same with some disabled drivers on the road.
I don't know where you live but the mom & pop gas station is on the endangered species list and literally has nothing to do with the substance of my post.
Mom and pop gas stations are those I'm talking about. No one is paid a wage, the family owns the business and family work the pumps. This will help the family dramatically as they won't need a lot of people to run the station.
I've never heard anyone saying I'm a "car guy" if they pump their own gas. Never. Something you are just making up.
And that's why the proposal in NJ wasn't to get rid of full service, it was to just let us choose which we want when we go to fill up, and since most people only read headlines they thought that the proposal was to force everyone to pump their own gas, so the poll numbers showed that people apparently don't want to be given a choice. Ridiculous.
Exactly. The Oregon law change requires an attendant on site at all times when open.
What's your definition of " get rid of" ?Did it say the stations had to continue to offer "free" service .
Pumping your own gas isn't "Special", it's stinky and dirty. Some of you like buffets rather than sit down service.
I don't know, but if having someone pump your gas is that popular that people would go out of their way to get gas from a full service station as one of your earlier posts said, then there's a built in incentive for them to keep full service while still offering self service, and everyone wins. Let the free market decide.
Pumping your own gas isn't special, it's normal. We are the only state in the country (and the rest of the developed world except for Belgium) who are not allowed to pump our own gas. I can't imagine how coddled a person has to be to think stepping out of your car to press a few buttons and put a nozzle into your car is "stinky and dirty." A lot of us have places to be and are tired of having to sit and wait for someone to come by to do something we can all do ourselves in a matter of seconds.
That's not true, we are somewhere around the middle now, but either way, it's not really about saving money, it's about saving time. The cheapest gas station by me is a Sunoco that only ever has one guy working, and there is always a line. Fortunately, they always have a pump coned off, not because it doesn't work, just to keep the one worker from having to walk around to all the pumps. I always skip the line and go to the one with a cone in front of it, pump it myself, and am miles away by the time the people in line finally get to their pump. This is how everywhere should be. The people who want to sit in line and wait for someone else to pump their gas can do so, and the people who just want to do it themselves and get on with their day can do that too.
Agree. Been pumping my own gas for 30 years since my move to Wenatchee, Wa. It's no big deal.
After reading the comments on this board not so
Best grades I ever got!!! I guess the rule is for people who over pump and spill gas on the cement.Not to nitpick but self vs full- not usually a multi $$$ difference per gallon. Let's say it is even .10 per gallon, what do you really save on your 20ish gallon tank. $2 at best and that is if you are rolling in complete empty.I pump my own gas everywhere I go except at Costco where I've been told I'm not allowed. When I find a station with a good price, I can get an extra $3-4 bucks in I do it. Never spill, not once since I pumped gas in HS for several years, during the gas crisis also. Prices were $0.33 a gallon back then and we had one island coned off for First Responders, no wait, and of course our HS teachers
Just today, after a Physician checkup in Holmdel I noticed the prices leaving Freehold were $3.75 at the lowest anywhere on Rt 9 and afterwards we took a ride into Keyport to watch the boats and have lunch with my wife. I was able to fill my car at $3.43. Pumped 16 gallons so I saved $5.12 which was totally worth it. Costco in Hazlet was $3.45 so I wouldn't have been able to pump another 1.5 gallons in which always ticks me off, lol.
Based on this thread, people without garages will complain that they have to go outside to plug in the car.
What is the normal difference at a station that offers both self and full.
Actually, pumping your own gas in NJ is illegal and I could get fined or the station would? Not sure, but the only ones that tell it's a no- no is Costco, both in Old Bridge and Hazlet. There aren't any self serve in NJ.
You realize that has nothing to do with what I posted. It has been posted in this thread by others that there are stations in other states that offer both. I would like to know what the markup is at a single station for full serve vs self
In Oregon with the new law there is no price difference for full vs. self serve. I remember when I lived in MA a couple stations offered full serve and the price was also the same. Here in WA the only price difference is for cash vs. credit at certain stations.
There were stations in upstate NY where I thought both prices were the same or just a slight difference. In reality, there is no cost savings. Just in one case- it provides jobs and in another, maybe some time savings.
You shouldn't really continue pumping after it stops, there's a reason it stops before it's 100% full. It's not good for your car's evap system, and you might not even be getting all of that additional gas that the pump says it is dispensing. In fact, one of the reasons I prefer pumping my own is specifically so I don't have an attendant overpump on every fill-up just to get to a whole dollar amount, especially when I'm paying with a credit card.
