Question : am I now the only one trying to visualise their dash board?
Refused fuel because the car was facing the "wrong" way
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Question : am I now the only one trying to visualise their dash board?
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Usually, but not universally.
a.twiddler
Veteran
Maybe it would be helpful for the forgetful amongst us to put a little arrow sticker on the dashboard pointing to the side where the filler is. A bit like driving on the continent, when it's useful to remind yourself to drive on the right when starting off on a quiet road.
It would also be useful for those poor dabs who have so many cars they can't possibly remember where all their fillers are, though I suppose if you had that many cars, you'd probably have a man to deal with all that tedious stuff. Life is hard enough.
It would also be useful for those poor dabs who have so many cars they can't possibly remember where all their fillers are, though I suppose if you had that many cars, you'd probably have a man to deal with all that tedious stuff. Life is hard enough.
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bikingdad90
Guru
All cars have this. The symbol that lights up to indicate you need to refill (or gamble for a while longer) usually has the handle of the pump on the side the flap is on, or an arrow to show the near side or offside.
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
The arrow, if present, is correct. The handle thing is not - random chance if it happens to coincide.
Yup - do they have form?
I was asked to remove my helmet before filling up a few years ago, I thought it ironic when next to me was a car load of yoofs with their hoods up filling up up £500 piece of crap. But I dutifully did as I was told, wasn’t feeling the enthusiasm for a confrontation that day.
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
So this thread has turned into bikers thinking they can do what they want!
Just like on the roads (lived, cycled and drove near devil's bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale so I'm used to speeding bikers on the wrong side of blind bends, with "think bike" signs before virtually every big bend). I trust those complaining about obeying the petrol station rules don't ride their bike contrary to the regulations that apply to be road users.
Btw part of me thinks the balaclava, glasses, helmet thing is a you problem. The station requires you to take the helmet off, what you have to do to comply isn't their problem.
Well, where to start with this? First of all, it would help if you could tag the person you are having a go at (about balaclava/glasses) by using @Brandane , or using the "reply to post" or even "quote" facility.
Yes there are a*holes on motorbikes, just the same as there are in cars, and dare I say it, pedal cycles too. If bikers choose to ride like idiots, at least the outcome is likely to cause harm only to themselves (but yes, we can all google and find the odd case where they have caused death or injury to others - as have pedal cyclists).
With regards to petrol station rules and regulations, these have already been done to death in this thread, and the consensus of opinion is that they are a complete waste of time and ineffective in their aims. I have no problem in obeying rules where they make sense and have a point. Removing a motorcycle helmet to fuel up makes no sense and has no point. Luckily, most petrol station staff realise this too.
PS.... @Time Waster , I bet you are one of those drivers who take umbrage at bikers filtering through stop/start traffic on motorways? Do you try to block us? Have you lost a wing mirror in the process yet?
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vickster
Squire
My ex Skoda never did (but I knew it was on the driver's side)
Yeah, that's fair. I just try to walk away from stuff like that too as it's not worth the hassle and you're never going to win.
I trust you no longer shop there either, then
Yeah, that's fair. I just try to walk away from stuff like that too as it's not worth the hassle and you're never going to win.
I trust you no longer shop there either, then
I still use it sometimes, odd garage though, seems to sell everything except essentials for a motor vehicle
Profpointy
Legendary Member
So this thread has turned into bikers thinking they can do what they want!
Just like on the roads (lived, cycled and drove near devil's bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale so I'm used to speeding bikers on the wrong side of blind bends, with "think bike" signs before virtually every big bend). I trust those complaining about obeying the petrol station rules don't ride their bike contrary to the regulations that apply to be road users.
Btw part of me thinks the balaclava, glasses, helmet thing is a you problem. The station requires you to take the helmet off, what you have to do to comply isn't their problem.
Says someone who didn't lose their glasses which were then stepped on due to removing a motorcycle helmet. As it happens I actually wanted to take the helmet off on this occasion but being required to remove one for no good reason is a non-trivial annoyance. Getting one's scarf tucked in right for the winter is fiddly and having to reset it needlessly is doubly annoying.
It is particularly silly if your at the point of paying. If you were going to rob them or do a runner you are hardly going to give them cash or your credit card are you
Yeah, I think it's intended to exploit the fact that (AFAIK) Yarnton doesn't have a village shop so sells a lot of foodstuffs and "essentials".
The staff sometimes seem a bit "funny" in there, perhaps with reasonable excuse since (from the Yanton FB group I'm a member of as a relic of looking for somewhere to live) there seems to be a lot of low-ish level antisocial behaviour and general scumbaggery going on in the village... so perhaps dealing with some of the locals has made them somewhat "combative".
Regardless; not my problem any more!
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