Originally posted by Crainial Access
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I often joke with family and friends that the gradual disappearance of full-service stations may be the product of a conspiracy between oil companies and automakers. With self-service, maintenance checks disappeared, hence people like me (!) neglected their vehicles, then the vehicles "died" of course, and we ended up having to go and buy new ones? Just what the automakers would want, huh? It's a joke on my part, folks. But I have a feeling auto mechanics would agree with me that the disappearance of full-service stations contributed to more auto "deaths".
But I still remember a day in 1976 when I told the guy at the Shell station... "fill it up, check all fluids, check my tires and make sure they're properly inflated... we're going to Fort Myers Beach for the weekend!" And bingo, my car was ready to go. It was our first of many, many trips to Fort Myers Beach.
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