Reflexes of a Fighter Pilot

[Gert_8]

Is it me or has anyone else noticed you need the reflexes of a F**in fighter pilot to put £40.00 of petrol in without going over to £40.01??!

I think this is a ploy by the supermarkets (this is the only place it seems to happen to me) because if you think about the thousands of pennies they take each day, they are sitting pretty.

I've stopped filling up at £39.99 or closest figure as a mark of my protest!

[oomz1975]

Is it me or has anyone else noticed you need the reflexes of a F**in fighter pilot to put £40.00 of petrol in without going over to £40.01??!

I think this is a ploy by the supermarkets (this is the only place it seems to happen to me) because if you think about the thousands of pennies they take each day, they are sitting pretty.

I've stopped filling up at £39.99 or closest figure as a mark of my protest!

Not just me then....

[BMWE30325]

Is it me or has anyone else noticed you need the reflexes of a F**in fighter pilot to put £40.00 of petrol in without going over to £40.01??!

I think this is a ploy by the supermarkets (this is the only place it seems to happen to me) because if you think about the thousands of pennies they take each day, they are sitting pretty.

I've stopped filling up at £39.99 or closest figure as a mark of my protest!

same here and mostly at tescos lol and what happend to me twice now is when i fill up £40 i see its £40 at the pump go into the store and they say its £40.04 after paying and going back to the car the pump shows £40.04

[Morat]

What is so special about the £40 mark?

[Jhonno]

I fill up till it's full..

[MattTheHat325]

This is something i used to pride myself on, the ability to go flat out until the mid 90's then a couple of tweaks to hit the round number. I have also noticed lately that i can hardly ever do this anymore. even from .97 it can jump over to .01 or 2 with just one flinch!

I don't know why i put so much effort into this as i more often than not buy some fags or a drink etc aswell, meaning that my total bill is never a round number anyway!

[jonny323i]

ive had that a few times where when you leave the pump its bang on the pound mark then when you get to the till its ticked over by a penny or so makes me furious

[Gert_8]

What is so special about the £40 mark?

£40 is just an example, it can be any amount. Try it.

I've only noticed this happening at the supermarkets - Tesco being the W**kers they are wouldn't surprise me at setting their pumps to be so sensitive. It's not as if they don't get most of our money anyway, the C**ts have to think of other devious ways.

[Barx325i]

moreso has anyone noticed that, even if you do stop on your denomination of choice (round number to make the transaction as quick and painless as possible) that the magic 1p appears after you've let go of the lever.

Happens a lot

Fact, because I do have the reactions of a fighter pilot

[rix313]

It's happened to me a few times, I swear to god I put in the exact amount and by the time I get to the till it's gone up by 1p. Magic.

[ross_jsy]

I have a theory; since petrol is over double, maybe triple the prices of the 90's, it takes a lot less time to pump that 1p of petrol making the pump seem more sensitive?

How much you guys being bummed for now anyway? It's getting painful here and we are only at £1.10 now

[Steve-E30]

moreso has anyone noticed that, even if you do stop on your denomination of choice (round number to make the transaction as quick and painless as possible) that the magic 1p appears after you've let go of the lever.

Happens a lot

Fact, because I do have the reactions of a fighter pilot

Same here , Usually happens at my local esso though
They have a dish on the counter with loads of 1p`s though so im not to fussed

[Speedtouch]

£1.359 a litre at the Texaco I got rimmed at earlier.

[Jim320i]

I fill up till it's full..

+1

Rarely let mine go below half a tank, quarter of the tank is the lowest it ever gets...

Although when I put fuel in the missus cars I try my best to get on the mark but always seem to go over Never under...

[hennared323i]

What is so special about the £40 mark?

Nothing, TBH for me £40 is the new £10

BTW 0.001p 0ver (which you won't see on your bill) x XXXXXXXXXXXXX fillups in one day at Tesco's = wajid profit for them

[bigwinn]

dont get me started on the thieving cnuts and their 'vapour recovery systems'

[Barx325i]

making the pump seem more sensitive?

Definitely, I think depending on how quickly you let go of the lever, will determine how many pence it over calculates, with all that pressure & super fine incrementation..

Rarely let mine go below half a tank

so you'll never know the difference between and e30 with half a tank, and one running on vapours

[pony]

I mainly use Shell or BP.
I fill up as fast as i can then slow down for the last 20p. The last 1p i use as little force as i can so it just goes over.