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FUEL ISSUES & ECONOMY => GENERAL => Topic started by: eye30 on August 09, 2012, 19:30:50

Title: The petrol pump ‘lucky dip’: Motorists can get 6p-a-litre windfall because some
Post by: eye30 on August 09, 2012, 19:30:50

UK Report     But is this happening where you live???

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Some drivers have been getting a 'lucky dip' when filling up with petrol, with some pumps supplying more fuel than the counter indicates, the AA has said.
Some fortunate motorists have been getting as much as 4.4 per cent more petrol than shown on the pump, the AA revealed.
This is effectively a 6p-a-litre gift to drivers at a time when fuel prices are extremely high.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2185687/The-petrol-pump-lucky-dip--Motorists-6p-litre-windfall-dispense-fuel.html (http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2185687/The-petrol-pump-lucky-dip--Motorists-6p-litre-windfall-dispense-fuel.html)

 

Title: Re: The petrol pump ‘lucky dip’: Motorists can get 6p-a-litre windfall because some
Post by: Surferdude on August 09, 2012, 21:23:51

More likely the other way around for me. :evil:

Title: Re: The petrol pump ‘lucky dip’: Motorists can get 6p-a-litre windfall because some
Post by: Doggie 1 on August 10, 2012, 08:47:10

Wreacs havoc with fuel consumption calculations.

Title: Re: The petrol pump ‘lucky dip’: Motorists can get 6p-a-litre windfall because some
Post by: baroudeur on August 10, 2012, 17:03:35

Quote from: db08 on August 10, 2012, 08:47:10

Wreacs havoc with fuel consumption calculations.

Don't believe it.  The report is very short on detail and it was probably just one pump that was so inaccurate that it was 4% out.

Pumps are checked regularly as a legal requirement  and no forecourt operator will give fuel away with the  profit margins they work on.