I've always wanted to have a station where you receive the kind of service in the old days. Dress in a period uniform and treat the people right, not like the automatons we have now.
Probably not worth the money.
William,
I've always thought the same thing. Patronizing a FULL service station manned by guys in uniform would be great. Unfortunately, I bet they'd need to charge $20 a gallon to make it work.
You guys reminded me of something. I remember from many years ago, back when all filling stations had gas pump jockeys and you'd roll down the window and say something like,...."fill'er up with regular". And I also remember once in awhile, seeing a pretty nice vehicle with a couple dozen or more chips in the paint, all around the gasoline filler cap/door. Obviously from gas pump jockeys that were busy yaking with somebody when they carelessly and mindlessly jammed the nozzle here and there until they finally actually got the nozzle in the filler pipe. I haven't seen a car with all those paint chips around the gas filler pipe or door for many years. Maybe gassing up your car by yourself isn't ALL bad, huh?
Hey Keith--is that your grandfather?
I would much prefer to pump my own, but Jersey doesn't allow it.
IF however, my T was a daily driver, I could get away with it. No gas station I have ever patronized while driving it will pump gas for it.
There is such a "service" station in Paso Robles, CA. The owner has a full time repair facility in the shop to allow him to make a profit. He serves the older crowd and their loyalty is what keeps his station going. Snappy uniforms and all!
It would be a kick to do if you could 'grandfather' it in like our cars. I built gas stations for a living for many years and I'm afraid that if you started from scratch, you would be obligated to have fiberglass, double walled tanks, impact valves under the pumps that close if the pump is knocked over and break-away couplings on the hoses and in Calif. you would also be required to have co-axial hoses, vapor recovery piping from the pumps to the tanks and vapor recovery nozzles, just for openers.
Go to Oregon if you want someone else to pump your gas. Strange but it's not legal to pump your own fuel there.
I worked service stations for years and it's hard for me to let someone else do it. Feels unnatural to me.
On a recent trip through Oregon I saw self service for diesel but all gas is still supposed to be pumped by the attendant. I had to ask why was diesel different and was told that their lawmakers decided diesel wasn't flammable so it was OK for the consumer to pump it.
Still, when driving a T, the Oregon attendants let me pump my own.
I use an ATM card when I put gas in my T.
The last time I went in to pay for the gas I didn't look at the pump number first and the cashier asked me if I had the Jeep.
I said, "Jeep"?
He said, "Ya, that's a Jeep isn't it"?