NEW: Free air/air check now at GetGo

[rbpgh]

Maybe I'm just slow to notice but wanted to report was at Get Go today and they had a big sign that said: NEW! FREE AIR AND FREE AIR CHECK. Only other place I've found that doesn't charge 75cents-$1.00 for air for your tires is Sheetz-- so this is a good deal to me.

[pharrothead]

That would have been nice 2 months ago when my tire had a leak! I had to wait a week for my dad's friend to plug it for me and had to stop every few days to put air in (not that it's 'expensive' but trying to have 3 or 4 quarters available LOL I usually hoard them at home for papers).

[TerryTerrific]

In northeastern OH, there is:

Conrad’s Tire Express & Total Car Care

Auto Repair Car Repair Service Ohio, Tire Stores: Conrad's Total Car Care

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Free air inflation station, 24 / 7

Fill your tires for FREE at all Conrad's locations...24/7!

For years drivers have aired their grievances about being forced to pay for an item that is so abundantly free: Air.

Gone are the times when gas stations provided free air service to commuters through wallmounted hand-crank air pumps.

Over time those same service stations realized the revenue potential in air, and the notion of free air vanished into thin air.

Now Conrad's Tire Express & Total Car Care is bringing back this convenience by introducing its Free Air Inflation Stations, available at all Conrad's locations throughout northeast Ohio.

While simple in concept, "Free Air" represents a $100,000 investment the company has made in retrofitting all Tire Express and Total Car Care Centers with state-of-the-art, publicly accessible Inflation Station air pumps.

It's Conrad's effort to make drivers aware of the benefits to maintaining properly inflated tires.

http://www.econrads.com/Free-Air-Inflation-Station.aspx

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I used the service once but was puzzled.

There was no sound; I could not find the START button.

I went inside and I was told that the compressor that runs the air station is located in another part of the building.

The device is always on.

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Terence in Brook Park, oHIo

[mshopper]

Maybe I'm just slow to notice but wanted to report was at Get Go today and they had a big sign that said: NEW! FREE AIR AND FREE AIR CHECK. Only other place I've found that doesn't charge 75cents-$1.00 for air for your tires is Sheetz-- so this is a good deal to me.

Thanks! Going to check out my GetGo tomorrow...my dashboard indicator tells me that all 4 of my tires need air.

[Beka27]

I remember the old days back when we were kids. We'd ride our bikes to the corner gas station and fill our tires 2 or 3 times a week... just because we could. :o)

[atcwag]

I checked at my GetGo this AM....oddly enough I couldn't find any air machine anywhere.... :0( Sheetz is right beside GetGo, but I was just too lazy to get out of my car again....even though my dashboard beeps at me everytime I get in/out :0)

[rbpgh]

I checked at my GetGo this AM....oddly enough I couldn't find any air machine anywhere.... :0( Sheetz is right beside GetGo, but I was just too lazy to get out of my car again....even though my dashboard beeps at me everytime I get in/out :0)

That is odd,..My local Get Go has the car wash, vacuum, and air station... I thought all Get Gos were the same, unless mine is a 'super' Get Go of sorts, and others just offer gas and that's it.

[pharrothead]

That is odd,..My local Get Go has the car wash, vacuum, and air station... I thought all Get Gos were the same, unless mine is a 'super' Get Go of sorts, and others just offer gas and that's it.

Nope not all Get Go's are the same. We have three in town (oddly one way out by Walmart, no where near the Giant Eagles). The two in front of the Giant Eagles are smaller ones, no kitchen. One of those doesn't have the car wash.

The larger one has everything.

[Jbrooks1202]

The GetGo's in this part of Ohio charge $0.75 for air. The only place that I do know of that still give free air around here are the Tire and Lube Expresses located in Walmarts.