Is the £99 pay at pump limit going up any time soon?

[donkmeister]

Today as the pump slowed to a crawl then clicked off at £99 with nearly 20 litres of tank still empty I was contemplating whether I would leave it there or do a second round. I don't have many miles to do in the near future and there was a queue so i opted to leave with my car wondering why it was still thirsty.

Even now, a lot of new cars have 60+ litre tanks and pretty much everything Mondeo-sized and larger used to come with a tank of 60-100 litres (I bet people here can name cars with even bigger tank options). With petrol now around £1.40-1.60 a litre depending on locale and grade that £99 often isn't enough to fill a fuel tank.

Does anyone know if any garages/chains have already raised the limit, or if they have plans to?

[vonhosen]

If you use the esso app to pay at the pump at esso stations you can set the 'reserved payment' limit to what you require on a scale up to £140.

[paul.deitch]

Well I can confirm that it is a programmable option. It's up to the retailer and the card companies.

[Dodsy]

With an 84.5 litre tank this isnt the first time ive had thus problem.

I usually fill up when im down to 1/4 full. If i forget i check out the kiosk queue. If there is no queue i pay inside , if there is i just use 2 cards and fill up twice.

[Huntsman]

My Silver Shadow takes 107ltrs.

[Pothole]

£99 was only just about enough to fill up my old S90 almost a decade ago...

[speedyguy]

Pothole said:

£99 was only just about enough to fill up my old S90 almost a decade ago...

Remember this the other year and to quote a bit of the article https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2018/05/10/mum-of-t...

[Ivan stewart]

I’m amazed they don’t do it like America or if you want to use the HGV pump to fill up a truck ,with pre authorisation for the payment especially now it’s so ridiculously expensive ..
If you’re in business a fuel card is very handy
Easy to keep track of spending and set price so it doesn’t matter where you fill up .

Edited by Ivan stewart on Thursday 25th November 04:54

[Writhing]

I put £99.70 in my E39 the other day at my local Tesco.

[cmvtec]

I seldom let my car get empty enough to need that much, but if it were truly empty would tip the £100 mark, and that's on a Jag S-Type. I must admit I've been using the TDI Golf shed more and more.

[donkmeister]

Huntsman said:

My Silver Shadow takes 107ltrs.

If my great uncle's similarly-engined Silver Spirit was anything to go by, that must be good for about 300 miles range

Love that old six-and-three-quarter.

[mcflurry]

Is this a real issue?
Even at 20mpg that's nearly 300 miles of range..

[1878]

mcflurry said:

Is this a real issue?
Even at 20mpg that's nearly 300 miles of range..

Every PHer needs to be ready for a 700 mile non-stop journey at an instant notice.

[cmvtec]

mcflurry said:

Is this a real issue?
Even at 20mpg that's nearly 300 miles of range..

Right enough, but I do like to minimize time spent fuelling up

[donkmeister]

mcflurry said:

Is this a real issue?
Even at 20mpg that's nearly 300 miles of range..

Don't get me wrong, it's hardly life-or-death if I have to drive away without a full tank or pop my card in again for a second fill, but as I don't really enjoy going to petrol stations I generally want to fill up as infrequently as I can (whilst still enjoying the car - so no hypermile stuff).

[donkmeister]

1878 said:

mcflurry said:

Is this a real issue?
Even at 20mpg that's nearly 300 miles of range..

Every PHer needs to be ready for a 700 mile non-stop journey at an instant notice.

Well that was certainly in the T&Cs when I signed up to PH, right below the bit about keeping a goatee beard on my person at all times.

[masermartin]

Becoming a worry - no doubt if I let the 159 go right to the limit then I could hit £99 no problem.

[Dave Hedgehog]

£99 to fill up!

Time for a clarkson smug face meme again lol

[RazerSauber]

I don't think it's a worry for me. I have a nearby Costco where prices are in the 140's for both petrol and diesel. I have a max tank capacity of 62 litres, a 50L, 45L and a 13L tank. Even the 62L tank at 150p would be £93 at the very most. Not that I run my cars down to empty then brim them all the way up, either. Fuel light on (or in the reserve block) then guesstimate half a tank (full for the 13L bike, I'm not that stingy).

[hyphen]

OP, already a thread running for this with lots of helpful advice: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...