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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1611.0. "Petrol Stations in/around Reading area." by KERNEL::BAYLISD (I know pigs exist, therefore...) Sun Nov 24 1991 09:35

    Did you know that the Weldale Renault dealer in Earley, (at the Three
    Tuns crossroads) is closing down at the beginning of December to be
    replaced with another petrol station !. To add to this the old Vincents
    BMW Garage, (I think it was also a Lada grage for a while) also in
    Earley, is going to be replaced with a petrol station.
    
    This is getting ridiculous !. What's the point ?. Surely there's enough
    petrol stations around this area already ?, (How often do you see a
    queue ?, and if you do you just drive next door to another one !!).
    
    The prices are nearly always the same, (unless it's a JET garage, which
    these new ones aren't, one's a BP and the others an ESSO garage I
    think). Price competition is decided upon by the big bosses of the
    petrol stations.
    
    Oh yeah, I might be mistaken on this but didn't the residents of Lower
    Earley decide to have a Petrol Station built next door to Asda ?.
    
    	Any others feel this way ?
    
    Petrol City man...
    
    Dave.
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1611.1VOGON::ATWALdream out loudMon Nov 25 1991 07:4410
>    Did you know that the Weldale Renault dealer in Earley, (at the Three
>    Tuns crossroads) is closing down at the beginning of December to be
>    replaced with another petrol station !. To add to this the old Vincents
 

huh? 
it already has a petrol station there


...art
1611.2CHEFS::ARNOLDThu Nov 28 1991 14:206
    Could this all have something to do with Weldale losing the Renault
    franchise but only having a use of the site as a "garage" and with
    those big tanks in the ground, cannot do anything else ?
    
    Doug
1611.3DTM have got the franchiseHAMPS::MADELEY_TI'm just F.I.N.E.Thu Nov 28 1991 14:3813
    The sales guy at DTM in Swindon, who provided my Renault, told me that
    they had got a new Renault dealership opening up in Chatham St in what 
    used to be the Fiat garage. Apparently it is due to open in December
    sometime. I guess Reading can't support two dealerships so close to each
    other so one had to go.
    
    So hopefully soon I won't have to take my car to Bracknell for its
    services.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Spike.