Mobil Station at Thames opposite the KFC

[george formby]

Thames is renowned for the "Wild West" attitude of several of it's service stations.



TV3 did a piece on it not long ago too, Here

The Caltex is worse than the Mobil for price-gouging, at one stange he was charging more than $1 above RRP for fags (the prick). I think all the locals use the BP on the south side of town.

Don't stop in Cambridge if you don't like paying to piss. I parted with 50 cents there the other day and if the boys room wasn't so full of paying punters at the time I would have pissed all over the floor.

Precisely why I only let customers use my cludgy. The random drop ins for some strange reason always make a mess.

I can see the point of the garages policy, cleaning toilets as I do, but in this case definitely a bit of common sense would have gone a long way. I would have offered a pie or soft drink with that, sir?

[FJRider]

Precisely why I only let customers use my cludgy. The random drop ins for some strange reason always make a mess.

I can see the point of the garages policy, cleaning toilets as I do, but in this case definitely a bit of common sense would have gone a long way. I would have offered a pie or soft drink with that, sir?

With public holiday/weekend staff usually casual staff ... mimimum $$$ paid in wages ... with strict "policy" instructions ...

A common "policy" throught the country. Difficult to avoid them all ... especially as you may NEED gas there ... sometime ...

Need often overides intention of avoidance ... funny that ...

[Zedder]

A biker site and a thread in the "General Biker Ravings" and everyone is worried re where one can take a piss. FFS, what about the biker with the non-starting bike? Any updates or do I have to ride up there tonight and help the poor sod???

Apologies, I should have mentioned when I went back later he had arranged for a mate to turn up with a trailer.

[jasonu]

Cleaner than the chicken!

And likely better for you too.

[Conquiztador]

Apologies, I should have mentioned when I went back later he had arranged for a mate to turn up with a trailer.

So what was this piece of technology that did not take lightly to having new petrol added? Perhaps he had filled her with disel???

[gijoe1313]

Heh, reminds me of the time when TOTO organised a large group ride to Opononi for lunch. We stopped in Dargaville for a bit of eats and fuel. The first servo we went to, they wouldn't open the pumps to let us fuel up. Wanted us to pay for fuel first ... So we all buggered off to another one up the road and soon as they see us, they switch the pumps on. Guess who got the all business and the extras (drinks and snacks) ...

Guess it depends on the staff! I know when I've ridden through the Coro at odd hours of the night, the usual servo I fuel up always switches on the taps without having to farf about with prepaying first!

[Gremlin]

I know when I've ridden through the Coro at odd hours of the night, the usual servo I fuel up always switches on the taps without having to farf about with prepaying first!

That's Caltex Thames, the only 24/7 station I know of in the area... except they don't seem to have such a good name in this thread... still, when you need gas, and they're the only ones who have it

[Zedder]

So what was this piece of technology that did not take lightly to having new petrol added? Perhaps he had filled her with disel???

Disel shisel my misel! It was definitely petrol that was added. The technological marvel in question was a BMW F650 and the problem appeared to be the fuel pump relay which in these models has a habit of shuffling off its mortal coil.