On Sunday, July 12th , having heard on the news the night before that prices were going to jump , I stopped at Chevron to fill my tank with gas. I already had a just over a quarter tank of gas in the car when I arrived. The price of regular was posted as $3.29 a gallon. I proceeded to fill my tank and was surprised when the total came to $59. My car is a 97 Toyota Avalon. The tank fits 18.5 gallons. The warning lights turn on when there's 2.5 gallons left. $59 at $3.29 a gal = 17.9 gallons. Even when gas prices reached over $4 and my gas light was on- it never came out higher than $63. Starting out with 1/4 tank means there was at least 3.5 gallons in the tank- making it physically impossible to fit an additional 17 gallons. I suspect the pumps are set up to pump undersized gallons(for lack of better description) The math in my case indicates that aproximately .83 of a gallon went in for every full gallon shown on the pump. Its the only explanation that fits the evidence. While it doesn't sound like a big deal. .. Consider this: 17.93 gal costs $59 while 15 gal costs $49. On a single car partial fill up- they scamed $10. This busy station- with its crazy low price tat haddnt jumped up yet... It would have been slammed all day resulting in thousands of dollars in scammed revenue! Note: Each Chevron is separate franchise and the actions of this one crooked station does not mean its happening at any other Chevron station. And it may have been done only on that day. As a precaution- I'd go elsewhere and always take notice when the numbers don't add up!
On Sunday, July 12th , having heard on the news the night before that prices were going to jump , I stopped at Arco to fill my tank with gas. I already had a just over a quarter tank of gas in the car when I arrived. The price of regular was posted as $3.29 a gallon. I proceeded to fill my tank and was surprised when the total came to $59. My car is a 97 Toyota Avalon. The tank fits 18.5 gallons. The warning lights turn on when there's 2.5 gallons left. $59 at $3.29 a gal = 17.9 gallons. Even when gas prices reached over $4 and my gas light was on- it never came out higher than $63. Starting out with 1/4 tank means there was at least 3.5 gallons in the tank- making it physically impossible to fit an additional 17 gallons. I suspect the pumps are set up to pump undersized gallons(for lack of better description) The math in my case indicates that aproximately .83 of a gallon went in for every full gallon shown on the pump. Its the only explanation that fits the evidence. While it doesn't sound like a big deal. .. Consider this: 17.93 gal costs $59 while 15 gal costs $49. On a single car partial fill up- they scamed $10. This busy station- with its crazy low price tat haddnt jumped up yet... It wohl have been slammed all day resulting in thousands of dollars in scammed revenue! Note: Each ARCO is separate franchise and the actions of this one crooked station does not mean its happening at any other ARCO station. And it may have been done only on that day. As a precaution- I'd go elsewhere and always take notice when the numbers don't add up!
ARCO Reviews
On Sunday, July 12th , having heard on the news the night before that prices were going to jump , I stopped at Chevron to fill my tank with gas. I already had a just over a quarter tank of gas in the car when I arrived. The price of regular was posted as $3.29 a gallon. I proceeded to fill my tank and was surprised when the total came to $59. My car is a 97 Toyota Avalon. The tank fits 18.5 gallons. The warning lights turn on when there's 2.5 gallons left. $59 at $3.29 a gal = 17.9 gallons. Even when gas prices reached over $4 and my gas light was on- it never came out higher than $63. Starting out with 1/4 tank means there was at least 3.5 gallons in the tank- making it physically impossible to fit an additional 17 gallons. I suspect the pumps are set up to pump undersized gallons(for lack of better description) The math in my case indicates that aproximately .83 of a gallon went in for every full gallon shown on the pump. Its the only explanation that fits the evidence. While it doesn't sound like a big deal. .. Consider this: 17.93 gal costs $59 while 15 gal costs $49. On a single car partial fill up- they scamed $10. This busy station- with its crazy low price tat haddnt jumped up yet... It would have been slammed all day resulting in thousands of dollars in scammed revenue! Note: Each Chevron is separate franchise and the actions of this one crooked station does not mean its happening at any other Chevron station. And it may have been done only on that day. As a precaution- I'd go elsewhere and always take notice when the numbers don't add up!
On Sunday, July 12th , having heard on the news the night before that prices were going to jump , I stopped at Arco to fill my tank with gas. I already had a just over a quarter tank of gas in the car when I arrived. The price of regular was posted as $3.29 a gallon. I proceeded to fill my tank and was surprised when the total came to $59. My car is a 97 Toyota Avalon. The tank fits 18.5 gallons. The warning lights turn on when there's 2.5 gallons left. $59 at $3.29 a gal = 17.9 gallons. Even when gas prices reached over $4 and my gas light was on- it never came out higher than $63. Starting out with 1/4 tank means there was at least 3.5 gallons in the tank- making it physically impossible to fit an additional 17 gallons. I suspect the pumps are set up to pump undersized gallons(for lack of better description) The math in my case indicates that aproximately .83 of a gallon went in for every full gallon shown on the pump. Its the only explanation that fits the evidence. While it doesn't sound like a big deal. .. Consider this: 17.93 gal costs $59 while 15 gal costs $49. On a single car partial fill up- they scamed $10. This busy station- with its crazy low price tat haddnt jumped up yet... It wohl have been slammed all day resulting in thousands of dollars in scammed revenue! Note: Each ARCO is separate franchise and the actions of this one crooked station does not mean its happening at any other ARCO station. And it may have been done only on that day. As a precaution- I'd go elsewhere and always take notice when the numbers don't add up!