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goufgators
Explorer
Apr 19, 2014

Neat discovery on-line

Some of you might (probably) already know about this. For the others: If you, like me, are often concerned about finding a gas station that is easy to enter and, more importantly, easy to exit. I've run across a means on-line that will allow you, based on the location you expect to have to refuel, to look at stations in that area and pick out the one that would provide best access and egress. Here are the steps example:
1. Type in "Gas stations, Marathon, fl, overseas highway"
2. An insert map will come up with stations in that area identified with alpha letters i.e. a, b, c, etc.
3. Click on...say "b" and you see a small picture of the station on the upper left of the screen (street view). Click on this small screen.
4. A full screen picture of station will appear.
5. Depress and hold left mouse and drag the picture around for a full 360o view.

This process makes it easy to identify stations you will be able to easily enter and leave.

Larry

7 Replies

  • When traveling we usually try to fuel up at Flying/J and Pilot Stations (both owned by Pilot) With few exceptions most have dedicated pump islands for RV's. If you sign up and get their card you also get a .03 cent per gal discount.

    Here's a site where you can get their locations by State:

    http://www.pilotflyingj.com/complete-locations

    Safe travels to all..:)
  • Google Earth works really well for me. I just type in what ever I want and it will take you right there. Then you can zoom in, out or use the street view.
  • We just start looking for fuel and easy access at about 1/2 a tank. My fuel tank is 100 gallons so I have really not had a problem finding fuel stations that have easy access.

    Pogoil.
  • Google does it - uses street view, which will work only for stations that can be seen from the road the Google camera car was on. I favor the aerial views rather than street views, as it shows stations off the road - say in Walmart parking lots. Personally, I always start with gasbuddy.com to find the cheapest fuel and then use Google or Bing to work on finding stations with good access and egress.

    al