A combination of jet...
A combination of jet lag, tradition and technology means that I’m writing this column at an absurdly unsociable hour from my temporary office-cum-studio on one of the best-known driving streets in the most notorious car city on the planet. I’m jet lagged because I’ve just travelled from China, which is eight hours ahead of the UK, to Los Angeles which is eight hours behind. So it’s little wonder that my body clock is more troubled than a Ford corporate accountant and I’m wide awake at 3.30am, penning these words on the eve of the LA Auto Show.
EVEN if you don"t start...
EVEN if you don"t start the car, the bill for draining the tank is up to í‚á£80. It is reckoned that the annual cost of misfuelling to British business is í‚á£800million.
IT"S impossible to fill a petrol car with diesel as the black pump"s nozzle is too big to fit the neck of the vehicle"s fuel tank.
LAST year, the RAC was called out to 50,000 cases of misfuelling, while the AA attended 44,000 and Green Flag 6,000. That"s an average of 400 drivers getting it wrong every day, from a total of 4,000,000 fill-ups.