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[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 14 points 11 months ago

In my country, most station also come with a keypad just beside this screen, which you can set the exact amount you wanna pump

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 4 points 11 months ago

Which country is that, and where is the fun in that?

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 4 points 11 months ago

Malaysia, and can confirm, we have no fun nor chill

[-] Mercury@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Canada also has that. Equally unfun and unchill.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago

Thank you for shopping with BP

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

In Canada you have to prepay and set the maximum amount of fuel you want, so this is "every time I dont set the max to more than my tank can hold" for me.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

What happens if you overpay and can't fill up the full amount?

[-] Hedlosa 2 points 11 months ago

I would assume it stops and then you pay after whatever it stopped at

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

He said you have to prepay tho

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago

The few times I've prepaid cash in the US, you go to the attendant booth/inside the convenience store and they'll give you change.

[-] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Duh, good point.

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 11 months ago

Our gas pumps dont charge until the pump is stopped. The prepay is a ping on your account that basically reserves the funds after checking you have them, and then it let's you pump, and only withdraws what you use.

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 months ago

I stop at the litre. They don’t give rewards points for partial litres so fuck ‘em, I only want $19.47 in gas.

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Man that is cheap, I did that maths to get your fuel price to be $1.74 Aud per litre assuming you're American and current exchange rates.

Where I am for petrol it's $2.11 a litre Aud

Or roughly $5.13 USD per gallon.

[-] Alimentar@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

I think you mixed up the exchange because the USD is stronger than the AUD.

It's cheaper in Australia as depending on the fuel, your $2.11 would be their $1.35 USD

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

I missed the per gallon on the end.

2.11 for me to buy fuel in Australia with my money. Convert my fuel to gallons and usd it's $5 something per gallon

Still could have don't the maths wrong was just winging it

[-] Alimentar@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Oh you're right yes, I wasn't converting it back to gallons!

[-] GombeenSysadmin@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

In Ireland this is $20.74 worth of petrol.

2.943 US gallons is 11.14 litres. At €1.75 per litre, that’s €19.50.

Petrol hasn’t been under a euro in decades…

[-] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Where I am in the States, it is about the same as the price you stated. I think this person must be in Kentucky or somewhere in middle-America.

[-] GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago
[-] troglodytis@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Pfft. Rookie game. Pros stop at 3.000 gallons

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Then putting the pump back in the holster jostles it just enough to add a penny.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I love how gallons has three decimals now so it does not look like the price moves faster than the volume so much.

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