Didn't one of the motoring organisations do a survey a few years ago which found that if you paid, the guage tended to be more accurate? Having said that I use Tesco for air.
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I usually use my own old footpump, but sometimes use Tesco.
I don't like buying petrol from Tesco - they and their customers are a threat to small local petrol stations - but I have no qualms about using their air. And if their air costs money to produce, I like to think that if I can eat into their massive profits, I'm helping the little guys to survive. :-)
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The threat to local stations in our area is also that the developers want the land to build on.
In the town where I live in West Sussex , population 50,000 we have only two stations left within four miles of me, A Shell garage and Sainsburys .
When I moved there three years ago we had five, two have been taken by developers and now have flats on them and one is the local Citroen dealer who could not make money from competition from the supermarkets so gave up the petrol selling.
As a matter of interest what is the furrthest anyone here lives from the nearest station? How many stations have closed down in your area recently?
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We've had some filing stations close, while new ones have opened (Asda, Sainsbury's). Some closed for development, one is still a car showroom but with no fuel. I am a great fan of out-of-town superstores but I buy my biodiesel from the independent filling station up the road because it's the only place which sells the stuff.
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I never bother with service stations (for air !) they are either broken, registering incorrectly, or - if you find one working there is a queue, and of course all the extra queuing for a token or change..........
I do both cars at home every Sunday morning - or before a long motorway journey -with a decent footpump (the type with a dial guage) - only takes a few minutes. Also doing it in your own time, not on a forecourt with others waiting for you to move off, gives me time to inspect the tyres for any damage,nails, cuts etc.
Jacks
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My local garage charges 20p for a small token/coin.
I always pay for petrol and then ask for a token and offer my credit card as payment.
They always just give it me free.
Daft I know but if they want to charge me for air then.........
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I buy a footpump for about £4 and it lasts yonks. It enables me to check the tyre pressures at my leisure in the comfort of my centrally heated garage rather than in a rush on some chilly rainswept forecourt. It also enables me to check the pressures when the tyres are cold. I've only used a forecourt pump once in the last 40 years and on that occasion I found the automatic pressure setting procedure too complicated for words. I checked the tyres cold the next day and the pressures were all over the place.
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