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Written by -- W. Bates
Prince George
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
On a recent trip down south I decided to see how accurate my litre gauge was on my car. It is custom built right into my car and tells you how many litres or gallons you have used -- a handy thing now that you want to know how much your tank will hold when you have to pay inside first.
All the way down the litres were fairly close, maybe within a litre. As I fill right to the neck I came back to Prince George and filled up at a certain filling station, and strangely, it took six litres more. I thought I would leave it for that time and check it next time at the same service station, and it took five litres more then my gauge said it should take.
I approached the attendant and told them what I had found and asked how often they have their pumps checked. They said they had it checked two weeks prior. I thought the next time I fill up I would go somewhere else. The next time it was reasonably close, within a litre. I can handle that.
I read about this on the Internet about motorists being ripped off in the states like this, so I decided to make my own study and sure enough we are being ripped off. It's bad enough with the price of gas and their taking more from us. if I fill up 10 times with a 10-gallon tank and they charge an extra gallon, I'm paying for a tank I never got.
-- W. Bates
Prince George
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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