Here are some things not a lot of peple know , that may help you to stretch your money, take heed!:
1.......Only buy petrol in the early morning when the ground temperature
is cold.
All petrol pumps store their petrol beneath the ground.The colder the ground, the more dense the petrol. When it gets warmer, petrol expands.. so buying in the afternoon or evening....your litre is not exactly a litre! In the Petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel, ethanol and other products play a big and important part. A one degree rise in temperature is a big deal in this business but the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps !
2........When filling up do not squeeze the nozzle to a faster mode!
The trigger normally has three speeds...low , middle and high. You should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimising the vapours that are created when pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping at the fast rate,some of the liquid in your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tanks, so your getting less worth than your money is buying!
3........Fill up when your tank is HALF FULL !
The reason for this is that the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying the empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you think! Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. The roof serves as zero clearance between petrol and atmosphere, so it minimises the evaporation.
4........ DO NOT FILL UP if there is an storage tanker filling up at the station!
Thee is a strong possibility that the perol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered and you might pick up some dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Remember...Always Fill up in the morning--when your tank is half full-- and in SLOW mode!
Apart from that try to drive in higher gears which uses up less fuel.
Now....put that in practice and see how much less you pay than when you didnt do it!
And send any savings my way! lol
