i think this is whats confusing...

...when you say "topping up"....do you mean the wine/units from the night before

Not at the time but getting into it now.

Guest for lunch tomorrow, and have just taken my "American Style Cheesecake" out of the oven.

It is generously loaded with sultanas soaked in "Jack Daniels" and tomorrow will be topped with caramelised bananas and "Maple Syrup"
(that is the real thing btw).

Main, by request, is my own Pizzas, where the guests can create their own topping.

car crash of a thread, must have been pished or currently pished

Are we saying that the pump was re-zeroed between the £20 sale and the £40 sale? OR are we saying that the next customer started the pump from the £20 point and put into their tank a further £20 worth?

Think about it as I am getting bored with it now!

They come onto the pump and my £20.02 is on the screen.
One of them goes off to pay whilst the pump is zeroed and he puts in £40.10

Incidentally, my wine pick up took less than thirty seconds, as I knew exactly what I wanted.
A wonderful bottle of "Liebfraumilch".

I know how to party. It was a close call between that and "Black Tower"!

OK, that makes sense Aunty Post

my car only does circa 28 mpg on "extra urban".
Is that the TT aunty?

Thanks, you have obviously been paying attention!

My Type R-GT has very similar performance/economy but produced in a different way.

Both are an absolute joy to look at and drive.....

See my chat name please!

This is a 3.2 litre v6 Quatro with DSG gear box and six gears.

I approve of you buying a petrol engine Aunty rather than a mucky diesel. Agree the twin clutch semi-automatic boxes are a joy to drive, I have a similar one on my Mondeo.

Were you in the Mazda MX5 drop-top Aunty?  I know they are small, hadn't realised the tank only held 20 quids worth

The MX-5 was a gem. I bought it with only 6,300 miles on the clock.

It was totally mint and had the best composure on the road that you could expect.

Where it failed for me was the ultimate level of performance and equipment levels.

It was a 1.80 and only a 5 ratio gearbox. Cloth seats when every car I had in 13 years had leather(sorry, the Type-R has "Alcantara") which is like suede.)

Single disc CD and no air con.

People say "why do you need air-con in a convertible"?

Well you do as there will be a handful of days when it is too hot to have the top down.

Also "Air-Con" is not just about cooling but about tackling condensation issues.

Now I have a six ratio DSG gearbox, four wheel drive, electric roof, "Nappa Leather", "Bose Audio" with six disk CD,
and cassette, so I can play some nostalgic stuff.

I went into a Tesco garage about 5 years ago. Topped up with £60 worth of petrol, but when I went to pay she asked me for £75.

I looked out of the window and checked I had given her the correct number, then told her she must be looking at the wrong pump number. 

She turned the till and said stroppily 'Look, your pump number says £75.'

I put £60 on the counter and said 'That's what I'm paying, and I've got to go. Get your CCTV on it. You've got my registration number. If I put in £75, call the police and they can visit me.'

I drove off and heard no more about it.

No idea why it showed £75 as it showed zero when I started.

It wasn't even busy in there as it's one of the few 24 hour garages near here, and it was 2-00 a.m.

There was only one other car in there at the time, and he was on the far side using the airline, and that's a rarity round here, finding one that works.

Well spotted Foinavon

Good for revenge missions into small villages at night though.

17.35 post....................what a fanny lol.

I can't fathom whether your posts are meant to be humour or contempt!

Next time I get bored, and change my second car, maybe I should ask for approval!

Historically, how do you rate these.....

Triumph TR6, Series 2 e-type coupe, Ginneta G15, Capri 3000e and a Ghia, Alfa Romeo Sprint Veloce, Scirroco GTX ansd Scala, Audi GT, Mazda RX8,
Mazda 6 MPS, Honda type R GT. Plenty more in amongst so what's your claim to fame?

When I bought my new Alfa Sprint I wished later that I had got the GTV for it's style and fantastic engine.

Saying that, I was doing mental mileage so it wouldn't have made financial sense.

One of the front wings perforated through in less than 18 months, and the other one would have, except for someone crashing into it in the snow.
I was in a clients house and fortunately they had the decency to come and tell me!

^^^

Let me borrow the words from one of the world's greatest living philosophers, Shania Twain:

You're one of those guys who likes to shine his machine
You make me take off my shoes before you let me get in
I can't believe you kiss your car good night
C'mon baby tell me-you must be jokin', right!

Oh-oo-oh, you think you're special
Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else

Okay, so you've got a car
That don't impress me much
So you got the moves but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night

That don't impress me much
You think you're cool but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm on the long, cold, lonely night
That don't impress me much

as with any theft from a filling station, they record the cars on cctv, so they would simply charge you the correct amount and inform the police that the other party has underpaid by 20 quid and pursue it if they feel that it's a deception rather than an error

Yes maam, following criticism I also read it several times, and it made perfect sense to me,
but obviously I knew what I was on about so therefore it would!

I can't help but think that the perpetrators are serial offenders and I hope they are found out.