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24-08-2012, 03:38 PM
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After 2 Diesel stops in the TDCi I have discovered the issue with owning a diesel car. It has nothing to do with the car.
What is with the oily bowser nozzles and diesel spilt all over the ground? I am guessing it is the truck drivers making a mess everywhere. (the guy at the station today was blaming them) Is it that hard to refill and not spill? I will be putting some latex gloves in the car from now on. Is that with the little cubby hole near the drivers door is designed for  . |
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24-08-2012, 03:47 PM
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On a side note. It was fun being asked by the Station worker and the Petrol delivery truck driver "Do Ford sell a diesel car?" "is it any good?".
Yes they do and it is brilliant! 
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24-08-2012, 04:20 PM
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Wait until you have to fill up & it's raining. The lovely smell of diesel will transfer from your shoes & into your carpet..
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24-08-2012, 05:20 PM
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Try filling up a motorbike next to a diesel browser .. All the spillage from the diesel pumps on the ground is dangerous on motorbike tyres .. Especially in the wet.
BTW: watched a woman in a diesel Pug attempt to fillup at the hi-flow pump .. Fuel went everywhere including over the car, but woman didn't care .. Just kept pumping, shut the filler, paid and drove off .. Leaving a couple of liters of fuel on the ground. |
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26-08-2012, 07:44 PM
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All the diesel pumps ive been to seem to be greasy and my hand reak after filling up all the time. I keep a container of baby wipes in the driver side door so i can clean my hands or any other grit that may got in the car.
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26-08-2012, 07:49 PM
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yeah its fair annoying driving the transit and previous izusu i've had my foot slip off clutch pedal and brakes numerous times as your shoes get slippery from diesel on the ground.
I found recently some servos have baby wipes despensers for cleaning your hands afterwards. Failing that i use the water and paper towels used for windscreens |
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26-08-2012, 07:51 PM
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lot of people i know have rigger gloves ( leather gloves from bunnnig) in car to refill seem to keep the smel off hand and dry clean hands
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26-08-2012, 09:09 PM
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L O V E the smell
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27-08-2012, 04:11 PM
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I used to complain to our local Caltex station as well due to the mess around the truck bowser on the end station of all the pumps. Then one the attendent politely told me they had installed diesel pumps also at the regular car fill pumps.
It was great after that. No more slipping in someones else's slops. So look around, I think there may be more pumps at the station than you are aware of.
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27-08-2012, 04:17 PM
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27-08-2012, 11:10 PM
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When I used to own my previous TDI Passat I carried clear plastic gloves in the Glovebox (hence the name!). I only used BP Ultimate Diesel and always filled up from the same bowser which was designed for passenger vehicles and was not a high flow pump. The overall presentation of the bowsers at this particular BP was quite impressive. But if you do not have the luxury of filling at the same station / bowser, than I do understand your complaint!
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