[TR] Car Talk

[Darrell Walker]

And there was sometimes a third option, mini-serve, where the attendant filled your tank, but didn’t clean your windows or check your oil.

Back in the day that gas stations were really “service stations”, the full service option probably lead to some (needed or not) sales on the service side.  Topping up oil was a more frequent need, and of course there might be a belt or something that you might convince the owner that should be changed.

Now they want you to stock up on drinks and snacks….

-Darrell

> On Jul 8, 2019, at 2:50 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> We’ve tried that in the past; used to be stations across the country would have “full service” pumps and “self service” pumps with perhaps only 5 to 10 cents difference in price.
>  
> Some quick assumptions show an average cost (to the owner) of roughly $.10 or $.15/gallon (assuming an attendant pumps all gas sold, etc), so it probably wasn’t a ripoff.
>  
> Never seemed worth the price, to me; I almost always used the self service pumps.  I’m guessing that’s what the station owners saw as well, since I haven’t seen a full service pump in a long time (outside of Oregon, where it’s required by law).
>  
> -Randall
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> TeriAnn,
> Just thinking the other day.  What would it cost a station, in terms of cents per gallon, to hire a guy to pump fuel and clean windscreens?  And, what would the public be willing to pay?
> Bill
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> On Jul 8, 2019, at 10:01 AM, TeriAnn J. Wakeman <tjwakeman at gmail.com <mailto:tjwakeman at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On 7/8/19 3:57 AM, David Friedlander wrote:
> What's an "attendant"?
> The guy in Oregon who fills your fuel tank while you sit inside your car, or while you are cleaning your windscreen.
> 
> TeriAnn
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