[TR] Refuelling a Spitfire

[John Innis]

Just be glad the Spit sips fuel. At those prices a fella could go bankrupt
putting fuel in a Jag or Big Healy!

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 11:47 AM John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
wrote:

> I’ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today decided
> to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured around the
> local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be available.
> To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is effectively 3.8
> litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the cheapest was one US
> gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the same gas station where
> the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to 9..12.  Diesel was
> even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer hasn’t changed - yet.
>
> Jonmac
>
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