Andy Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Morrisons charge, but I seem to recall they give you a voucher/code to use it for free if you spend over £20(?) on fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wednesday1 Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 I was a bit peed off today when I pulled into a Jet in hillsborough to use the air machine and discovered it charged; not because I'm particularly tight fisted but because I had no change on me. It was really quite annoying. Yes, it always happens with parking meters too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amaranthus Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Yes, it always happens with parking meters too! with parking meters I expect to have to pay, but I expect to be able to go SOMEWHERE to get some free air when I have no change on me. I'm still driving around on an almost flat tyre now because of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddywolf Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 The 2 Sainsburys petrol stations are free, and the BP one on leppings lane (as someone has said). Dunno why you fill up at Shell when its more expensive and like you have found charges for things like air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo Man Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I would expect garages to provide free air, for the same reason software companies provide AV software for free. It protects the majority, against the actions of the few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 I expect it as goodwill from somewhere I've spent £50 and also to encourage people not to skimp on maintaining their car's road worthiness for the sake of a quid - and thus ensuring the safety of other drivers and of pedestrians. Tesco now charge £1 to put water in the windscreen tank. It's supposed to have wash in it...well they either forgot to add it when I filled up or it was rubbish quality. I suppose you get what you pay for. Logic dictates that nothing in life is free and as a devote of Ruskin I tend to follow his advice on buying too cheaply. If a filling station charges for air they have an incentive to maintain the equipment. Therefore you stand a better chance of actually putting 28 psi in your tyres when the gauge has been maintained. Similarly a filling station that doesn't charge will probably have to charge more for the fuel in order to subsidise a free service. You pays your money and takes your chance. That chance might be a blow out when you are doing 80 down the M1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo Man Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 If a filling station charges for air they have an incentive to maintain the equipment. Therefore you stand a better chance of actually putting 28 psi in your tyres when the gauge has been maintained. You don't have your own pressure gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 You don't have your own pressure gauge The pressure gauge in a filling station has a regular calibration guaranteeing its acuracy. The one you bought from Halfords for 30p that was made in Taiwan in 1985 probably doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 The pressure gauge in a filling station has a regular calibration guaranteeing its acuracy. Only the ones that charge though? If a filling station charges for air they have an incentive to maintain the equipment. Therefore you stand a better chance of actually putting 28 psi in your tyres when the gauge has been maintained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uptowngirl Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Only the ones that charge though? They are usually the ones that work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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