DashRendar
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As long as they still sell Yuengling, the name matters little to me.
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Hess Express Gas Stations to be rebranded as Speedway
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As long as they still sell Yuengling, the name matters little to me.
Horizons '83
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Yuengling is quite gross ....
DashRendar
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To each their own...
Cheers!
PREMiERdrum
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As has been said, they're everywhere up here (the Buckeye state)... Have the other Florida conversions changed the look of the stations at all? I'd hate to see the design of the WDW HESS stations changed. The atypical Speedway look is quite generic.
Horizons '83
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The South Florida locations have converted. I would assume they were saving the happiest place on earth for last?
Cmdr_Crimson
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The Midwest has a bunch of Speedways out here...Where else can you get 2 Hot Dogs for $2.50 and $1.59 52oz...Glad I'm a Speedy Rewards member, time to rack up & spend more points out in Disney 
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The stations here got a nice new paint job and the logos switched out. One of the older ones got a new canopy. Aside from that, nothing changed. The shelves are still in the same place with the same stuff on them.
The Jiffy Lube I transferred to when I became a manager after high school had a no touch car was attached to it. I would sooner smash my bits and pieces in a car door than ever have to deal with one of those things again.The HESS nearest to me rebranded several weeks ago. After a few tanks of Speedway, I noticed that my car was behaving pretty sluggishly, so it's back to the more expensive Shell for me.
Stupid customers aside, (boy do I have stories) those thing break constantly. Ours spent about 25% of its life under repair.
popcenturylover
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There's a Speedway right across the street from Shell near my place of work & their prices are about the same. Give or take a few. Is there really much of a difference for you?The HESS nearest to me rebranded several weeks ago. After a few tanks of Speedway, I noticed that my car was behaving pretty sluggishly, so it's back to the more expensive Shell for me.
25 cents a gallon, but the two stations aren't close to each other, and are in fact in different counties.
popcenturylover
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Oh, I guess that would make a difference then.
PREMiERdrum
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Fun fact: This won't be Speedway's first venture into a theme park.
In the ill-fated "Worlds of Adventure" days at Geauga Lake, Speedway sponsored the park's antique car ride... You entered under a copy of the typical Speedway station marquee, and along the course of the ride you passed by a replica of a Speedway gas station, complete with rows of products ready for sale.
In the ill-fated "Worlds of Adventure" days at Geauga Lake, Speedway sponsored the park's antique car ride... You entered under a copy of the typical Speedway station marquee, and along the course of the ride you passed by a replica of a Speedway gas station, complete with rows of products ready for sale.
PhotoDave219
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Monorail_Red_77
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Based on the changes at my local HESS gas stations recently here in Brevard County, FL. There are few changes. Most noticeable are the name change on signs and pumps also the green stripe on the pump station canopy (roof) changing to a red one. There may be other changes based on the store location but that's about it. Nothing too fancy. Just seems like a quick and dirty name change.
Here's a link to a time-lapse of the hess to speedway changeover.
Monorail_Red_77
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Was wondering how long it would take them to get to the WDW Hess stations. Didn't the Hess station at EPCOT Resorts get a recent refurb too? or was it the one at DTD? Oh well. On with the show.
Goofnut1980
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They are building a new Speedway a block from my house in Columbus... They tore down an old Shell station (a-frame style) and are making a mega speedway with like 16 pumps... ugh... I just love Columbus traffic!
PREMiERdrum
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Which part of town are you in? I'm in Pataskala... but commute to WBNS for work.
dumboflyer
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Having lived in Orlando for two stretches and sampled a fairly wide variety of gas stations, I know that Hess stations (on WDW property or off) universally did not have those little catches. My assumption was that it was a company policy. Perhaps it was also an RCID regulation, but I know that other Orange, Osceola, and Polk Co gas stations had them.
Sort of funny what minor oddities stick in my mind. My wife advocates for trying to flush such things to make memory room for more significant things. If only I could...
That was the case here in Jacksonville for a long time at pretty much every station. I was told that there was a local ordinance prohibiting them. It seemed to make sense as the lock would be on a new pump shortly after install, but would be disabled after inspection.
Fast forward 20 years and pretty much every station has the locks with only a few removing them.
In reality I would wager that it was an over zealous city inspector that eventually retired.