On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:50:36 GMT, Mike Lane wrote:
>On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 05:48:41 +0100, tile wrote
>(in article <47f5b33c$0$36443$4fafbaef@reader5.news.tin.it>):
>
>> I fill my tank almost once a week. and never experience what you say. have
>> been doing it in the last 40 years.
>
>It doesn't surprise me at all that you, as someone who lives in the country
>and presumably speaks the language, has a different experience from me as a
>tourist.
>
>> a full tank is about 60 to 100 eur.. so it is co nsidered a huge amount.
>> always pay with credit card ( there is a 0.70 eur charge for that in Italy )
>>
>It depends. When I am travelling abroad I never let my petrol tank get
>anywhere near empty. I've had too many problems getting fuel when I need it
>for that
Good advice!
We once spent an afternoon stuck without petrol in a small town near Cerveteri
on the coast north of Rome. The only petrol station was closed for the
afternoon.
--
Martin
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