Old gas pumps can't keep up; stop at $3.99

thehour.com     May 17, 2008            

Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. The pumps, throwbacks to a bygone era on the American road, are difficult and expensive to upgrade,... [read full story]                

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