>> is it really that much of a hardship to hold the trigger
>>in for the few minutes it takes to fill a tank?
>
>Yes :-)

Agreed, especially in UK winter weather. generally blowing rain at about 45
degrees from vertical across the forecourt ...

>I HATED doing it in the UK. There was such a mental groove
>in my brain from using the latches that I noticed their
>absence every time I filled up in the UK and was annoyed.

Me too, and I still miss it, now coming up to 7 years after moving from NZ.

> I may also have been annoyed by the fact that petrol cost
>more than twice as much as it does in NZ. Presently here
>it's about the equivalent of 0.35 GBP per litre. What's it
>cost in the UK now?

Unleaded is about 77p here in Oxfordshire, but it is possible to get it down
to the low 70's in other areas. Diesel is about 78 to 79p here, again down
to about 74/75p in other places.

At the current exchange rate of US$1.81 = GBP1, that is US$1.39/litre for
unleaded - not sure what the litre to US gallon conversion is, and
US$1.43/litre for diesel.

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