Aafes Gas Overseas

[marionfay]

The gas prices overseas finally has come down, but I have noticed something even before the price came down.  I only use super (mid grade) gas and I have a 2006 car that tells me miles per gallon.  It's funny buying the same gas my miles per gallon can range from 18 to 24 miles per gallon, city driving, doing the same driving every week.  It's not my car.  Does anyone overseas verify the quality of the gasoline over here in Germany?

[ms_chick22]

I think it has to do with a few things, based on where you are stationed, the changes in atmospheric pressure with various weather and temperatures can cause the air/fuel mix to go from lean & rich, but that shouldn't vary your mileage over 5! Unless of course, you have a much older car - but since you have a computer I'm assming that's not te case.  (Newer cars sense the change and inject more or less fuel to counter atmospheric effects.)
I did notice a difference when I was stationed in Japan - I had a 1985 Integra, and I could never fill up on the set days, even if I didn't go anywhere but work. It always seemedto run lean even though I had it checked out professionally...  I also had troubles with a station stateside. I went to a Town & Country in TX nd filled up. My truck had a fuel valve problem thvery next day. 3 days later I filled up my VW & the whole next day I had nothing but problems with the fuel injection!! I never went back.
I also confronted the AAFES manager in JP quite a few times. We were paying $1.38 for almost 2 years while the states were paying $0.81 per gallon!!! She claimed it was because they bought their gas at the beginning of the year and couldn't change the price until the next year. I countered with the fact that gas had been under a dollar stateside from the previous August and if not a total idiot they would notice it was now May!! (Fiscal and standard year had come and gone.) Just blood suckers! (AAFES and gas companies!)

[yustaworkthere]

If ANY other business in the world were:

* Specifically designed to sell to US military members.
* Had a history of charging military members more than the standard pricing
* Had a monopoly on gasoline sales to military members and abused it by charging gouging prices

then they would not only be placed on a military black-list or off-limits listing, they would be shamed into non existance, but AAFES does all of the above, and is praised by the military.

Why?

Because the Military is getting a kick-back, that's why.