Filled the tank in my Corolla tonight when the long lines were way down. I get gas at Costco since it's just down the street and usually significantly less cost than other places nearby and they also have Top Tier fuel. They have 3 islands with 2 pumps each, both sides. During the day there is usually a line at every lane of pumps of at least 5-7 vehicles besides the 2 at each side of the islands. But at night or early in the morning there is usually an empty pump to pull up to. It amazes me every time I go and there is one or two empty pumps to pull up to so the pump is on the right of your vehicle, but on the other side there are still 2-3 vehicles waiting in line just because they are waiting for a pump on the same side as the gas filler is on their vehicle. ALL pumps in the entire area near me have hoses that will easily reach to both sides of any vehicle, car-truck-SUV. So I always pull up past everyone else to the empty pump and fill up and am on my way before many of those others even have a pump to pull up to in their line. They'd rather sit there burning and wasting fuel out of laziness or lack of knowledge. I know they are some of the loudest complainers about the cost of gas yet they are the biggest wasters of it. It frustrates me to see such waste. Gas costs plenty much these days and will get worse before it gets better. I'd think people would be smart enough to want to avoid wasting gas sitting on idle when they don't have to. I guess I'm wrong about that.
BTW - On my ride today I saw gas prices for regular on both sides of the metro area at $3.89/gal. Costco had it for $3.59/gal... for now. Tomorrow it may go up.
Premium gas at Costco is $4.19/gal and other places $4.24, $4.29, $4.34 or higher per gallon depending where.
