tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post4066640150164275953..comments2024-03-29T13:12:47.415+01:00Comments on wcs: Pit Stopwcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-79663198478615210422009-09-12T13:48:51.212+02:002009-09-12T13:48:51.212+02:00I thought we paid too much for gas. But you win! (...I thought we paid too much for gas. But you win! (We're at 1.07 a liter now)tornwordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-17848887501237812902009-09-11T12:31:00.522+02:002009-09-11T12:31:00.522+02:00Our diesel Picasso could go a long way on one tank...Our diesel Picasso could go a long way on one tank of gas, but we should have gone ahead and get gas when we stopped at the Intermarché. We still had two bars (1/8 of a tank) when we got gas at the small station.<br /><br />I read that this car will go 60 miles with no bars- I wouldn't want to try that in the Auvergne! At the time of that stop we were in a deep discussion of Enneagrams and wanting to get to the gite. Next time we'll buy gas when offered;-).<br /><br />I'm glad we had enough € for the gas we got. We really enjoyed that drive from your drought area to the lushness of green cow-filled pastures.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778535302848508224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-91615098786640654182009-09-10T09:10:05.084+02:002009-09-10T09:10:05.084+02:00justin, I'm a wimp when it comes to the gas ta...justin, I'm a wimp when it comes to the gas tank. No feats of daring for me.<br /><br />evol, easily amused, eh? ;)<br /><br />judy, no time was wasted!<br /><br />melinda, that would make me nervous, too!<br /><br />starman, oh, we didn't feel inconvenienced at all. It's all part of the fun and adventure!<br /><br />jean, I thought bikes could go forever on a tank!wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-2889942417806382242009-09-10T07:08:29.536+02:002009-09-10T07:08:29.536+02:00Starman, it certainly didn't feel like inconsi...Starman, it certainly didn't feel like inconsiderate behavior on the part of our friends. The two unknowns were: (1)a rental car, and you never know how the fuel gauge on an unfamiliar car reads — it can appear to sit on half-full for a long time and then suddenly drop precipitously; and (2) going to an unfamiliar area — none of us realized how remote the little village of St-Chamant would be. There was no filling station for quite a few miles. And the one there was charged a premium. In France, always fill your car up at the supermarket pumps, and do so as soon as you are down to half a tank.<br /><br />Anyway, the whole thing was a lark. When we did get to the filling station in St-Martin near Salers, the pump would not take our friends' bank card. The attendant had no card reader. It was a matter of scraping together enough cash to get enough fuel to get us to the closest hypermarket, where we could fuel up for a much lower price. A price difference of 0,18€/liter is about $1.00US/gallon more expensive for fuel, and that's significant. Of course, it was a one-time thing, which limited the "damage."<br /><br />Jean, you are so right about filling stations in sparsely populated areas in France. And then their limited business hours are also an issue, especially when you don't have a chipped bank card issued by a French bank.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-16007556186020714862009-09-10T07:05:11.834+02:002009-09-10T07:05:11.834+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-61876782129617455002009-09-09T22:55:37.182+02:002009-09-09T22:55:37.182+02:00Running out of petrol in France is surely obligato...Running out of petrol in France is surely obligatory - the filling stations are miles and miles apart in some places. This is especially troubling on a motorcycle where you run out after about 130 miles.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-6712950179113792362009-09-09T21:07:33.367+02:002009-09-09T21:07:33.367+02:00There are two lessons here. The first is that you...There are two lessons here. The first is that you should never let your car get that low on gas because your scraping the crap off the bottom of the tank. And that is not good for your engine. The second is that they were rather inconsiderate of everyone else when they made you all wait while they did what they should have already done.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-76899343039095236912009-09-09T14:33:09.915+02:002009-09-09T14:33:09.915+02:00i never let mine get below a quarter tank but my k...i never let mine get below a quarter tank but my kids drive till the warning light comes on....makes me nervousmelindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-58759282672705282952009-09-09T12:43:12.429+02:002009-09-09T12:43:12.429+02:00That's pretty humorous :) I hope it didn't...That's pretty humorous :) I hope it didn't take too much time out of your sightseeing to go in search of gas :) <br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-4849266875977666542009-09-09T10:17:52.813+02:002009-09-09T10:17:52.813+02:00I love all those little gas pumps on the side of t...I love all those little gas pumps on the side of the roads in Paris.Evol Kweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358540740207597037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-58892321463120236742009-09-09T09:04:31.388+02:002009-09-09T09:04:31.388+02:00That is a cute story. I don't think I ever let...That is a cute story. I don't think I ever let mine get below a half tank... luckily my bladder only seems to last about the amount of time it takes my care to use a half tank, so I usually need to stop anyway :-)Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313092689739313021noreply@blogger.com