[Tagging] Self serve and full serve gas stations

[Philip Barnes]

On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 06:07 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote:

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> 

> Full service does cost more, because full service typically checks and
> tops off any fluids you're low on, along with checking your tires and
> cleaning your windows as part of the price included; and (sometimes,
> if they're fishing for a bigger tip, since tipping is generally
> expected at full service islands), cleaning up trash and vacuuming
> your car, all at no extra charge.
> 
> 
I assume they charge for things like oil? A litre of oil is close to the
price of a quarter of a tank of fuel, they surely don't give that away
free?

As for trusting them to put the right oil in.....

When I started driving there were still a lot of attendant filling
stations around, I tended to avoid them as I had a car with a small tank
and they never filled it to the level I did for a long journey.

Phil (trigpoint)