Originally Posted by Philo
Dutch side gas stations use 1.75 to the dollar . If you tell them 10.00 dollars the pump should read 17.50 I have found that 10.00 usually will fill a quarter of a tank .20.00 half a tank and pump reads 35.00

We'll that doesn't compute, If you divide 17.50 by 2 and add 10% comes to $9.63. 35.00 comes to $19.25. Not a big difference but some. Over time the station will make a lot of extra money doing that.