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$1.50 (quarters only please) to use the air pump machine! I was expecting $0.25 not $1.50.
What the hell happened to inflate these prices?
I even recall when it was no charge.
Same price I paid 2 weeks ago in Mass, as I was heading back to Florida. It was a Speedway Gas Station. Complete ripoff. The pump didn't even work and I got no refund. I headed over to a nearby Firestone, and they put air in for free.
I had a slow leak in two tires and finally I picked up one of these. It was about $17 and works well enough. The built in pressure gauge isn't very accurate. Overall, a lifesaver.
Discount Tire will check them and fill them for you for nothing. They hope on the job too so you don't wait even when they are busy. If you have a leak they plug it if its in the right areas to safely do so. Again no charge.
I just use a portable $10 air pump and fill up in the comfort of my garage. No need to carry quarters or deal with busted gas station pumps. Bonus: filling the tires first thing in the morning means I get true cold PSI values.
I remember when the station attendant checked and filled tires every time I filled up.
I must be old
You are old because I remember that and I'm old. Fill the tank, wash the windshield, check the oil and tire pressure. It was Mr. Harold Snyder's Esso station.
About ten years ago a young guy, attendant, at a gas station offered to help with those things. I needed some air in a tire. At the end of the conversation he told me that had somewhere between 50 and 100 dollars in tips in his pocket at the end of his shift.
I call BS. I paid $4 for air in NYC just outside of greenwhich village. Drove around for 40 minutes in a rented car on very low tire pressure trying to find that damn place.
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