Yep, I'm a fan... I mean, ok, generally, BP Service Stations don't really differ THAT much - the On…read moreThe Run management run a pretty tight ship. This is my local though, so I guess I have a bit of an affinity for the place that offers me fuel, friendly staff, coffee, and life support when I find we're out of bread, cat food, milk, or chocolate biscuits just after 9.30pm.
The sign proudly proclaims that they never close - not quite true, they did close for a bit whilst doing major renovations, including putting in one of those shiny new car washes - and a dog wash, too.
They're not the cheapest fuel in town, often a bit late to drop the price per litre and being good at pushing it up, but that's only a couple of cents per litre mostly - running my V8 across town to someone with discount fuel kinda negates the savings. The one thing that really irks me with petrol stations, signs saying the pumps are out of order when the fuel's cheap, I've never seen here.
The other thing I absolutely love the BP at Athelstone for is their tyre gauge and pumping station - it's always been accurate, and the nozzle works - so many must see so much traffic it's just natural that the fittings suffer from wear and tear.
This is also the last fuel you'll get on your way out on Gorge Road - or the first you'll find coming back in. Many years ago, after a run in the hills, I pretty much rolled in to the pump on vapours, before even knowing Athelstone existed. There's oddly good memories associated in getting fuel exactly when you're about to run out.
Oh, yeah, the other reason these guys rock... C Coffee - now, you can get some mediocre C Coffee at times, I remember one place close to somewhere I worked had one person who managed to consistently make bad coffee - somehow he'd manage to make the coffee taste burnt, don't know if it was the milk, or the coffee itself, but a latte was punishment... these guys haven't made me a bad cup yet.
