Just finished a trip from the beach area to Bakersfield and back today and paid $2.30 for CE fuel at their station near Magic Mountain and then paid $1.65 for fuel at the Bakersfield School District's 24 hour station. Can anyone venture a guess how or why CE charges $.65/GGE more for the same commodity? This is significant price difference and represents a much larger profit margin.
When we were fueling at the CE station and right after attaching the nozzle and releasing pressure the second pump about 8 feet over set of two or three VERY large explosions, actually making the sheet metal sides expand and contract with each high pressure explosion. Startled we stopped, and moved back a step or two. We discussed leaving but really needed the fuel to make our destination when a CE employee drove by and asked if everything was "ok". We were told that they had heard the explosion across the lot and that they knew that something was wrong with that pump but it was ok to use the one we were. They left without posting a note or an out of service" notice on the affected pump.
We fueled and left for Bakersfield.
When we were fueling at the CE station and right after attaching the nozzle and releasing pressure the second pump about 8 feet over set of two or three VERY large explosions, actually making the sheet metal sides expand and contract with each high pressure explosion. Startled we stopped, and moved back a step or two. We discussed leaving but really needed the fuel to make our destination when a CE employee drove by and asked if everything was "ok". We were told that they had heard the explosion across the lot and that they knew that something was wrong with that pump but it was ok to use the one we were. They left without posting a note or an out of service" notice on the affected pump.
We fueled and left for Bakersfield.
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