Self service

[Sonic]

In a world where where more and more stores are using those blasted self check out things, how refreshing it was to pull into a petrol station today and have my car 'attended' to. I thought I'd woken up in 1957 - they washed my screen, filled my tank, even offered to check my tyres - All for the same price as my local supermarket filling station.

[MrJan]

All for the same price as my local supermarket filling station.

Are you sure? All the small independants like that around my way charge at least 5p a litre more than Sainsburys/Tesco etc.

[Sonic]

Got the receipt here. 1.34 per litre. Tesco is at 1.33 here.

[MrJan]

Blimey, that's good going. If you go anywhere but the main chains (Shell, Esso, Tesco, Morrisons etc.etc.) around Exeter it costs quite a bit more. Mind you I filled up last night and it set me back £58, and that's only 8 days since my last £50+ fill up. The sooner I find a cheap diesel the better, but if I'm selling my sould I want it to be on my terms so taking a while to find a car that I'm happy with.

[Sonic]

The terms 'diesel' and 'happy with' cannot appear in the same sentence

[MrJan]

The terms 'diesel' and 'happy with' cannot appear in the same sentence

Indeed, that's why I've been 'getting a new car' for the last 6 months or so Sadly the terms 'petrol', '34 miles a day', '31mpg' and 'trainee' are not bedfellows so I need to move to the dark side If I could stretch my budget and search radius I reckon I could get a Jag S-type or summint, that would leave me halfway happy. Alternatively a MG ZS diesel would be amusing for a bit (used to have the shape Civic that it's based on and loved that), but they all seem to be oop country.

Back OT. A bloke at work was talking about his missus filling up at a manned filling station, apparently the amount of fuel you get depends on the blokes workload in the workshop. If he's busy then you'll be lucky to get a gallon before he's heading back inside.

[Sonic]

Yeah, I feel your pain. I had the choice of the Alfa in petrol or Diesel - I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I mean walking out to see your beautiful Alfa Romea on the drive, only for your heart to sink EVERY day when you turn the key.

OT - as long as you only get charged for the gallon put in!

[Daniel]

Indeed, that's why I've been 'getting a new car' for the last 6 months or so Sadly the terms 'petrol', '34 miles a day', '31mpg' and 'trainee' are not bedfellows so I need to move to the dark side If I could stretch my budget and search radius I reckon I could get a Jag S-type or summint, that would leave me halfway happy. Alternatively a MG ZS diesel would be amusing for a bit (used to have the shape Civic that it's based on and loved that), but they all seem to be oop country.

Back OT. A bloke at work was talking about his missus filling up at a manned filling station, apparently the amount of fuel you get depends on the blokes workload in the workshop. If he's busy then you'll be lucky to get a gallon before he's heading back inside.

Is a Jag S type dizeezel going to even do 40mpg though?

I'm lukewarm towards diesels, you always miss the lovely revvy nature of a petrol engined car when you drive a diesel. Plus there's the effect of having that extra weight out the front which affects the handling. I can see the point of a diesel in a medium- large car like a golf or bigger, but in small cars you have that extra weight murdering those front tyres constantly and you've got turbo lag but not a huge amount of power like you would from a petrol turbo engine. I quite fancy something golf sized and I quite fancy a petrol turbo engine in it or perhaps grudgingly a dizeezel.

[Daniel]

Yeah, I feel your pain. I had the choice of the Alfa in petrol or Diesel - I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I mean walking out to see your beautiful Alfa Romea on the drive, only for your heart to sink EVERY day when you turn the key.

OT - as long as you only get charged for the gallon put in!

[MrJan]

I mean walking out to see your beautiful Alfa Romea on the drive, only for your heart to sink EVERY day when you turn the key.

I think that one sentence may have saved me. Was considering a TD 156 but you've just confirmed the wrongness of that, thank you.