Chevron

This is a decent gas station. The old guy at the register has been regularly friendly to me when I stop by to get gas and a soda. The place is well lit at night and the grounds are kept clean. I got no beef with this place. Prices are a bit higher at this Chevron than the one on Park St., but I don’t mind paying for convenience. Oh, the free air is nice, too.

I went there last week and today. Both times my credit card would not work. Neither would my other cards. I tried two different pumps. The attendant told me to pay cash for a specific amount. Last week I paid $ 20. This week I drove away to Shell where my credit card worked fine.
I’m worried there’s some kind if scam going on. I swiped my card in the pump. Will there be a surprise for me on my bill?

Just okay, like most gas stations, particularly in Alameda. Not much to say either way. Not much of a store. Its just another gas station.

(If Charles Bukowski did a Unilocal review)
Maybe it’s just me but I think Chevron is trying to get into my pants.
I know what you’re thinking –who isn’t. Right?
Yeeeeaaah.
Let’s stay focus people!
Back to Cheveron.
So I’m driving down the street when BANG!
It slaps me,
free paper towels,
free air,
free water,
free water to clean my windshield,
I’m looking but not believing. That’s a lot of free’s and I’m only human.
So what do I do?
I’ll tell you what to do.
I do what any man would do while staring at 8 pumps with three octane ranges.
Yeeeeaaah.
I don’t care that Shell Station is right across the street.
I don’t care that Shell is eight-​cents cheaper.
I’m kick back.
Under the shade, for the restroom inside the food mart.

This place used to be great, with their mechanics, but since they closed the garage and now just sell gas and have the food store, they lost their personality. They are just a company store with high prices. I would just go to South Shore and save at Safeway’s gas station.
The free air and water is great, but if you get gas, they have to give it to you free, if you ask.

This station is always clean and professionally run. Easy to get in and out. Wide islands and plenty of room.

* 4.5 stars *
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE AIR! ! ! ! !
It’s so rare these days to see an air compressor pump that’s FREE nowadays.
:sigh:
Gotta love it!
MOST (if not practically all) charge for air, and it can be as expensive as $.75 for 2 – 3 minutes of air! SEVENTY FIVE CENTS for air!!! AIR… (Or you have to go inside to ask them to turn it on for you for free).
This place isn’t like that. The sign above the pump even says, «Free.»
I have no complaints about ‘em either. So go them!
Any gas station that’s reasonably clean w/​OK service & decent prices deserves 3 – 4 stars, but this place having the aforementioned feature definitely bumps it up that extra half star (especially because that feature is one of the only ones left in existence!) in my opinion because I for one hate being ripped off.
Glad I discovered this station!