Comments on: Service Stations? http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lee http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/#comment-712 Lee Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:28:31 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-712 I hear you, brother. The air pressure thing is a right royal pain in the arse. My routine for when we go on one of our regular trips to Sydney is to wash the car on Thursday night. Before drying the car, I take it for a spin to get rid of some of the excess water and check the fluids, air and petrol. Only one of the two Caltex servos (for which we have fuel card) has 98 octane but it has the dodgiest air pump in town. The consequence is that I have to attend two servos to service my car for the one trip. Ridiculous. As for Ray’s E-tag idea – Brilliant. I seem to remember years ago being able to use the eftpos system at the bowsers but that disappeared. I guess they want to reduce staff but still want me to walk past the chocolate. I hear you, brother. The air pressure thing is a right royal pain in the arse. My routine for when we go on one of our regular trips to Sydney is to wash the car on Thursday night. Before drying the car, I take it for a spin to get rid of some of the excess water and check the fluids, air and petrol. Only one of the two Caltex servos (for which we have fuel card) has 98 octane but it has the dodgiest air pump in town. The consequence is that I have to attend two servos to service my car for the one trip. Ridiculous.

As for Ray’s E-tag idea – Brilliant. I seem to remember years ago being able to use the eftpos system at the bowsers but that disappeared. I guess they want to reduce staff but still want me to walk past the chocolate.

]]> By: Dave from Albury http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/#comment-710 Dave from Albury Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:42:39 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-710 Thanks JR, I'll give it a look some time. Although, because I come from a small town, I still believe that everything should be within ten blocks of where I live, making the closure of servos in central Albury particularly annoying to me. The best servo in town from my perspective is the BP on the old Highway near Thurgoona, but I can't be arsed driving out there just to get fuel, it seems stupid. Thanks JR, I’ll give it a look some time. Although, because I come from a small town, I still believe that everything should be within ten blocks of where I live, making the closure of servos in central Albury particularly annoying to me. The best servo in town from my perspective is the BP on the old Highway near Thurgoona, but I can’t be arsed driving out there just to get fuel, it seems stupid.

]]> By: JR http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/#comment-708 JR Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:39:30 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-708 Dave, try the Tower SS in Wodonga, my preferred fuel stop. Regards, JR Dave, try the Tower SS in Wodonga, my preferred fuel stop.

Regards, JR

]]> By: raydixon http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/#comment-696 raydixon Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:56:46 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-696 Look, if we've gotta have self-serve petrol stations (and obviously we do) then how about introducing an e-tag so we don't have to make that loathsome trip into the "shop" to stand in a queue and pay some nerdy operator who, in my case, calls everyone "buddY"? Let's just "fill up & fuck off". Look, if we’ve gotta have self-serve petrol stations (and obviously we do) then how about introducing an e-tag so we don’t have to make that loathsome trip into the “shop” to stand in a queue and pay some nerdy operator who, in my case, calls everyone “buddY”? Let’s just “fill up & fuck off”.

]]> By: The Editor http://blog.dfg77.net/2008/06/04/service-stations/#comment-695 The Editor Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:02:12 +0000 http://davefromalbury.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-695 Good post, but it could've used a pithy ending. Good post, but it could’ve used a pithy ending.

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