I came across another mail which may be helpful for some of you-
With the continous increase in the fuel prices and the news everyday hinting toward yet another increase, everyone is starting to feel the pinch.
In addition to the more obvious fuel saving tips, such a ride sharing and lift clubs, using public transport, walking / cycling to work, or moving home closer to work, I was surprised to find that the way in which one fills up also affects your fuel usage.
Here are four simple tips, received via email, that you can implement next time you fill up to save yourself a bit of cash!
TIPS ON FILLING YOUR CAR/ BIKE -
1. Only buy or fill up your car or bike in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening .your litre is not exactly a litre.
2. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
3. One of the most important tips is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL.. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere,so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, at fuel pipelines, every truck that is loaded is temperature compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.
4. If there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles at the bottom.
5. When you are filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you are getting less worth for your money.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Great Indian Petrol Pump Fraud
A mail from a well wisher.. very useful indeed.
I would like to bring to your kind attention the "Great Indian Petrol Pump Fraud" happening all over Bangalore (and I believe all over India ).
Today in the morning ,I saw the fuel gauge of my car touching the "Empty" sign,so I thought that while on my way to office , I will fill petrol worth 1000 Rs in my car.When I reached the petrol pump at 9:30 Am today(24th April 2008)(BP petrol pump near richmond road) I showed the crisp 1000 Rs note to the attendant at the petrol pump and told him to fill 1000 Rs.I repeated 1000 to him 2-3 times so that he registers 1000 Rs in his head fill the petrol for 1000 Rs.I repeatedly told him because of the past experience whenever I had asked him to fill petrol worth 1000 bucks at different gas stations(ie for eg. at Advaitha Gas station,near udapi garden BTM to name one of them),the attendant always filled 200 rs of petrol and said "Sir your 200 rs of petrol is filled" . I used to say i asked you fill 1000 Rs of petrol not 200 worth.He would look at me like an innocent kid and would start filling the remaining 800 Rs of petrol.
But this procedure of 200+800 didn't stop at one petrol pump but gas attendants at all the petrol pumps followed this weird ritual.I could sense something fishy but not before losing money to this procedure 3-4 times.So coming back to Today's incident I asked the "Honest" petrol pump attendant to fill the petrol, While filling the petrol my attention was diverted towards the pollution check centre at the same petrol pump but when I looked back at the meter indicator,I was shocked to see the familiar "200" mark at the petrol pump meter.I told him again why didn't you fill for 1000 Rs.He said that he heard 200 Rs.So I told him to fill 800 Rs of petrol also.After he had filled the petrol ,I got in the car and started towards my office.While on my way to office.I observed the fuel gauge in my car.It had moved from "Empty" first to half and then little further.But from my past experience that when I used to get 1000 rs of fuel filled in the empty fuel tank,It used to come to certain level but today it hadn't come till there.So I thought SHIT....I got Duped again.
After reaching office I checked the Internet for same Frauds which had happened before my case.I was shocked to find that many other people also faced the same problem of 200+800 and some bikes of 40+60 bucks(these petrol pump attendants don't leave anybody).I spoke to my boss and a colleague of mine at office they told me of the same incident.I was like shit,this problem is not only with me but with people all over Bangalore.Basically people all over Bangalore (maybe all over india ) are getting cheated in this ingenious
fraud which is promoted by our friendly neighbour hood petrol pump owners and their honchos gas attendants ..
The ingenious technique these people follow is discussed below in italics
When asked for diesel worth Rs. 500. The attendant filled up only Rs. 100. noticing that I told him to fill for Rs. 500 but by that time he is done with 100 so the attender said he will fill up for remaining Rs. 400รข€¦that is when he did a trick of as though he is resetting by playing games of hurry burry and continuing to fill and when he is done for Rs. 400 he asked for 500 (100+400) but in reality he only filed for 100+300 as he is not really resetted the machine to zero even though it appears as he reset it.
So after reading the messages on the website I went back to the petrol pump ,parked my car in middle of the petrol pump called the attendant and told him that you have cheated me of 200 rs of petrol instead of filling petrol worth of 1000 Rs you have filled the petrol worth only 800 rs ,I told him I am gonna sue your petrol pump and I want to write a complaint against the same .He got frightened said "Sorry Sir By mistake i have not reset 200 rs".He didn't ask me any more questions and directly filled 200 Rs of petrol.
I wonder that BP ,IOC,HP talk about going in losses and hence they ask govt. to increase the price of diesel and petrol but in reality petrol pump owners are helping us save lots of oil by asking us to pay 1000 rs but giving us petrol worth 800.What a brilliant way to conserve oil and make profit for petrol pump owners .I guess people should know about the ingenious way in which petrol pumps owners helps us ..(Pardon me for the sarcasm) :-)
I am enclosing the website on which i went today to find information about the "Great Indian Petrol Pump fraud"
I would like to bring to your kind attention the "Great Indian Petrol Pump Fraud" happening all over Bangalore (and I believe all over India ).
Today in the morning ,I saw the fuel gauge of my car touching the "Empty" sign,so I thought that while on my way to office , I will fill petrol worth 1000 Rs in my car.When I reached the petrol pump at 9:30 Am today(24th April 2008)(BP petrol pump near richmond road) I showed the crisp 1000 Rs note to the attendant at the petrol pump and told him to fill 1000 Rs.I repeated 1000 to him 2-3 times so that he registers 1000 Rs in his head fill the petrol for 1000 Rs.I repeatedly told him because of the past experience whenever I had asked him to fill petrol worth 1000 bucks at different gas stations(ie for eg. at Advaitha Gas station,near udapi garden BTM to name one of them),the attendant always filled 200 rs of petrol and said "Sir your 200 rs of petrol is filled" . I used to say i asked you fill 1000 Rs of petrol not 200 worth.He would look at me like an innocent kid and would start filling the remaining 800 Rs of petrol.
But this procedure of 200+800 didn't stop at one petrol pump but gas attendants at all the petrol pumps followed this weird ritual.I could sense something fishy but not before losing money to this procedure 3-4 times.So coming back to Today's incident I asked the "Honest" petrol pump attendant to fill the petrol, While filling the petrol my attention was diverted towards the pollution check centre at the same petrol pump but when I looked back at the meter indicator,I was shocked to see the familiar "200" mark at the petrol pump meter.I told him again why didn't you fill for 1000 Rs.He said that he heard 200 Rs.So I told him to fill 800 Rs of petrol also.After he had filled the petrol ,I got in the car and started towards my office.While on my way to office.I observed the fuel gauge in my car.It had moved from "Empty" first to half and then little further.But from my past experience that when I used to get 1000 rs of fuel filled in the empty fuel tank,It used to come to certain level but today it hadn't come till there.So I thought SHIT....I got Duped again.
After reaching office I checked the Internet for same Frauds which had happened before my case.I was shocked to find that many other people also faced the same problem of 200+800 and some bikes of 40+60 bucks(these petrol pump attendants don't leave anybody).I spoke to my boss and a colleague of mine at office they told me of the same incident.I was like shit,this problem is not only with me but with people all over Bangalore.Basically people all over Bangalore (maybe all over india ) are getting cheated in this ingenious
fraud which is promoted by our friendly neighbour hood petrol pump owners and their honchos gas attendants ..
The ingenious technique these people follow is discussed below in italics
When asked for diesel worth Rs. 500. The attendant filled up only Rs. 100. noticing that I told him to fill for Rs. 500 but by that time he is done with 100 so the attender said he will fill up for remaining Rs. 400รข€¦that is when he did a trick of as though he is resetting by playing games of hurry burry and continuing to fill and when he is done for Rs. 400 he asked for 500 (100+400) but in reality he only filed for 100+300 as he is not really resetted the machine to zero even though it appears as he reset it.
So after reading the messages on the website I went back to the petrol pump ,parked my car in middle of the petrol pump called the attendant and told him that you have cheated me of 200 rs of petrol instead of filling petrol worth of 1000 Rs you have filled the petrol worth only 800 rs ,I told him I am gonna sue your petrol pump and I want to write a complaint against the same .He got frightened said "Sorry Sir By mistake i have not reset 200 rs".He didn't ask me any more questions and directly filled 200 Rs of petrol.
I wonder that BP ,IOC,HP talk about going in losses and hence they ask govt. to increase the price of diesel and petrol but in reality petrol pump owners are helping us save lots of oil by asking us to pay 1000 rs but giving us petrol worth 800.What a brilliant way to conserve oil and make profit for petrol pump owners .I guess people should know about the ingenious way in which petrol pumps owners helps us ..(Pardon me for the sarcasm) :-)
I am enclosing the website on which i went today to find information about the "Great Indian Petrol Pump fraud"
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