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Remember when air was free at gas stations? #7151030
01/23/21 03:10 PM
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Gary Benson Offline OP
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Now its a buck fitty. You know why? Inflation..........


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151033
01/23/21 03:12 PM
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Minnesota
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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151038
01/23/21 03:15 PM
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I haven’t used gas station air since.... heck I don’t remember. Got a hundred gallon air compressor in the shop, a twenty gallon compressor on wheels, a 12 volt compressor under the seat in the pickup and car, and three portable air tanks, and a portable bead cheetah. Inflation isn’t an issue around here!


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Bob] #7151097
01/23/21 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob
I haven’t used gas station air since.... heck I don’t remember. Got a hundred gallon air compressor in the shop, a twenty gallon compressor on wheels, a 12 volt compressor under the seat in the pickup and car, and three portable air tanks, and a portable bead cheetah. Inflation isn’t an issue around here!


It appears the previous owner of my truck had installed a small one in the engine compartment... Too bad they weren't kind enough to leave it in there before trading it in.

Mike


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151112
01/23/21 04:01 PM
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I'm only 61 but I remember working at a gas station in West Yellowstone on my days off from my regular job. Every car was full service... clean the windshield, (that was how you'd know what bugs the trout in the park were feeding on)... tires if asked, oil check if asked and all for free.

Never got a tip that I remember, but that was what full service was.

Pete

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151128
01/23/21 04:11 PM
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I sure remember them days. And I'm only 63.


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151185
01/23/21 04:51 PM
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There used to be service station not just gas stations. Today they are no more than a convenience store to make a penny off of everything. The barely make money off of the gas. The gas is just there to pull you in.

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151193
01/23/21 05:02 PM
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Air is not free in the land of the free? grin

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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151210
01/23/21 05:18 PM
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Air is free at Kwik Trip

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151248
01/23/21 05:51 PM
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Air still free here if the station has it,the holiday stations have it. full service only a few left in the entire upper michigan. ya its a big change from what service was. i remember in early 60s you could go into a full service and tell them give me 5 and fill it up, that meant put 5 gallon in the tank and fill the radiator, gas was between 17 and 20 cents a gallon and we ran water in the radiator dureing the summer. afew years ago but good memories.

take care


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151249
01/23/21 05:52 PM
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Check your local/state laws/ordinances.

Here they have a law that the air is free if you ask inside the gas station. Clerk will just hit a button to activate the air pump for free vend. Not many people know about it. They are allowed to charge for those that don't know this.

I don't put any quarters in the machine , I just get it for free by asking nicely.


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151293
01/23/21 06:45 PM
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I remember when a service station washed your windows and then gave you a free glass! Back in the early 1960's I guess.

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151316
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Stewart's, a regional chain here, still has free air at their gas stations. They had coin phones in the stores too, but those are almost all gone.

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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151323
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We have a moto mart that still have free air .

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: mask bandit] #7151326
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Gomer Pyle said "the water and air are free, but you have to pay for the gas and oil".


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151338
01/23/21 07:39 PM
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Still free in a handful of places here.


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151363
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Around here, it's still free at Kwik Trip and Holiday stations.

Tires are much better than they used to be, so, demand for compressed air ain't what it used to be. I'm hoping available air doesn't go the way of the dodo bird.


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Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151438
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Lots of Casey's stores here in Iowa have free air.

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151453
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My father use to own a Mobil station, I remember the full service days. An 1157 bulb cost .25 cents installed.

Re: Remember when air was free at gas stations? [Re: Gary Benson] #7151464
01/23/21 09:07 PM
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I remember when the OWNER of the local "service station" came out in a white T-Shirt and white pants and not only pumped the gasoline, but checked the oil and squeegee'd the windshield.

(granted, that was when I was a kid...by the time I was driving, that was all gone)

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