Old gas stations

GHT said:

We used to buy our fuel in gallons back then. See the price that Lizzie mentioned, in today's decimal money that equates to 30pence. Today a gallon of fuel, diesel or petrol, will cost over six pounds. And here's how they get away with it.
The UK gallon is larger than the US one, our gallon is approximately four and a half litres. So as fuel prices rose, gallons disappeared and were replaced by litres. Now it looks much cheaper. Most people who have never bought fuel in gallons couldn't tell you the difference between a gallon and a litre, the ploy worked.
We have a tax on tax situation with garage sold fuel. Fuel tax is almost 60pence per litre. (57.95p) VAT or value added tax is added to most retail products. the cost of the fuel, plus the fuel tax is added together and then twenty percent VAT is added. But although we are experiencing a sharp rise in prices, seeing fuel advertised at £1:30, well that doesn't look too bad.
If we still had gallons, that advertised price would be, about £6:10. How did they get away with it? We were told that our fuel tax was harmonised across all the European Union countries. So if we have to pay through the nose, so too do the French, Germans, Spanish, Italians. So that makes it alright then.

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KY Gentleman said:

Here’s something you don’t see often anymore, and I don’t mean the “vintage air machine!”

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LizzieMaine said:

With the closing of my neighborhood gas station/c-store earlier this year, there is now no public air pump, free or not, anywhere in this town of over 7000 people. That's insane.

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BobHufford said:

Our corner store has free air if you can get there before someone steals the hose.

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3fingers said:

I've never been able to understand why stealing the hose or vandalizing the machine was such great sport.

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LizzieMaine said:

With the closing of my neighborhood gas station/c-store earlier this year, there is now no public air pump, free or not, anywhere in this town of over 7000 people. That's insane.

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2jakes said:

AutoZone
574 Main St. Rockland, Me.

Good luck Lizzie!

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Fading Fast said:

I haven't owned a car since 1989, so I admit to being out of touch (I have rented and driven though), but I thought I've seen some air pumps that charge (coins or card, I forget how one pays) - did I make that up or is that a thing?

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Fading Fast said:

I haven't owned a car since 1989, so I admit to being out of touch (I have rented and driven though), but I thought I've seen some air pumps that charge (coins or card, I forget how one pays) - did I make that up or is that a thing?

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3fingers said:

Yes. Convenience stores usually have a machine of some type to put air in your tires. Many of them here used to be free, but I'm not sure there are any of those left here. The first pay ones I remember were a quarter, now I have seen them up to $2.00. The volume of air provided ranges from poor(barely able to inflate a tire) to pretty much like a garage compressor, with most being somewhere on the middle to bottom end of the scale. The newer ones I've noticed have the ability to take cards as well as cash and coins.

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Fading Fast said:

Kinda think we've seen this one before, but just in case we haven't, it was too good not to post:

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2jakes said:

I haven't seen it and if I did...
it's ok!
Probably the first one is no longer available.

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