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Yesterday was a lovely sunny day up here in Glasgow, I had to take the car out to get to a few things

So decided to go a run after the last outings fiasco.

Ah, i haven't told you lot about that have i ?

Well it is kind of embarrassing, the other week i had a local show to go to that my own club organised, after my trip to billing my fuel gauge does not work.

so because i had some running about to do, i decided to fill up so i knew how much i had in the tank.

It only took £14 about 13L of fuel, so continued on knowing i was full, It wasn't long before the car started spluttering

Yip i had put Diesel in

I just continued the day, car spluttering and not not sitting at tick over

After the end of the day i siphoned as much fuel i could out, about 30L and put in 2 uk Gallon of super unleaded in

and as i took the car out this morning, i thought it would be a good day for a run to use the last of the old fuel

I went to the petrol station, fulled up two cans of fuel and then went a drive, car ran fine, bit smoky on the gear change and lumpy at idle.

drove from Glasgow to Edinburgh It was a great run about 90 miles

Gee, I thought the USA guys that put gas in their diesel SUV's in Europe during the Amazing Race were bonkers.

Most people think that until it happens to you.

This is how it happened, when i went back to look at the pump the next day, i could see how i made the mistake as the when you think unleaded you think yellow and green ( well i do )

and Diesel is Black

this photo shows my mistake, ( picture just taken off the net )

And for American viewers, those prices are for a Litre not a Gallon!

I can't imagine how you could do that in Glasgow. Near the airport. At a Shell station with that exact same pump layout. Did you know that in the US the diesel handle is always the green one? Apparently not in Scotland.

$450 later...

well rescued stevie, yes it was lovely i used mine yesterday and today for work another useful 140 miles on it. i say useful as first time out after a few weeks off it usually runs like a dog. they need more frequent use i find and it puts a smile on our faces. i think ive only been out in it a couple of time after billing did nothing before billing. note to self must do more

Unleaded is about 105.9 a litre down here.

105.9 pesos, US$, £, ?

Gas here is 52.54 £ per litre.

It's these high prices like these that I drive 4 cylinder engines. When I had my Javelin V-8 in '71 gas was 33 cents an Imperial gallon. When I switched to a Dodge Colt in 1985 I thought I died and gone to heaven (when I totalled up my gas bill).