One problem with diesel fuel is that it is almost unavoidably messy.
It also has a rather unpleasant smell which can be yours to enjoy for
the rest of your day's activities after a tank fill. Because it is
not very volatile at normal temperatures - if at all - traces of it
remain wherever it spills. It's almost always on the handling parts of
fuelling nozzles, on the tarmac alongside of the pump where someone
overfilled their tank earlier, and it sticks to your hands and
footwear. When you reach for your wallet at the checkout, it's
transferred to your coat/trousers and credit card and the stuff on your
shoes will be rubbed off on the floor of your vehicle. Any leak or
spillage on the vehicle will attract and retain dust like you wouldn't
believe.
I get over this to some degree by keeping a pair of rubber gloves in the
back of my diesel ute which I use for the hands-on part of the service
station visit. Quaint perhaps but it seems to alleviate most of the
residue problems.
I'm in the "switch (passenger) car" process at the present. Diesel is
off the short list partly because of this issue, but also because
neither of the cars on the short list (Imprezza & Lancer) are available
in a diesel option. The (diesel) ute will remain on the payroll for
the foreseeable future.
FWIW
Terry
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