Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:26:22 -0300
Reply-To: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
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From: Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA>
Subject: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
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Tad,
We were running diesel ...
I just bought a 1988 Westy ... it will be my first non-diesel vehicle since the '66 Split Westy. I plan on keeping it just long enough to find a 1990/91 1.6L TD California or Atlantic ... or until, I find enough free time to transplant a TDI.
On 25-Jun-2014, at 14:01, Tad wrote:
> Roy - the exceptions to the self-serve rule are:
> - card-lock stations (you need a membership)
> - Indian reservations
> - diesel fuel. Your use of the word "fuel" makes me think this was your
> case. Diesel is classified as less hazardous than gasoline and can be
> (legally but sometimes not per station rules) pumped yourself.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>> We drove through Oregon a few summers ago and pumped our own fuel. We
>> stopped at a truck-stop, are there different rules for those facilities?
>>
>> On 24-Jun-2014, at 22:18, Tom Stone wrote:
>>
>>> I was in Port Jervis, NY this AM and could not pump my own gas.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On June 20, 2014 11:55:28 AM Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Last I checked, OR and NJ were the only two states where you could not
>> pump
>>>> your own gas.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Bjorkman
>>>> To: vanagon
>>>> Sent: June 20, 2014 at 6:58 AM
>>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> From: ddbjorkman@verizon.net
>>>> Date: Jun 20, 2014 8:52:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>> To: 1234bjs@GMAIL.COM
>>>>
>>>> Used to be no one pumped their own gas. The gas station attendant did
>> that,
>>>> checked your oil, and cleaned your windshield. Then you paid cash.
>>>> I salute Oregon for finding something for teens/less advantaged of us
>> to do
>>>> to make some money.
>>>>
>>>> Dave B.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/20/14, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and
>> sit
>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>
>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into the
>> pump
>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:58 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and sit
>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into
>> the
>>>>> pump
>>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>>>> Bernie
>>>>> Vancouver
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have
>> a law
>>>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and
>>>>>>> sit
>>>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key,
>> card & I'm
>>>>>> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her
>>>>>> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the
>>>>>> key.... It didn't break.
>>>>>> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>.
>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>
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