Austin Chevron

friendly clerks.
as convenience stores go the best in the area.

Can’t believe I am reviewing yet ANOTHER gas station.
Truth is, it is not for the gas, it is for the little convenience store. The gas really is NOT that expensive –I think it was actually cheaper than in in Reno, but that is not the point.
They are very very friendly and have want we need — clean bathrooms and reasonably priced merchandise. This was a «Pit Stop» on our way from Reno to Utah and we get to the «any port in a storm» mentality. So after taking care of «nature» in the clean nice smelling bathroom, I brazenly filled up my water bottle with ice and water from the soda dispenser. Feeling guilty because I didn’t actually BUY anything (no gas, no bottled water, no snack) I stopped at the counter and offered to pay for the drink. The lovely young lady said it was free. While I was standing there, my husband noticed they had car charging thingies that you can plug into the cigarette lighter for charging all your electronics. Naturally we had left the 18 previously purchased ones at home somewhere and our iPhones and iPads were running low from constantly searching for a signal in rural Nevada.
He also decided he needed to buy a lovely «Austin» pin to add to his pin collection.
I now feel completely absolved of all sins for mooching water and bathroom facilities. What makes it great, was how sweet and friendly the young lady working at the store was to two doddering old boomers. Makes me have faith in the future of America.

Clean potpourri-​smelling restrooms! What a nice surprise after nearly three hours on the road. Lots of protein/​healthier choice snack foods available in the market, probably due to those crazy folks that ride their bikes from nowhere to nowhere on highway 50 :)

First of all, I can’t believe I’m the first Unilocaler to Unilocal this place.
I love getting gas here. When I’m buying gas in Austin, it’s because I’m terrified I won’t make it to the next stop, where gas is probably cheaper.
Now, I don’t hold it against them that their gas is expensive. I mean, they have to haul it all the way here. So I never try to just get enough to go to the next town. I fill up. All the way to the top. Because I want Austin merchants to know I appreciate them being there when I need them.
The gas here is identical to the fuel sold by those big city dealers. Very flammable. Plus there is a store where I could– if I chose– buy several kinds of sundry items in addition to gasoline. The only drawback is they have no car wash.