For those keen to know accurately what their fuel consumption it is important you find a service station with bowsers that are accurate. I have found that some stations are run by dodgy brothers inc., where I'm sure they pay the Gibarco mechanics a cash bonus to make sure they under-deliver. By recording fuel consumption every day on my car I have discovered that some bowsers give me more than I pay for and others rip me off by up to 20%! As a result I have managed to get over 500 litres of free fuel in the past 3.5 years. By filling up at the same (favourable bowser ave +3%) every day at the same station I can compare apples with apples.....rather than apples with bananas. Cheers, Big Kev_Downunder
Um , Kev........ a lot of us are wondering what a "bowser" is. Is it a fuel pump ? Here , we mostly assume ( at least I do) that the pumps are periodically inspected and are pretty accurate. Once , I filled at a station in a very small town in Pennsylvania (you know , where Dracula lives) and suspected that it was charging me for 11 gallons when I was pretty sure I couldn't have used more than 10.2. I also try to fill at the same station , same bowser, every time.
