Just been in the Shell garage by Tongwell and overheard the Autogas chap saying they can't sell until they have been trained by Autogas. The training given by the retailer of the pumps isn't good enough.
He also said they are going around other garages and mentioned Total/Texaco.
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Re: Some LPG services in MK postponed
What? Why do they need training any more than they do to server petrol ad diesel? To help customers hook up the nozzles to their cars presumably?
Shell Tongwell don't sell autogas anyway. Our nearest is BP Linford Wood and they do a roaring trade - mainly old bi-fuel Poxhalls by observation... Seeing a Corsa filling up with gas is a bit bizarre really...
The only Shell garage in MK to sell autogas as far as I know is the mob on the V6 near Bletchley...
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Re: Some LPG services in MK postponed
Interesting about Total/Texaco. I think the mob down by Kingston on the H6/V10 roundabout might have it... They are/were a Total station.
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Umm, if you see what our LPG nozzles look like Adam, you may just change your mind on that - They're very different to yours. We enjoy the Dutch Bayonet here.addo wrote: If so, I can't wait for the gas suppliers to take over the retailing of Durex.
What do you have? The Italian Cup or the American Acme?
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Actually, the English disease, but that's off-topic...
Our LPG fillers have a coarse brass thread that screws onto the tank filling spout. Maybe it is ACME?
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Our LPG fillers have a coarse brass thread that screws onto the tank filling spout. Maybe it is ACME?
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Malcolm can have a field day with this post...CitroJim wrote:Umm, if you see what our LPG nozzles look like Adam, you may just change your mind on that - They're very different to yours. We enjoy the Dutch Bayonet here.addo wrote: If so, I can't wait for the gas suppliers to take over the retailing of Durex.
What do you have? The Italian Cup or the American Acme?
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Ahh, you enjoy it the American way thenaddo wrote: Maybe it is ACME?
I'm sure he willandmcit wrote: Malcolm can have a field day with this post...
Xac, I just drove past Shell Tongwell. I see no impending signs of them selling autogas Or for that matter the pikey Texaco opposite...
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Re: Some LPG services in MK postponed
The on on the roundabout I think where the V5 meets the V11 I may have got the area name wrong.
I have, it's Northfield.
I would imagine they need to know how to handle accidents that could happen with the pump or supply, and how to resolve any minor issues.
I have, it's Northfield.
I would imagine they need to know how to handle accidents that could happen with the pump or supply, and how to resolve any minor issues.
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Re: Some LPG services in MK postponed
That's a physical impossibility Xac. Only the V7 and V8 converge at Stantonbury and then only because the V8 curves so that it ends up as an H road rather than a V road...Xac wrote:The on on the roundabout I think where the V5 meets the V11
Don't you mean the H6 and V11 on the way to the M1 junction? The garage between Northfield and Kingston? That's a Total garage.
The only two garages in MK currently offering LPG are BP Linford Wood and Shell Leadenhall...
I'd love to see more...
Yep, like if you can't release the nozzle after filling, why the pump won't start after leaning on the mushroom and is it normal for a massive cloud of smelly LPG to be released when you disconnect the nozzle and why does the fill amount vary compared to what my LPG gauge says?Xac wrote: I would imagine they need to know how to handle accidents that could happen with the pump or supply, and how to resolve any minor issues.
Safety-wise, it's pretty safe tackle really. Frostbite is a significant danger with it though...
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Re: Some LPG services in MK postponed
Used to be a Total, now it is Shell and they (once trained) sell auto gas.
H6 not V5, stupid Apple maps
H6 not V5, stupid Apple maps
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