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On the topic of fuel, it's funny when people only put in £10 worth of fuel a time. You spend more in by fuel driving there more often. As well as wasting your

On the topic of fuel, it's funny when people only put in £10 worth of fuel a time. You spend more in by fuel driving there more often. As well as wasting your own time.

comprev 8mo ago
Operating on such a tight budget is more common than you might think and they could have been hit with a surprise bill that's pushed them into debt.
- theglenn88_ 8mo ago
  Of course. I'm not talking about lack of money though here. We've all been on our last tenner until payday and need to go somewhere. Some people seem to think that spending less at the pump means your saving money, but to save money you need to drive less. They religiously drive on £10-20 fuel stops. My ex wife was convinced she spends less on fuel by putting less in a time, she even earnt more than me.
alexfoo 8mo ago
I put in £3 worth of fuel the other day but that's because it was a rental car that I had to return with the same fuel level as at pickup and I'd only done ~30 miles with lots of stop/start. (I would have used a Zipcar/Zipvan but they've all gone now.) I would have tried to put in less but UK fuel pumps usually mandate a minimum of 2 litres which is not far off £3 at current prices.
- Nextgrid 8mo ago
  > usually mandate a minimum of 2 litres Out of curiosity how does that work (never been in a situation where I have to worry about minimal fuel purchases) - does the pump simply round up the price to the minimum when done, or did you actually have to dispense extra fuel, either into a jerrycan or donating it to someone else's car otherwise the pump would not actually finalize the transaction?
  - alexfoo 8mo ago
    It's mandated by a sticker saying so. I don't think it's ever enforced. A google seems to show that it is because the pumps are not certified to be accurate below 2 litres (or 5 litres for higher flow rate pumps like the HGV diesel pumps) so anything below this is at your own risk. Another way of thinking about it is you have no right to complain if you think you've been short fueled if you don't dispense the minimum stated.
    - theglenn88_ 8mo ago
      Exactly this, it's a legal requirement to show that under the weights and measures act I think. Under that amount, you are likely paying much more per litre.

On the topic of fuel, it's funny when people only put in £10 worth of fuel a time. You spend more in by fuel driving there more often. As well as wasting your own time.

comprev 8mo ago

Operating on such a tight budget is more common than you might think and they could have been hit with a surprise bill that's pushed them into debt.

theglenn88_ 8mo ago
Of course. I'm not talking about lack of money though here. We've all been on our last tenner until payday and need to go somewhere. Some people seem to think that spending less at the pump means your saving money, but to save money you need to drive less. They religiously drive on £10-20 fuel stops. My ex wife was convinced she spends less on fuel by putting less in a time, she even earnt more than me.

alexfoo 8mo ago

I put in £3 worth of fuel the other day but that's because it was a rental car that I had to return with the same fuel level as at pickup and I'd only done ~30 miles with lots of stop/start. (I would have used a Zipcar/Zipvan but they've all gone now.) I would have tried to put in less but UK fuel pumps usually mandate a minimum of 2 litres which is not far off £3 at current prices.

Nextgrid 8mo ago
> usually mandate a minimum of 2 litres Out of curiosity how does that work (never been in a situation where I have to worry about minimal fuel purchases) - does the pump simply round up the price to the minimum when done, or did you actually have to dispense extra fuel, either into a jerrycan or donating it to someone else's car otherwise the pump would not actually finalize the transaction?
- alexfoo 8mo ago
  It's mandated by a sticker saying so. I don't think it's ever enforced. A google seems to show that it is because the pumps are not certified to be accurate below 2 litres (or 5 litres for higher flow rate pumps like the HGV diesel pumps) so anything below this is at your own risk. Another way of thinking about it is you have no right to complain if you think you've been short fueled if you don't dispense the minimum stated.
  - theglenn88_ 8mo ago
    Exactly this, it's a legal requirement to show that under the weights and measures act I think. Under that amount, you are likely paying much more per litre.