tesco petrol station air pumps

I'm sure they're not innacturate to the point where you'll notice.

And for the non digital ones, its not exactly rocket science.

[Richie]

Flee Bay.... + foot pump...

[fizzwheel]

I got fedup with those digital guages, I went to halfrauds and bought and old style traditional pen guage, its much easier to use and its easier to get onto the valves as well.

I've got a footpump saves treking down to the garage forecourt every time I need to put air in the tyres.

[Sid Squid]

+1

Don't buy a digital gauge, there are far more inaccurate digital gauges than good ones, get a pen type gauge, (PCL is a good name), and check it against a known accurate gauge - when you buy a tyre for instance.
There are some good digital gauges - I have a Michelin digital gauge which is excellent, but this is an exception and it's not cheap.

I think the thread has been answered...

Originally Posted by chris8886

i realise this, but the amount of profit petrol stations make out of us the least they can do is give us a bit of air for nothing i think.

You'd be surprised how little profit the actual petrol station you visit makes. Most of them run as franchises, and as such, their purchase price for everything is set in stone - but they still need to make a profit.

If they only sold petrol (ie, nothing in the shop itself) the vast majority would go bust & close. The only real profit they see is from shop sales of things like chocolate.

[Luckypants]

I have a good quality dial gauge and a foot pump. I check the tyre pressures before setting off every time. True I don't commute on my bike, so I rarely have to just jump on and go.

I have a old pen gauge, my digital one went odd telling my that my tyres had 96psi in them... I keep forgetting to put it my tank bag.

I`ve always had to pay for air at petrol stations........ has been 20p for as long as I can remember! I assumed it was the same country wide?

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Baph

I think the thread has been answered...



You'd be surprised how little profit the actual petrol station you visit makes. Most of them run as franchises, and as such, their purchase price for everything is set in stone - but they still need to make a profit.

If they only sold petrol (ie, nothing in the shop itself) the vast majority would go bust & close. The only real profit they see is from shop sales of things like chocolate.

that it has!

if that it is the case then how comes companies like shell are still making billions in profit? last thing i remember hearing was on the news saying shell (or some other oil company) profits were down, but still the profits were in the billions!

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by chris8886

that it has!

if that it is the case then how comes companies like shell are still making billions in profit? last thing i remember hearing was on the news saying shell (or some other oil company) profits were down, but still the profits were in the billions!

Because a LOT of that comes from NON car/bike fuel products.

Plastics are made from Oil

Some power-stations are oil burning

Houses are heated by oil and gas

See a pattern?