>>2847369
Me and gf road tripped across the US on our way to mexico. We stopped at buccee's for breakfast and to get gas one frigid morning. I was very impressed with the breakfast sandwiches, the eggs were soft scrambled and the bacon was chopped up to avoid that thing where its too tough and gets yanked out of the sandwich

The hype is a bit too much but if you were on a long road trip, a clean restroom and quality fresh food would be very welcome i imagine

>>2847369
I'll care about this being a diss when Europeans here in Japan shut up how amazing it is to be able to have things open on Sunday to buy liquor at 10pm and Lawson's being a fucking amazing fact you can buy food at 2am like nothing. We do that shit in america all the time

>>2847369
how do they stop people from stealing gas?

>>2847400
You have to put your card in or pay at the register for cash to pump gas in the first place. Do you not know anything about gas stations?

>>2847400
How exactly are they going to steal it? drill down into the tanks underground? You have to pay before you get any gas.

>>2847379
Europeans in Japan are loud and obnoxious assholes

>>2847401
in europe most of traditional gas stations are other way around. First you pump gas then you pay at the counter. I guess thats what living in high trust society is like

>>2847547
That's how most gas stations in the US were set up prior to 2005. When Katrina hit and damaged a bunch of gulf oil rigs, the price of gasoline shot up to $3/gal or more very fast and people started filling up and driving off without paying, so pay-after-pumping disappeared very fast.

Most people getting gas seem to use cards at the pump anyway.

>>2847372
Is it better than Wall Drug Store?

>>2847379
why are you trying to turn this into a (((europoor vs amerimutt))) thread?

>>2847379
Where can you buy food at 2 AM in America? Hardly anything is open 24 hours anymore, except in NYC.
>>2847547
Very few such gas stations exist anymore in muttland, thanks to rampant criminality. If you pay with cash you have to enter the shop twice, once to pay and once to pick up your change.

>>2847547
this changed around 2010 in Canada. I remember my mother always yelling the pump wasn't working.

>>2847369
the truck stops in alaska are actually pretty godlike tbqh

>>2847602
Waffle house is open 24 hours.

>>2847547
I was just in Europe they literally scam you at every gas station, they put gas in reset the counter when you aren't looking and charge you an extra 50 euros and then shortchange you when you pay

>>2847602
>Where can you buy food at 2 AM in America? Hardly anything is open 24 hours anymore, except in NYC.
What lmao? Time to leave your city bro. Literally every major grocery store now is 24/7. Tons of gas stations stay open 24/7 unless you're in very rural areas. Walmarts are almost always 24/7. PLENTY of bars stay open well into the night and will serve food. Not to mention a lot of fast food like McDonalds is nearly 24/7 if you absolutely had to.

>>2847724
>Literally every major grocery store now is 24/7
>Walmarts are almost always 24/7
Guy just came out of a 6 year coma

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>>2847602
>Where can you buy food at 2 AM in America? Hardly anything is open 24 hours anymore, except in NYC.
I live in a ~200k pop city in the midwest and tons is open
>24hr diner
wafflehouse
denny's
I think Ihop is open 24hrs but eh
Virtually every bar serves food till 1AM
Truck stop w/ fastfood attached to it
Casey's market
QT with premade meals ready to heat and eat
Tacobell and wendy's are open till like 3AM w/ uber
Think there a few burrito places open 24/7

There are food trucks in the summer that stay open till 330AM and breakfast places opening at 5AM. Have you never just looked at google maps and used the "Open at" option? Uber Eats and fast food places got a second wind thanks to drunk people. Back in Arizona there were always like 2-3 Alberto's/Filbertos/etc and some pizza places open till 4AM, that's without even mentioning QT and Circle K

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>>2847602
>If you pay with cash you have to enter the shop twice, once to pay and once to pick up your change.
What fucking ghetto ass place do you live in that holds your fucking change while you pump.
Secondly, why are you not just saying "full 10 on pump 1" or the like, are you one of those people who goes "hmmm gas is 3.49/gal, I will go for 1 gallon only". My roommate use to do that shit all the time and it was so annoying so I we never let him drive.

>>2847755
You don't know the exact amount that will fill you up so you either guess a dollar amount that will get you enough or just pay more than enough and go back in to collect the change after it's done. Sometimes I'm in a hurry and don't want to fool with change so I'll just get $20 on my pump knowing it's not close to a fill-up but it's more than enough to get me where I'm going.

I don't know of anyone who has ever prepaid "ten gallons on pump 1" or whatever. Maybe they do but I've literally never seen anyone do it. Everyone goes by dollar amounts.

>>2847804
>filling up
>with cash
Dude what? The only people I knew who ever that shit did were legit hood nigga's going for the 10c off cash price per gallon. Virtually everyone I've ever known and stood behind in a gas station, and I traveled the US for work, would throw 10 or 20 on pump # and roll. You let it go to a quarter of a tank, throw 20 on it, and that's about 6ish gallons.

You must live in a very unique part of the USA or a retard with a motorcycle that has a 2gal tank

>>2847860
Work on your reading comprehension, ESL

>>2847865
Anon the only way that you would not know the exact amount you want to put in the tank is if you were trying to top off/fill up your tank. From California to DC, from Maine to TX, I've never had to come back for change. It's "hey here's a 50 can I get 20 on pump 5?" and get 30 back right there. The only way you could not know the exact amount you want to put in is only if you are trying to fill completely up dropping a 100 or something.

>>2847573
Why are you replying to him instead of the person who made the thread, retard.

>>2847870
>ESL can't understand English, gets mad & continues to post on English language website
Why are they always like this?

>>2847878
Anon, it's called addressing the pants on head retarded 'logic' in the post. No one pays cash to fill up their tanks, that's hood shit stuff. Even then those niggas ain't going over a 3/4 tank unless doing a robbery.

If you're too stupid to understand it, then sure go spam the ESL meme.

>>2847882
I don't care about your izzat or whatever

>>2847369
>>>/int/

>>2847372
>bacon was chopped up to avoid that thing where its too tough and gets yanked out of the sandwich

I feel appreciably less lonely having seen someone actually put words to this phenomenon for the first time in my life

>>2847870
>>2847882
When you're on a roadtrip and stopping by a gas station that's the cheapest around for 150 miles, you are gonna want to fill up completely. That means putting $50 on the pump and then collecting your change after the tank is full. This is a TRAVEL board after all, not a commute to and from work board where you put only $20 in the tank.
>>2847753
I don't live on Breezewood tier places full of franchise goyslop, so yeah. Everything in my tourist town is closed up by 10 PM, apart from maybe the Love's travel stop.

>>2847701
>I was just in Europe they literally scam you at every gas station, they put gas in reset the counter when you aren't looking and charge you an extra 50 euros and then shortchange you when you pay
Amerimuttbro... They don't 'put gas in' at European petrol stations

>>2848055
Anon was talking about normal everyday gas station fill ups, besides who uses CASH as a primary source of payment for filling up on a road trip. cool story bro
> Everything in my tourist town is closed up by 10 PM, apart from maybe the Love's travel stop.
Yeah sure post the city you live in, if it's an actual tourist location then it's going to have shit 24/7.

inb4 this is a "born and raised white American, my name is Kenji" living in New Hampshire suburbs where people can't phantom needing things open past 10

>>2848055
>That means putting $50 on the pump and then collecting your change after the tank is full
So, you would fill up with your Airline CC which often give 2-3x points for using it at the gas station.

Why you Americans say "gas station" for something that we rightfully call - "fuel station"? Petrol or diesel powered cars are different than gas cars

>>2848196
Gas stations in the USA often sell/service Gasoline powered cars alongside diesel and sell/refuel propane. Hell the BP near the home I grew up in also sold kerosene for houses in the winter. Stop being a "did you achktually know fries are called chips across the pond? LOL silly mutts".

>>2847602
Jack in the Box, IHOP, Denny's, Waffle House

>>2847369
American's were cursed to not have high speed rail, so a gas station is a fucking oasis on a road trip, yeah.

>>2847860
>Dude what? The only people I knew who ever that shit did were legit hood nigga's going for the 10c off cash price per gallon.
this entire post reads like an underage alien trying to pretend to be an adult human

>>2847369
Europeans literally go to American McDonalds and fast food places as a trip highlight when visiting.

>>2847372
Sounds interesting I should try that

>>2847369
Are you retarded?

It used to be youd be driving forever and the only relief was the hotel. This is a nice cool place to walk around with cheap gas. It used to be an Indian monopoly with one fly, one papaya, and overpriced gas.

>>2847369
Europeans make threads on 4chan about Americans seeing gas stations as a highlight of their trip and consider it a highlight of their day

>>2847400
Oregonian detected.

>>2848055
>That means putting $50 on the pump
Sure, if you have a gas guzzler truck/giant SUV lmao. My Camry can go 500mi on less than $40 of gas

>>2848808
My question is who carries that much cash around, sure I might have like maybe 1 or 2 20's on me, but you'd be hard to find me using that for anything other than an "oh shit card isn't working" moment or if for some reason the place I am at has the card readers down. Point max at gas stations with your CC.

>>2848815
I spend too little to make credit cards worth it. Only $300 or so in the average non-travel month back in the USA. The cards always try to screw you over with annual fees and other bullshit as well, especially for someone like me who doesn't even have a credit score. I simply don't want to deal with the hassle of all that. My Schwab bank card is very simple. Direct deposit paychecks and tax refunds, then take it out in the local currency from an ATM anywhere in the world. No paperwork, no bills, no bullshit.
>>2848808
Gas was $4.79 a gallon not too long ago, remember? I was traveling Colorado that summer, limited myself to 32 miles per day of driving to keep gas expenses in check.
>le heckin econobox
But you can't sleep comfortably inside a Camry, so you aren't saving jack shit when you're traveling America (unless you tentmaxx with an airbed or something like that).
>>2848755
>so much beautiful nature to walk around in
>you shamble around in a fucking asphalt wasteland of a gas station because it has le air conditioning and le goyslop
Jesus, you fat mutts really are disgusting

>>2848815
>My question is who carries that much cash around
Why are you this butthurt by people carrying cash

>>2848868
>so much beautiful nature to walk around in
When you want to get somewhere you just drive there. You don't go on le heckin wholesome walk in the wilderness unless you're literally road tripping, which most people aren't doing. We just want to get where we're going and you have to get gas at some point, so a clean gas station with more inside it than candy bars and sodas is a welcome respite.

>>2847369
>Euros seething because they can't afford cars and will never know how comfy a long road trip can be
>>2847547
The US used to work this way.
>high trust society
you're being culturally enriched, soon you will be paying for the gas before you pump it.
>>2847602
>Where can you buy food at 2am
lol what?
Waffle House, Denny's, and IHOP are the classic ones.
There are some fast food places open late.
And also 7/11 if you just want to buy snacks or something.

but yeah there used to be 24 hour grocery stores and WalMart but they stopped that a few years ago around COVID

>>2848868
>But you can't sleep comfortably inside a Camry,
Not true, assuming your car isn't a lease you can easily remove the passenger seat and make a makeshift bed setup for car camping if you're min maxing homelessness. tentmaxx is way better option though outside of winter months desu

>>2848868
>spend too little to make credit cards worth it. Only $300 or so in the average non-travel month back in the USA.
Anon you know there are airline cards with 0 annual fee's right? Hell even my basic bitch AAdvantage card for 99/year gives enough benefits to make the card pay for itself due to being a traveler. It also gives me a shit ton of points using it for hotels.com bookings and the like.
>The cards always try to screw you over with annual fees and other bullshit as well
Yes if you fail to pay off the minimum monthly fee's sure, be stupid win stupid prize. Are you one of those people who think every CC purchase has a 29.99% interest fee on it? You need to be 18 to post here.
>especially for someone like me who doesn't even have a credit score
I'm not a huge fan of how many things need this, but you should fix this. No credit in into your late 20's is really fucking bad. A CC is much better than a check/debit card if in nothing else an emergency "oh shit my main card fucked up" situation.
>My Schwab bank card is very simple. Direct deposit paychecks and tax refunds, then take it out in the local currency from an ATM anywhere in the world. No paperwork, no bills, no bullshit.
That's cool, I have a similar setup but I still have an Airline CC that's 99/year that is my backup card or card I use to do online purchases, bookings, or when at home simply pay for things with. There is a lot of fraud protection a credit card will instantly catch or dismiss for me where a traditional bank card will still process it and unless I turn on texts for all transactions(which with a time difference isn't always up to date) can screw me over. There is no reason not to have a CC to build some credit history for yourself down the line, Go get a Delta Blue card at lease with 0 annual fee's tada! Free points/Status for upgrades/checked bag/lounge access/etc

Don't get me wrong, I can understand the disagreement how much credit score shapes things but it's a fact of life.

>>2848815
>My question is who carries that much cash around,
You should always have about $200 on you just in case. If your cc fails in a restaurant, your food is consumed already. If you need a tow truck and tip, that kind of thing. It can literally stay in your wallet unusued, but you should have this on you. I also tuck money into a place in my car, in case of lost wallet/theft, for same said emergency. It's called being an adult.

I have been 25 miles from home and credit cards can suddenly trigger warnings requiring phone responses or freeze when I use them. This happens when I go to certain stores or mall, and it makes me angry, but I guess the banks are always nervous of fraudsters..."did you just spend $1100 at Walgreens" "yes dumbass, it's January and the deductible isn't paid yet". Gas pump fraud got so bad in my town a few years past that I started buying the on sale gas cards at Costco so I could stop calling in the issues with customer service.

>>2848983
>If your cc fails in a restaurant, your food is consumed already.
Why do you only have 1 card? Literal poorfag logic here. If your card is screwed up tap into Google/Apple/Samsung wallet. At the very worst you go "hey my card isn't working can I leave my phone with the manager while I run to the ATM real quick and see what's up?"
> If you need a tow truck and tip, that kind of thing
Why aren't you billing it to your insurance company like a normal person? Also who fucking tips that shit
>It's called being an adult.
No this is called making up weird situations that have no grounding in reality.

200 Dollars is what I have in my passport tucked away for emergencies, 20-40 dollars is what most normal people need when out an about. If you need 200 in cash I am sorry you're so fat and eat that much at a restaurant.

>I have been 25 miles from home and credit cards can suddenly trigger warnings requiring phone responses or freeze when I use them
Sounds like a you problem and only a you problem because this really doesn't happen to people or CC companies would be overloaded to a non functional level.

>>2848983
>Gas pump fraud got so bad in my town a few years past that I started buying the on sale gas cards at Costco so I could stop calling in the issues with customer service.
Where the hell is this, surely there would be a news article right?

>>2848868
>I spend too little to make credit cards worth it.
>My Schwab bank card is very simple
I like Schwab, really I do, but you have to legit have brain damage to be traveling with that as a sole card or regular card to use out and about. A credit card offers infinitely more protections against fraud, quicker turn around times to get your available line of credit back to where it should be, and basically a no hassle situation to replace and remove bad charges.

Only take your debit card out of your belongings when you know the ATM you need to go to for cash and then throw that shit back into storage. Actually astounded people on a travel board don't understand the insane protections a credit card offers from fraud.

>>2847369
Or,
Americans have gas stations so good they can be a trip highlight

America is nightmare fuel. There is literally nothing here but ugly urban sprawl strip malls with chain restaurants and the everyone here is niggerish in behavior.

>>2847369
Imagine how much money they could be making with solar on top of that awning

>>2849391
Solar doesn't exist in Amerca, unfortunately, Trump declared the sun useless, and that only his coalburning population can power the nation.

>>2849396
>only his coalburning population can power the nation.
Coal hasn't been relevant for a long time. Are you still living in the early 2000s? In fact, Coal was never the number 1 source of energy in the US lmao

>>2849419
It is, I flew into New York and it was really dirty. Basically, the entire midwest is coal, unlike China and EU that deploy solar and renewable energy.

>>2849428
china is polluted beyond hope, buddy. They just call it fog and pretend the air doesn't smell like shit

>>2847607
This is how it is for me in Ontario; if you're still here what province are you in?

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>>2849428
>I flew into New York and it was really dirty.
Are you fucking retarded? New York has no coal plants for over half a decade now.
>Basically, the entire midwest is coal
Pic related, Coal is literally a nothingburger and hasn't been relevant for decades. The vast majority of the population in the US gets their energy by other means and has been for many years.

>>2849316
I'm really tired of Republifat sprawl. It's a shame your choices are no public infrastructure, nothing to do but drink at home, and dealing with dysgenic Braydens and Oakleighs with the Republifats or public infrastructure that's ruined by letting nogs be obnoxious.