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Originally Posted by Tcoat
They are businesses like any other and need to make a profit or die. Is where you work a "greedy bastard" because they make money? Are we all "greedy bastards" because we get paid so the company can make money?
Even if the are greedy that still does not mean they add water to fuel to make it go further. As you have said and everybody know (or should) water does not mix with gas. All that adding water to a storage tank would do is move the gas further up the tank. Of course if you get the last of the fuel out of the tank then you could have more water than gas but people would discover that in a hurry. If you pump that much water into your tank you are not going anyplace. So don't buy gas at stations that have stalled cars blocking the exits.
Looks like your best bet is to contact your State Inspection office and see if there were any other complaints from that day and station. The owner is never going to admit there was.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/16/g...ks-with-water/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/mone...l-gas-stations
http://www.wbtv.com/story/26096488/w...y-water-in-gas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...nted-fuel.html
I can not find one single instance where gas was intentionally watered down. Not one. |
A business isn't greedy for trying to make a profit, it's greedy when it rips people off to make a profit. Maybe they don't use water but some other solvent with a closer density to that of fuel. I could just be biased against gas stations but they've always steered me off. Definitely not a place I'd want to hang around in.
I've already given up on trying to get anyone inside the Shell to admit anything. I'm going to track down their supplier and ask them if they've received complaints, and if that doesn't work then I'll do what you suggested.