When in a foreign country, regular errands can turn into daunting tasks. Take for an example, filling up your car with gasoline/petrol. It took us a couple of weeks to figure it out. After a few trial and errors and multiple conversations with multiple people, petrol attendants included, we proudly reached a successful "put gas in your car" moment. That's the reason for the smile below.
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| smile of success |
Here are the steps to success***
Step 1. Swipe your preferred credit card.
Step 2. Punch in your license plate number, then green button.
Step 3. Punch in your Israeli ID # (1234567 for non-Israelis), then green button.
Step 4. Pull out the nozzle of the correct petrol grade.
Step 5. Pump it up! BUT only to 199NIS**** (approximately $50). if using an international card.
Easy peasy when you know what to do. Why did it take so long to get it right? Please refer to the next photo.
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| screen says it all ?????????? |
***Disclaimer: These steps are only proven successful to one particular petrol station, Dor Alon (one with the clawed tree emblem). We have tried other stations but surprisingly... on a second thought... unsurprisingly they do not all operate the same way. But in case of trouble, no fret, a petrol attendant should/could/would be able to assist you.
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| foreign credit cards' limit |
**** With the 199NIS limit, we hardly have a FULL tank of gas unless we fill up two days in a row which is probably best as to not induce any cardiac arrest. Petrol Price: 199.00nis/25.84ltrs = 7.70nis/litre x 3.785 = 29.14nis/gallon = $7.3gallon
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| Dor Alon Petrol Station |
Happy Pumping.
Update: The other day, a stranger approached me and he seems to be having problems with the pump. So didn't hesitate in helping me since I know these sort of things now. As I'm helping him, I realized, with the help of the stranger who reads hebrew and knows some english, that I have been putting the wrong order of numbers for 7 months! It's Israeli id first then license plate. Putting two and two together, the numbers don't matter. Since then I've been punching in 1234567 then 1234567. Sheesh...
