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Metrosexual said:
Sump said:
I call BS. No one is this stupid.
I think its's disappointing that you can't take this thread at face value.Give AVS a call on Monday and ask for John, he'll confirm my stupidity!
I haven't tried this for myself as I can usually tell if cars are diesel or petrol by the noise they make, but I have heard that petrol caps are tighter than diesels so the smaller petrol nozzles will fit but diesel nozzles will not.
Some of the s
tbox hire cars are starting to get 3cyl engines in them so even the petrols have the clatter of a diesel. Can't always rely on noise to give it away so just try the petrol nozzle first.
Some of the s
tbox hire cars are starting to get 3cyl engines in them so even the petrols have the clatter of a diesel. Can't always rely on noise to give it away so just try the petrol nozzle first.Loan Cars :-
This is something that happened to me most days:-
Customer drops off car for Service [or more likely Warranty Work in the case of the manufacturer I worked for at the time]
I give the customer the keys to the loan car.
5 mins later, customer runs back in to me.
Customer - "It's got no fuel"
Me - "You can get fuel at the BP station down the road, sir"
Customer - "But there's fuel in my car that I've left for Service"
I never understood the logic of that one.
This is something that happened to me most days:-
Customer drops off car for Service [or more likely Warranty Work in the case of the manufacturer I worked for at the time]
I give the customer the keys to the loan car.
5 mins later, customer runs back in to me.
Customer - "It's got no fuel"
Me - "You can get fuel at the BP station down the road, sir"
Customer - "But there's fuel in my car that I've left for Service"
I never understood the logic of that one.
Sump said:
What kind of st business gives a loan car with zero fuel?
It really adds up. A Subaru dealer I used to use would give you the car full then fill it up and charge you for every penny used when you got back even when I only used £3 one time. I used to think they were a bit tight.t business gives a loan car with zero fuel? Then I was working for a large Merc dealer. 5 loan cars out 6 days a week. Never charged anyone for fuel but even if we only put in enough to get the fuel lights off it was still racking up about £200 a week so over £10k a year!
Most garages normally say 'it's got so much in just bring it back with the same level'
Also if I didn't recognise the car I was bring handed (will never happen btw) , I would be saying, wtf is that? when the keys were being handed over.
Definitely a wind up though this. A very poor one mind.
Also if I didn't recognise the car I was bring handed (will never happen btw) , I would be saying, wtf is that? when the keys were being handed over.
Definitely a wind up though this. A very poor one mind.
A work colleague has one of those sporty looking Citroen DS3 things in bright yellow, and recently we have been doing a lot of journeys in it to visit various sites. Usually 250+ miles per day round trip.
I was in it one day when he filled it up with fuel and was genuinely surprised that it was diesel. I had no idea.
It didn't sound like a diesel in the slightest and seemed to rev very freely in quite a petrol like way.
I even looked at the Rev counter in my confusion and still wasn't convinced set it redlined at 6000rpm which could possibly have been a petrol redline.
I honestly think I would have out petrol in it by accident if it didn't say Disel on the fuel cap.
I was in it one day when he filled it up with fuel and was genuinely surprised that it was diesel. I had no idea.
It didn't sound like a diesel in the slightest and seemed to rev very freely in quite a petrol like way.
I even looked at the Rev counter in my confusion and still wasn't convinced set it redlined at 6000rpm which could possibly have been a petrol redline.
I honestly think I would have out petrol in it by accident if it didn't say Disel on the fuel cap.
Sump said:
What kind of st business gives a loan car with zero fuel?
One whose business model doesn't sustain handing loan cars with full tanks to customers, then getting them back with empty tanks, thereby giving an effective ~£70 discount on the bill.t business gives a loan car with zero fuel? Oh, and as far as the "Which fuel?" question goes, just take the cap off and look to see if it has a restrictor for the much smaller diameter nozzle on the petrol pump. If it does, you can't get a diesel nozzle in, so it must be petrol. If it doesn't, and you can get a diesel nozzle in, it must be diesel.
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