Today's tale of twattery

[Buckers]

I thought you might like to hear today's story of the trip to Wales.

Set off at 10, got rained on a fair bit so stopped after 80 miles at a bp garage outside wrexham. I thought I might as well fill up, so I went to pump, selected the green/blue one which said bp ultimate. Put in 9 litres. Oh.

It's bp ultimate diesel. Thanks BP that was really obvious. Diesel is black, petrol is green and bp ultimate is green with a blue bit below it saying diesel.

So here's how you get out of such a fix. Don't call the AA. They won't recover you even with full membership becuase its 'self inflicted'. b8stard. They will however come out if you lock the keys in the car - apparently this is not self inflicted. Tell me the difference?

They do however helpfully offer to come and drain it for a bargain £212, providing you can be bothered to wait 4 hours - the normal speed of service doesn't apply for this instance.

So - we scratched our heads and decided to do it ourselves. Found a building site nearby, nicked a bit of hosepipe and a bin. Siphoned out 18 litres of foul smelling yellow stuff Bp got rid of it to their credit. Filled up to brim with 17l of good stuff and on you go.

Easy eh?

Epilogue: the AA man turned up just as we put our helmets on, ready to go. He had been sent by the call centre to explain in person why they wouldn't be able to help. Now that's service.

Oh - the rest of the day was a ball - Bala round trip sunnny in the afternoon so it wasn't too bad a day in the end

[Growler]

Yeah your right, Richard of the day is definitely your title today...

[benny hedges]

oh dear!!! simple mistake to make i suppose.
almost done the same meself being so used to putting diesel in my car & van.

just got back from a good blast round that way, didnt see a single plod till i got to runcorn on the way back.

[Beamish]

Easy mistake when you are switching vehicles on a regular basis, stuck 5 litres of petrol in the Diesel Focus before my hungover mind decided to focus on the situation, rang a mate that used to work for Ford and he said just fill the rest up with Diesel itll be reet.....and it was.
unlucky buddy, glad you got to have a blast to forget it afterwards.

[Buckers]

You're right Benny. No plod on the roads at all - maybe the weather put them off so they stayed inside playing cards.

We followed 3 identical unmarked honda pans over the tops though - all ridden like advanced instructors - no braking, no body movement but still all nice and smooth and quick enough. They turned off for a debrief so not sure if they were plod or just an advanced riding school.

[LotusSevenMan]

Could have put it in a Royal Enfield diesel bike tank but as they do approx 170ish to the gallon I guess you wouldn't see one on the forecourt.

I changed cars recently for a trip and did the 10 litres of petrol in before remembering it was a diesel. Just filled up with diesel (tank was very low) and it all worked fine I'm glad to say!!!!!
LSM