Just received the following from Shell & it appears they & JLR have launched the Worlds first in car payment system where you can now pay for Shell fuel from inside the car using Apple Pay or PayPal from the Infotainment.

Looking forward to giving this a go.

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Fine if you like paying way too much for fuel.

Local Shell = 129.9
Local Asda = 115.9.
14p a litre more, or, if you're an old fart like me, 63.5 pence a gallon more. I recall the days of complaining about 2 or 3p a gallon difference.

On a FFRR though, regardless of the units, it comes out at 13 quid a tankful more at Shell.

The difference is less pronounced for me locally as only 6p per litre difference between Shell & Tesco's & i collect Avios so a bonus there (usually extra points promotions every few weeks). Whether i'll ever use this worlds first feature is debatable, but nice to see something novel turning up on our cars.

i pay 'in car' at my asda...all i do is wind down the window [thats a bit of exercise for my finger ] and grab the card machine.... ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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i am afraid i dont like budget fuel, call me old fashioned. sure that will cause some chatter. Always run on super unleaded from Shell and BP if i can.

we've had many a discussion re supermarket fuel verses branded fuel and hopefully it wont be discussed again here ... ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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No, we've had quite a few "Emperor's New Clothes" discussions of late.

I did actually have to put some in at the Shell a while back 'cos SWMBO left me with 0 miles range and Shell is the closest. So they have that Pay & Go feature which is a smartphone app. Great thinks I. Except it needs 3g and that station is in a No G (no service) area. Big signs everywhere promoting it and it doesn't work.

I dont like the 'selected service stations' comment. That usually means for the first year or so it will only be available in the south-east, Birmingham and parts of Manchester. You will just have to put up with the short walk to the back of the que where you are behind at least three people who are doing their weekly shop, the person who cant make up their minds which coffin nails they want and the one who buys five scratch cards then holds up the line with a coin in his hands to see if they have won! Personally I cant wait for the visa implants where you just wave your hand over the front of the pump. QUID FACIUM TIBI
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2003 TD6 VOGUE Zambezi Silver
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thats the beauty of asda fuel stations, they have no shops.. ... - .- -.




Y. O. L. O.
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Costco sell premium fuels cheaply.

stan wrote:

we've had many a discussion re supermarket fuel verses branded fuel and hopefully it wont be discussed again here ...

Stan,
I could see where this might go and I was looking forward to it  Geoff

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Y. O. L. O.
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Excellent

^^ Photo of the week

I'm out of the country on business this week but my wife and son used the in-car payment method last night and said it worked really well. And that's at a small village Shell station (Singleton lights w8pmc). I then received an email with an invoice attached. Payment was via apple pay and we set up the account before leaving home. It's basically an alternative interface with the Shell fill up and go system.