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Ask HN: Would you pay a monthly subscription for automatic gas?

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Re: Ask HN: Would you pay a monthly subscription for automatic gas?

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Define "automatically" - where? how? I don't quite see the use case. In a city (where gas stations are abundant): indicator lights up, hey look, I'll be passing (any) gas station within five minutes. Outside a city, let's say I'm an hour's drive from a gas station - now what, a gas truck drives up to me? That might be somewhat expensive... Now, if this included periodical check-ups (lights, various fluids, pressure e…

There are uses cases, see: My wife works in an office building and the parking lot is paid monthly. She HATES going to gas stations and once a week I do that for her. I would easily pay +10 bucks on that parking 'subscription' to have them fill the tank for me. They already do this kind of service for car washing.

Exactly. My wife hates going to gas stations in the winter.

This could be a workplace option. Find a large business, present this as a benefit, sign up all the people too busy to stop by gas stations.

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay a monthly subscription for automatic gas?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is definitely a cost-benefit analysis to run. How much is my time worth to me, how much gas do I use up in a month, what is the price of gas, and how much we this service cost? I think that there certainly is a market for this sort of service, however I'd need to know a little bit more about the specifics to give a better answer.

All of that PLUS if you fill up my car too often then it is going to consume more gas (since you're using up gas by carting around a full tank all of the time).

If you remove the cost of going to a station, so that a fill up is basically free, you could get away with driving on a quarter tank all the time. Assuming the service would allow it of course.
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