Originally Posted By: chaosmagnet
Originally Posted By: Paul810
I used to keep a $20 bill in the glovebox/storage box of all my vehicles in case I needed cash for gas or whatever.


I keep $5 in quarters and a Mobil Speedpass in my car. As long as I can find a Mobil station I can buy gas with that. I can also buy food and sundries at Mobil stations that have an attached convenience store.


The only issue with that is that, 1. It only works with Exxon/Mobile/Esso stations. 2. It requires the gas stations computer system to be working to complete transactions.

I ran into that problem up in New York State when I was snowmobiling. A snow storm had knocked out the phone/data service in the area. Everybody had power, so they could still provide goods and services, but all transactions had to be done in cash. It was like that for a good three days, which really would have screwed us if I was only relying on credit/debit cards.