On 2/19/2019 9:08 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:18:48 -0600, "ChairMan"
wrote:

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/19/2019 7:08 PM, micky wrote:
Whatever happened to the gas station air outlets where
there was a
red box on a thick post with a crank on the side that let
you set
the air pressure in big numbers, and it rang as the air
went in and
stopped ringing when the tire was at the indicated
pressure?

Do they still have these. I couldnt' find one.

One or two of my tires needed air. Paid 1.50 last week
at a fancy
one that took credit cards and beeped when the pressure
one chooses
is reached. Nothing came out. Convenience store gave me
back my
1.50. 3 days later, device has "Out of Order" sign on
it. Today
no sign but a guy just starting to vacuum his car. Went
to another
station, no controls on the device, just a slot for 4
quarters and
one of those nozzles that tell the pressure on a brass
rod that pops
out of the valve when you stop squeezing the lever.
Cloudy day,
won't be able to see what it says, don't like having to
stop over
and over to see what the pressure is, go to next station.
Same
device. 3 more stations, all have the same device.

They've been gone for 40 years or so. The nice thing
stations did for
customers is now a money stream. I have a little
compressor if
needed.

Pull into any Discount tire center and they'll air 'em up
for free

They do things like that to get business, and since I know I'm not going
to give them any business, I wouldn't take advantage of their
willingness.


That's foolish thinking. I have no intentions of ever purchasing tires
from Discount Tires but needed air one day in my tire which had a slow
leak. I asked if they had a hose I could use to which their reply was to
pull in, we'll check them all at no cost even after I offered to pay. If
they offered for free, I'll take I'll take advantage of it. I purchase
my tires from Costco.

If they had an air hose I could use myself, that would be different.
Who knows, maybe eventually I would start buying tires there, and the
cost of electricty to pump up my tires is under a penny, I think.