Tad,

We were running diesel ... 

I just bought a 1988 Westy ... it will be my first non-diesel vehicle since the '66 Split Westy.   I plan on keeping it just long enough to find a 1990/91 1.6L TD California or Atlantic ... or until, I find enough free time to transplant a TDI.

On 25-Jun-2014, at 14:01, Tad wrote:

> Roy - the exceptions to the self-serve rule are:
> - card-lock stations (you need a membership)
> - Indian reservations
> - diesel fuel.  Your use of the word "fuel" makes me think this was your
> case.  Diesel is classified as less hazardous than gasoline and can be
> (legally but sometimes not per station rules) pumped yourself.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> 
>> We drove through Oregon a few summers ago and pumped our own fuel.  We
>> stopped at a truck-stop, are there different rules for those facilities?
>> 
>> On 24-Jun-2014, at 22:18, Tom Stone wrote:
>> 
>>> I was in Port Jervis, NY this AM and could not pump my own gas.
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On June 20, 2014 11:55:28 AM Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Last I checked, OR and NJ were the only two states where you could not
>> pump
>>>> your own gas.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from Xfinity Connect Mobile App
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: David Bjorkman
>>>> To: vanagon
>>>> Sent: June 20, 2014 at 6:58 AM
>>>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>> 
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> From: ddbjorkman@verizon.net
>>>> Date: Jun 20, 2014 8:52:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: Re: Oregon gasoline- was Steve Sandlin keys win again
>>>> To: 1234bjs@GMAIL.COM
>>>> 
>>>> Used to be no one pumped their own gas. The gas station attendant did
>> that,
>>>> checked your oil, and cleaned your windshield. Then you paid cash.
>>>> I salute Oregon for finding something for teens/less advantaged of us
>> to do
>>>> to make some money.
>>>> 
>>>> Dave B.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 06/20/14, bernie <1234bjs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get gas
>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash and
>> sit
>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>> 
>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into the
>> pump
>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:58 PM, bernie <1234bjs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have a
>> law
>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and sit
>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>> I hand my keys and credit card to nobody.
>>>>> I open the gas tank for them and I then insert the credit card into
>> the
>>>>> pump
>>>>> to authorize gas.
>>>>> They pump the gas.
>>>>> After they are done I put the gas cap back on.
>>>>> My keys and credit card never leave my hand and that's how I like it.
>>>>>> Bernie
>>>>> Vancouver
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Rob <vwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> At 6/19/2014 10:28 PM, Don Hanson wrote:
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> Here's a unique and amusing gas station thing...In Oregon they have
>> a law
>>>>>>> that prohibits you from pumping your own gasoline...so when you get
>> gas
>>>>>>> there you hand the gas jockey your key and your credit card or cash
>> and
>>>>>>> sit
>>>>>>> there while he/she pumps it,...
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once I was getting gas in Oregon, I've handed her my key,
>> card & I'm
>>>>>> waiting. It's been too long, I get out & go around to see her
>>>>>> twisting the key in the lock. The lock was not moving, just the
>>>>>> key.... It didn't break.
>>>>>> I hate buying gas in Oregon, one bad experience <g>.
>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>>>>>>>> 
>>