Interesting. I hate pressing buttons and waiting for things to happen. With the analog pump, you pulled a lever and were ready to go. And if I’m ever in the area, I might just stop to experience full service at least once in my life.
I’ve lucked out in the alcohol free gas department lately. A chain here in town (Hyvee in Topeka) has started offering it.
I’m in college learning engineering. I also work on cars. As a matter of fact, I’m interested in opening a gas station and service bays. (I’m leaving my career options wide open)
Just before ethanol became the law, the EPA quietly dropped the requirement that RFG contain dissolved oxygen (as MTBE or ethanol, &c.) Which means I could sell ethanol-free gas even in Dallas. Imagine that. (With an engineering background, I could retro-fit older pumps, then wire them to the payment terminal.)
I’ve been to a full service station (there’s one in Arlington), but I ride a motorcycle. (97c full at $1.849, gets 100 MPG/52 miles on a full tank)
As for cheap gas, it was 99c in 2000. I was living in Wilmer, TX. I am seriously not that old. See my tagline.