[Chalu]

Indian Oil
Old Madras Road, Near RTO Office Indiranagar
I have been using this bunk for last 8 years and never have come across the stupid tricks the attendants try to short fill.

My normal routine is get out of the car stand near the nozzle and they tell me to check zero then the nozzle is opened and they go away till the auto cut off kicks in and I tell them to top up and the payment is done.

In this bunk i have seen a lot of lady attendants and i hope they are honest than the men working in most of the bunks.

[mpksuhas]

Compiled a list of best and worst fuel stations based on comments from forum members in this thread till now. Have tried to avoid bunks against which atleast one member has raised complaint.

Avoidable:
Divya petrols Marthahalli HP next to brand factory.
IOC bunk, Marthahalli- Old airport road.
Matts HP bunk next to Cosmo mall, Marthahalli.
IOC Near SAP Labs, ITPL
BP bunk old madras road, start of the cable bridge, towards KR puram.
IOC bunk next to Salarpuria Soft Zone, Outer Ring Rd, Bellandur
IOC bunk near Manipal hospital, old airport road.
HP bunk near Manipal hospital, Old airport road.
IOC bunk in Jeevanbhimanagar.
HP bunk in CV Raman Nagar (Opp bagmane tech park)
IOC bunk near BDA complex Indiranagar, Old Madras road.
IOC bunk near ITC hotel, Near mallaya hospital.
BP petrol pump before Ejipura signal on inner ring road, Koramangala
IOC bunk near Kacharakanahalli lake, Hennur Main road.
Gojer's Petrol Station at cantonment circle
IOC bunk at Agara (beside the BMTC depot)
BP bunk near police station, 27th main, HSR layout.
HP bunk near Ramiah hospital
BP Petrol Bunk, Bhasyam Circle, Sadshivanagar
Devegowda Petrol Bunk, Banashankari
IOC bunk,next to Mantri Elite, Bilekahalli.
Symphony petrol, MG road
IOC pump 100 meter before the Rajarajeshwari Nagar Arch, Mysore road.

Good:

BP bunk opposite to Manipal hospital, Old airport road.
BP bunk opposite to police staion, Jeevanbhimanagar.
IOC bunk between Udupi garden signal and jayadeva flyover, BTM layout.
BP bunk opposite to Udupi garden signal, BTM layout.
BP bunk Monday to Sunday/Raheja Arcade, Koramangala
BP bunk Advitha petrol,near 4th block church, Jayanagar
BP bunk adjacent to Hotel Tom's Hosur road- Richmond road junction.
BP bunk Nagpals, opp imperial hotel, residency road before brigade junction.
Webb's Dickenson Rd-MG Rd junction.
IOC bunk St Marks Road
HP bunk opposite Khivraj Motors, Kasturba Rd
Cauvery petrol, Opp lalbagh west gate
HP bunk next to Cauvery theatre, Sadashivanagar.
HP bunk, Ganganagar, between Mekhri cirle- hebbal flyover.
Shankara Fuel Pump Station(BP), Near 18th Cross, Malleswaram
BP bunk 8th Main 19th Cross, Malleswaram.
HP bunk near the Banaswadi Fire Station on Banaswadi
HP bunk in Thyagaraj Nagar, BTM 2nd stage
IOC bunk Opposite Banashankari Bus stand

[libranof1987]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Avoidable:
Matts HP bunk next to Cosmo mall, Marthahalli.

Good:

HP bunk in front of Knights Bridge, near CMRIT, Kundanahalli.

Good initiative. But, the above are the same!

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by libranof1987

Good initiative. But, the above are the same!

Thanks for pointing out. Updated the list

[swiftnfurious]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Compiled a list of best and worst fuel stations based on comments from forum members in this thread till now. Have tried to avoid bunks against which atleast one member has raised complaint.

Avoidable:

HP bunk near Manipal hospital, Old airport road.
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IOC pump 100 meter before the Rajarajeshwari Nagar Arch, Mysore road.

Hope this is NOT the same as the one near HAL signal?

[bejoy]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Compiled a list of best and worst fuel stations based on comments from forum members in this thread till now.

Appreciate your effort, but would caution anyone seeing the list that the thread is running from 2005 and the situations would have changed. For instance, the below pumps are used regularly by myself and I did not have any bad experiences till now. In fact, I would rate them great, in terms of quality of fuel and their service. I have seen good reports about them in this thread.

IOC bunk next to Salarpuria Soft Zone, Outer Ring Rd, Bellandur
IOC bunk at Agara (beside the BMTC depot)

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by swiftnfurious

Hope this is NOT the same as the one near HAL signal?

Originally Posted by bejoy

Appreciate your effort, but would caution anyone seeing the list that the thread is running from 2005 and the situations would have changed. For instance, the below pumps are used regularly by myself and I did not have any bad experiences till now. In fact, I would rate them great, in terms of quality of fuel and their service. I have seen good reports about them in this thread.

IOC bunk next to Salarpuria Soft Zone, Outer Ring Rd, Bellandur
IOC bunk at Agara (beside the BMTC depot)

Swifnfurious: Yes, its the same near ISRO/ NAL signal on HAL airport road. When I moved in to that area couple of years back had gone there once. Dispenser guys tried the mileage/ cash / card trick on me without sucess. Couple of my friends too had the same experience. Had stoped going to that bunk till they made it COCO around a year back. However now (since a month or so) its back to old management, guess the COCO contract expired or something. Hence didnt remove it from the 'Avoidable' list.

Bejoy: Yes agree on your point of view, the HP pump on HAL airport road which I just said in paragraph above is a perfect example of the same. Hence I just put bunks about which I didnt see any complaints in the forums. Remember reading mixed comments about IOC bunk near Bellandur, one member had said he was short filled and when he pointed it out situation got a bit violent and he had to back out. However remember another member replying to the same post saying service he faced was great.

[swiftnfurious]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Swifnfurious: Yes, its the same near ISRO/ NAL signal on HAL airport road...However now (since a month or so) its back to old management, guess the COCO contract expired or something. Hence didnt remove it from the 'Avoidable' list.

I was a regular there till last year & it was a COCO. Unless there is a drastic change in the last 1 year, I would rate this ONE OF THE BEST in Bangalore. The fuel quality is/was SUPERB & there was absolutely NO fraud during the time I used to go there. As I said, NOT sure if something bad happened after Mar' 2011.

[binand]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Divya petrols Marthahalli HP next to brand factory.
IOC bunk, Marthahalli- Old airport road.
IOC bunk near Manipal hospital, old airport road.
HP bunk near Manipal hospital, Old airport road.

You have pretty much voted down every pump on the Old Airport Road between Marathahalli and Diamond District :-(

The HP one near Manipal I thought is a COCO?

The IOCL pumps are atrocious, I agree - one of them once even did not return my credit card (had to get it blocked and get a replacement).

From your list, the only pumps that are convenient for me are the BP ones near Manipal and in JB Nagar. Ah well...

I will assume all Shell pumps fall in the "Good" category.

[mpksuhas]

Originally Posted by binand

You have pretty much voted down every pump on the Old Airport Road between Marathahalli and Diamond District :-(

The HP one near Manipal I thought is a COCO?

The IOCL pumps are atrocious, I agree - one of them once even did not return my credit card (had to get it blocked and get a replacement).

I will assume all Shell pumps fall in the "Good" category.

I too stay in that area, wind tunnel road to be exact. Infact the reason I went through the whole thread was after couple of not so good experience with multiple bunks in Marthahalli- Domlur area.

HP near Manipal was COCO for around a year till last month. Had some bad experience with them before it was made COCO,didnt put them in 'Good' list since they no more COCO.

Yes, towards this side there are only two shell pumps I am aware of, one on Varathur road and another in Vigyan Nagar - Basavanagar route. Both those along with other shell pumps are rated high by members.

[binand]

Originally Posted by mpksuhas

Yes, towards this side there are only two shell pumps I am aware of, one on Varathur road and another in Vigyan Nagar - Basavanagar route. Both those along with other shell pumps are rated high by members.

I know both these, plus two more:

1. On the road through Brookefield, a little distance before you reach Gopalan school.

2. A bit beyond Phoenix mall on Whitefield road in Mahadevapura (towards ORR).

[PatienceWins]

Originally Posted by swiftnfurious

I was a regular there till last year & it was a COCO. Unless there is a drastic change in the last 1 year, I would rate this ONE OF THE BEST in Bangalore. The fuel quality is/was SUPERB & there was absolutely NO fraud during the time I used to go there. As I said, NOT sure if something bad happened after Mar' 2011.

It was pathetic prior to becoming COCO. Our scorpio had fuel related issues after filling there.

[issigonis]

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1. As my car was running low (DTE 170 kms) and coming to terms with Bangalore's traffic conditions, I filled up at the HP pump Mats Fuel Park on Graphite Road/ITPL Main Road/Whitefield Road ( three names for one road - whew!) for an amount of Rs 500/- to last me for in-city driving.

2. I made it a point to refuel at the BPCL pump opp. Manipal Hospital today, for my drive back to Bombay tomorrow.

3. I think I will tank up again tomorrow at a Shell pump in Whitefield which I've seen in Google Maps on the 2nd Road/Graphite Road/Whitefield Road.

4. Next fuel stop - Konduskar's, approximately 626 kms from start.

Regards

[pganapathy]

For those of you who are looking for information on Shell petrol pumps, found this link to the Shell site on pg 104 of the Shell fuel price discussion thread. http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indian...hread-104.html

It also has fuel pricing so that is useful. Prices are a bit higher than the PSU's but I guess that is the cost we have to pay for peace of mind.

[avira_tk]

I just had the worst experience today at the IOC COCO pump at Koramangala Sony World. The attendant managed to put in 45.92 litres of diesel in my Punto(capacity 45lts), he managed 7.5 lts after cut off. Using the trip meter calculation the top up should have been at 40.5 maximum. Please beware of the pump if you are in Koramangala.

I have complained on their website, waiting to see what happens.