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Slaneydore Member Since: 23 Mar 2013 Location: Broxbourne Hertfordshire Posts: 1603 |
I would like to say I have never had this problem, but I can't be sure I fill up I pay and I drive off, maybe it has been happening to a few people but never check what the gauge is showing when they drive off...
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16th Nov 2013 2:27 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
I had a similar thing happened years ago, back when there was a sight glass on the side of the pump, stopped at the Shell Garage on the A604 A11 roundabout as it was then, put in ten gallons, gut could see in the tank and it was not anywhere near full, looked at nozzle and nothing other than mist was coming out, the tank only held 16 Gallons, so deliberately kept it going to 30 gallons before I stopped the pump. They wanted me to pay for 30 gallons when I said that it was only a 16 gallon tank and was half full when I went in, they then checked the pump and found it was empty but put it down to the vapour of the diesel was enough to turn the gauge p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior |
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16th Nov 2013 2:52 pm |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 |
The £99 cut off is a limit they put on when you chose the Pay At Pump option.
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16th Nov 2013 4:07 pm |
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Kola's Kab Member Since: 01 Mar 2013 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 192 |
Hi.
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16th Nov 2013 4:10 pm |
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landy19840 Member Since: 13 Mar 2011 Location: Non Posts: 1817 |
Yes I have had this, disconnected the battery and all was well! |
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16th Nov 2013 4:17 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4108 |
A while ago I filled up and my wife went in to buy some stuff from the shop and pay for the fuel - it was nearly 90 quids worth of fuel. As we were leaving the wife said "That was cheap". "What do you mean? " I said."£53" she said. I told her she'd made a mistake and we'd better go back as they would only get us on the CCTV. We went back and there was another lady arguing that she had only put £53 of diesel in her car and she wasn't paying the 90 quid or whatever it was that we had put in. Turned out that the person on the till had pointed to a silver Evoque (we have a black FL2) and the wife had said "Yep, that one". We only had our debit card on us so the wife had to get some cash out and pay the difference between her fuel bill and ours - a right kerfuffle. So, not only had she got the model wrong, she'd got the fugging colour wrong too! What amazed me was her answer to that - "Well, it's a Landrover something or other isn't it?" Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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16th Nov 2013 5:30 pm |
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richardk Member Since: 11 Jan 2009 Location: Norwich Posts: 909 |
Never heard or pumps playing up like this but good spot and well done for sticking to your guns.
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16th Nov 2013 5:34 pm |
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Kola's Kab Member Since: 01 Mar 2013 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 192 |
Hi.
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16th Nov 2013 5:48 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
So that's wrong car, wrong shape, wrong colour, oh and the Hand Brake p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior |
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16th Nov 2013 6:22 pm |
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Stevie5tapes Member Since: 10 Jun 2012 Location: Brighouse, YORKSHIRE Posts: 1370 |
I traded in an Audi A4 for my FL2. While waiting the week or so to pick up the FL2 my tank was empty, I was due to pick up the FL2 any day but it was delayed as a tyre needed a repair (no locking wheel nut) and a wheel bearing needed replacing. Any hows I was putting a fivers worth of diesel in at a time and my fuel gauge wasn't moving at all. Discovered that I had to remove and re-insert a fuse to reset the fuel gauge. When that was done the fuel gauge and range moved up a little.
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16th Nov 2013 6:36 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
Once met a friendly Romanian chap on the Romania-Bulgaria border who was going out of his way to revisit a filling station he reckoned had "sold" him twice as much fuel as his tank would hold. Best to beware out there in the wilds of Europe. Last time I was staying in Romania I had to fill up at the local fire station - don't know who eventually got the cash!
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17th Nov 2013 2:23 pm |
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