Thurber BP

3 stars for the mechanics.
0 stars for the interior selection… while filling up for gas don’t bother thinking about getting a drink or snack for the road. The selection is horrible. You’d think that in a neighborhood like Vic Vill, it’d have a nicer selection and more pleasing interior aesthetic.
Oh, and the gas is super expensive in this location compared to others.

5 Stars for quickness and old-​timey awesomeness.
My tire blew in the snow. I put on a donut and slid/​limped into BP because it happened to be close. The guy took my blown tire in immediately and started working on it. I was short on time, and the fix was going to take awhile. The mechanic noticed me checking my phone for the time more and more frequently. He offered to work on it while I was gone, noting that his son Chris would be in the shop til 10pm. I hobbled to work, then careened back later in the evening. Chris mounted the good –as –newish tire on my car and charged me 15 bucks. This was all key, because I had to drive straight from BP to Kentucky that evening. And as I said before, it was all done with an old-​timey «I am human, and not an amoral corporate slave» attitude. Oh yeah, and in the meantime he checked the basics under the hood too. Super double extra sweet times 10.

Thurber BP is so much more than a gas station. Over the years I have waited out rain inside it’s garage during Com-​Fest, Doo Dah, and Goodale visits. Ann the mechanic has de-​iced my gas tank during the blizzard of ’08 and the ice storm of ’05. And Dan, Ann the mechanic’s brother has filled my tires with air when my dress was too fancy to touch the ground.
The gas prices are higher here then most places downtown. However in a moment of cheesey-​ness I will tell you that the smiles are free. The staff gets to know its regulars and it is not unusual to be greeted here by name, or to have your daily coffee and paper ready as you walk in the door. If your car needs work Ann the mechanic will fix it with an abrasive attitude I have come to expect and love.
Keep Thurber BP in mind for more than just fill-​ups. Ann the mechanic is really affordable and extremely honest. If she can’t fix it she will tell you someone who can.
Stop in for gas, come back for the service and learn why this place is more than petrol.