As gas prices rise, some stations with older pumps are encountering an unexpected challenge: They can't be set to charge more than $3.99 9/10 per gallon. For example, take the three pumps at Vashon Island's Engels Repair & Towing -- please, said Lou Engels, 68, who has owned the garage for 41 years.
"When I bought these brand-new in 1995, nobody could imagine gas would ever be higher than $3.99 a gallon," he said.
"Now, it would cost thousands of dollars to replace them, and the upgrades for the pumps are back-ordered."
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