Can petrol ever be called petrol again? Please?

[C8H18Head]

I've been searching for petrol but can only see "unleaded". Diesel is always diesel however.

As it's been a generation since "leaded" was available, the term "unleaded" is now daft.

Yet everyone calls it a "petrol station".

And we got rid of "Derv" on pumps.

Can we reintroduce the word "petrol" on pumps? Or is it just me?

[redtwin]

If you can't tell the difference between petrol and diesel without a sign on the pump can you be trusted with filling a car?.

For as long as I can remember petrol smelled like petrol and diesel didn't.

[marshalla]

Be thankful that they aren't "gas" stations.

[Potatoes]

Confused by OP's post...

[y2blade]

Been drinking?

[ian_uk1975]

C8H18Head said:

Yet everyone calls it a "petrol station".

Do diesel drivers call it a "diesel station"?

Actually, I think a better term would be "Rip-off station", or maybe "wallet-emptying point"?

[marshalla]

ian_uk1975 said:

Do diesel drivers call it a "diesel station"?

Actually, I think a better term would be "Rip-off station", or maybe "wallet-emptying point"?

HMRC collection centre.

[Kays vRS]

ian_uk1975 said:

C8H18Head said:

Yet everyone calls it a "petrol station".

Do diesel drivers call it a "diesel station"?

I call it a 'fuel station'

[C8H18Head]

Potatoes said:

Confused by OP's post...

Apologies, post would have been prevented by breathalyser on my laptop.

Pedantic linguistics really. We're PetrolHeads. Yet they've banished the word "petrol" from petrol stations and replaced it with "unleaded".

Which is now a redundant daft word as you cannot buy "leaded".

Hence post.

[FreeLitres]

OP - your local filling station looks a bit rough.

[Potatoes]

Understood

[TheHeretic]

Pfft. I have to ask for benzine!

[DonkeyApple]

redtwin said:

If you can't tell the difference between petrol and diesel without a sign on the pump can you be trusted with filling a car?.

For as long as I can remember petrol smelled like petrol and diesel didn't.

Well, you continue crawling around and sniffing nozzles, I'd rather just read the sign and remain looking normal.

[Gixer]

C8H18Head said:

Apologies, post would have been prevented by breathalyser on my laptop.

Pedantic linguistics really. We're PetrolHeads. Yet they've banished the word "petrol" from petrol stations and replaced it with "unleaded".

Which is now a redundant daft word as you cannot buy "leaded".

Hence post.

We must all be unleaded heads then

[007 VXR]

Hoover ?

[SSBB]

C8H18Head said:

I've been searching for petrol but can only see "unleaded". Diesel is always diesel however.

As it's been a generation since "leaded" was available, the term "unleaded" is now daft.

Yet everyone calls it a "petrol station".

And we got rid of "Derv" on pumps.

Can we reintroduce the word "petrol" on pumps? Or is it just me?

And the funny thing is that Diesel is the engine type, not the fuel

[Eighteeteewhy]

Garage.

[rohrl]

Gasoleum and Dervoline or Petroline and Dieselerv?

[anonymous-user]

You're all wrong - it's clearly a "gas station".

But then isn't the traditional British expression a "filling station"?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Will it soon be electric station?