You never see this anymore... a closed gas station!

[Tripper]

I love me some Subway & in my town there's a Texaco across the street from our Subway and that really surprised me!

BoB

 

[cycledog]

I love me some Subway & in my town there's a Texaco across the street from our Subway and that really surprised me!

BoB

Almost like seeing a Dodo bird.

 

[IronRat]

I didn't know Texaco was still around. dad worked at the refinery in Lockport, il. in the 60's. I believe they got out of the market in the ChicagoLand area in the 90s?

Are they only in Texas now?

Can you still "trust the man that wears the Texaco star, the big red Texaco star?"

 

[Bamamav]

We have Texaco's in AL. Not all that uncommon to see a closed station here. Some of them were bought by foreigners a few years back, they ran them into the ground, almost never stocked them, turned the cooler temps up so drinks were warm instead of cold, and were just plain rude and nasty to customers. After they ran all the business off, they boarded them up and went elsewhere, leaving an closed eyesore. I see them all the time like that here in the southeast.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Well, if you travel out of Texas, you'll see plenty of 'em. Our last vacation (down to LA) we started playing a game of "Is It Deserted, Or Not?" Because I pulled in to get gas at a place and the inside shop was gutted, so got gas a few miles later at a station that looked like it had been abandoned 10 years earlier.

 

[dmw56]

Drive down old RT 66 in NM and see 100s of closed gas stations.

 

[Todd]

Now that they aren't holding us up anymore, there's no money in gas. [cl

 

[bruno]

We have Texaco's in AL. Not all that uncommon to see a closed station here. Some of them were bought by foreigners a few years back, they ran them into the ground, almost never stocked them, turned the cooler temps up so drinks were warm instead of cold, and were just plain rude and nasty to customers. After they ran all the business off, they boarded them up and went elsewhere, leaving an closed eyesore. I see them all the time like that here in the southeast.

Here in Ky a lot of Indians (not native americans) bought the stations and totally ran them into the ground. Warm drinks, prices went up, service went down, plus the places were filthy.

 

[AZRodDave]

Here in Ky a lot of Indians (not native americans) bought the stations and totally ran them into the ground. Warm drinks, prices went up, service went down, plus the places were filthy.

Same story in AZ. There are a lot of closed stations, even big franchise names, some with a car wash on the side, and with what should be a prime location, but run into the ground by rude dirty foreigners.