60s where lubrication was still a 'dark art'... Think my first car consumed oil at a greater rate than its fuel... Couldn't offer the service nowadays as a degree in mechanical engineering is required to find dipsticks in many modern cars assuming they have one of course....

 

[chrisd]

Couldn't offer the service nowadays as a degree in mechanical engineering is required to find dipsticks in many modern cars assuming they have one of course....

The only dipstick in my car is the driver

 

[Rumpokid]

And the pounds will take care of themselves - right??

Put petrol in the car this morning and local filling station had signs up that their card reader was out of order so cash only. Darn it...only got a tenner in cash so that will have to do. Started to fill and at £2.79 the pumped just stopped. Girl came out and asked if I was paying cash so I said "yes" and she went back and re-started the pump. At which point it moved on to £2.80. Managed to put exactly a tenner in and put the nozzle back in the slot and the pump turned to £10.01. Got me to wondering does this happen every time at every pump? We mainly pay on card these days so not looking to put an exact amount in...they could be making plenty of pounds this way?!

With you on this Amanda.I have noticed this happen to me for a while,even when you try your hardest to dribble it in...If this is the case,as the conspiracy theory in me thinks,the profits are/will be enormous...Furthermore,the current money off fuel that Tesco offer with the clubcard,when you spend in store is also a con,as the fuel as we all know is over priced to start with.

 

[palindromicbob]

Gotta say I do enjoy the manned stations where I sometimes see the amount go a penny or two higher than I request. It's the little wins that make life enjoyable sometimes. I am yet to find a station that gets upset if I'm paying cash and don't have the penny.

 

[guest100718]

Just fill it up you tightwads.

 

[AmandaJR]

Just fill it up you tightwads.

Usually do - as you see in my OP that wasn't an option.

 

[MegaSteve]

Just fill it up you tightwads.

No chance... No longer own a vehicle just borrow the use of herselfs when needed... So now returning the 'favour' for all the years she borrowed my car [rather than use her own] and never managed to find the fuel cap....