BP - new nozzles
Discussion
Is anyone else having major hassles with the new nozzles that BP have introduced. :smash: I can't get the b... things in my tank (fuel cap is under the boot in my Chimaera). BP are being really helpful - and are currently offering to remove the offending loops from at least one of the nozzles at my local petrol station.:)
If anyone has any issues - suggest contact BP ASAP
They advise that only very few affected by this. It's apparently also a trial prior to them introducing same format into the UK. I suggested that it was NOT a good idea
If anyone has any issues - suggest contact BP ASAP
They advise that only very few affected by this. It's apparently also a trial prior to them introducing same format into the UK. I suggested that it was NOT a good idea
I've not found it a problem really.... it's only on the 98RON pumps I've seen anyway... I think it LOOKS ok, but fail to see any purpose to them other than pointless decoration.... maybe they think that it's meant to make the 98RON pumps LOOK more sporty? (bling bling!).
Not a problem on the Elise, and as for the Mitsubishi, I daren't give it 98 in case it develops a taste for the stuff! The chim/griff etc are obviously special cases with their concealed fillers, what other cars sport these or similarly recessed recepticles? As far as I can tell the "roll hoop" of these new pumps is only moulded into the rubber hand grip and isn't actually structural so it shouldn't be too much hassle for any given station to "modify" them to suit their locals' requirements.... will be a major hassle for you Tiv owners if their use becomes widespread and you have to start being selective about the garage you use.
Possibly suggest that the garage also carries on-hand a flexible filler-tube/funnel thingy that they can use for such cases... if every garage had one then that'd make it easier to standardise this new design.
IMHO, if it's just decoration, use it... sure it might LOOK nice, but a petrol pump nozzle is shaped like it is for a reason... to adhere to a standard... maybe they could add some chrome tat to the non-nozzle parts of the pump... that way it'd look better while not detrimentally affecting the compatibility.
Not a problem on the Elise, and as for the Mitsubishi, I daren't give it 98 in case it develops a taste for the stuff! The chim/griff etc are obviously special cases with their concealed fillers, what other cars sport these or similarly recessed recepticles? As far as I can tell the "roll hoop" of these new pumps is only moulded into the rubber hand grip and isn't actually structural so it shouldn't be too much hassle for any given station to "modify" them to suit their locals' requirements.... will be a major hassle for you Tiv owners if their use becomes widespread and you have to start being selective about the garage you use.
Possibly suggest that the garage also carries on-hand a flexible filler-tube/funnel thingy that they can use for such cases... if every garage had one then that'd make it easier to standardise this new design.
IMHO, if it's just decoration, use it... sure it might LOOK nice, but a petrol pump nozzle is shaped like it is for a reason... to adhere to a standard... maybe they could add some chrome tat to the non-nozzle parts of the pump... that way it'd look better while not detrimentally affecting the compatibility.
My understanding is that their use will be at every 98 pump - if not already
I have tried using filler tube / funnel.
NBG! The tube means that the pump clicks off as it detects fuel, and the funnel won't handle the flow - so can only dribble in. 5 minutes plus to fill my tank is not my idea of fun!
It's a pain in the ass - and I dislike Mobil with a passion - their customer service is atrocious, and I feel like a criminal every time I go to their pumps, and am trying very hard never to go back to a Mobil station again.
I have tried using filler tube / funnel.
NBG! The tube means that the pump clicks off as it detects fuel, and the funnel won't handle the flow - so can only dribble in. 5 minutes plus to fill my tank is not my idea of fun! It's a pain in the ass - and I dislike Mobil with a passion - their customer service is atrocious, and I feel like a criminal every time I go to their pumps, and am trying very hard never to go back to a Mobil station again.
Brilliant the BP station just round the corner has fitted 98 
www.bpultimate.co.nz/dispatch/where.html
I see on their website the south islanders have now got it as well!! GO BP!!
www.bpultimate.co.nz/dispatch/where.html
I see on their website the south islanders have now got it as well!! GO BP!!
kylie said:
Brilliant the BP station just round the corner has fitted 98
www.bpultimate.co.nz/dispatch/where.html
I see on their website the south islanders have now got it as well!! GO BP!!
And they have it in Hastings/Napier now... wohoo... no more gentlefooting it on the way home from the parents' place.... about time hi-Octane went nationwide
Several years ago, when I had a passing association with a GT-2, the fun was to forward-freight drums of specially imported 102 SuperGreen to various service stations around the countryside.
It made planning the trip, fuel consumption etc like a military expedition . . . except nobody got killed, the locals were happy to see you, and there was no trench-foot.
It made planning the trip, fuel consumption etc like a military expedition . . . except nobody got killed, the locals were happy to see you, and there was no trench-foot.
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