I've noticed the Texaco stations in area have changed allegiance. Saw one was now SUNCO but most of the others have converted to MOBIL. Texaco pulling completely out of area? And I thought MOBIL had pulled out of area a few years back. I believe CHEVRON has pulled out(watch it) of the area with most of there former stations going to the funky independent names like LUCKY. Is EXXON/MOBIL thinking about selling its Merrifield campus?

Exxon/Mobil is getting out of owning service stations. Instead, they will be franchised stations. As to why you're seeing the Mobil stations come back, that's something that mystifies even me as I though in the agreement, Exxon would have the stations in the Mid-Atlantic and Mobil would cover some other territories (northeast, etc.). However, now with this new "mix", it really seems kind of odd.

I doubt if we'll ever see Exxon/Mobil sell their 130-acre campus that's officially in "Fairfax" just across from the Fairfax hospital. Well, that is unless, they start getting jammed with taxes that they think are not realistic. If that's the case, then they very well could pull up their roots and move everything from here down to Houston where the rest resides.

I haven't seen a texaco in fairfax in a long time. the only exception i can think of is the texaco somewhere down in clifton that kind of pops out of nowhere as you're driving along down there. somewhere around main street. i know it was there as of late this summer.

There is one by the west falls shopping center on 29.

No more Texaco in the mid-Atlantic. Any one you see is misbranded and just hasn't changed over their signage after Texaco bailed out of our area.

Source: My dad who owned a Texaco in Richmond.

I've seen a bunch of Texaco change into Shell and Sunocos. Shame about them leaving this region, the stations almost always had lower prices than other brands.




I wish BP would leave, I have seen some of their stations charge 10-25 cents more for premium than a gas station couple of blocks down the road.

theres still CHEVRON, at least theres one at the Spring Hill Road, Old Dominion Road intersection

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There is actually a Texaco gas station on Franconia Rd in between Sunoco and Shell (used to be crown back in the day). For so many google experts that I've seen on this site, it's a wonder it hasn't been located by one of you fine gents.

Anyone remember the roller rink behind the crown gas station on Franconia Rd?

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> I haven't seen a texaco in fairfax in a long time.
> the only exception i can think of is the texaco
> somewhere down in clifton that kind of pops out of
> nowhere as you're driving along down there.
> somewhere around main street. i know it was there
> as of late this summer.


If you're talking about Davis General Store, that's at the corner of Clifton Rd and Wolf Run Shoals Rd. (quite aways from the Town of Clifton) I think it is a Texaco, used to be a Shell. Shit, I drive by it twice a day, I'll have to look.

He'll have "Place your gun orders for Xmas" on his electronic sign soon. Right now he's advertising concealed carry classes. I don't imagine anybody would want to rob that store!

In the Town of Clifton, there is an old-time Texaco sign, at the store next to the railroad tracks. They haven't sold gas there in ages. The sign adds to the look of the town. I'm surprised nobody has tried to steal it. Gas station memorabilia can bring BIG bucks.

Davis General store switched over to Shell today. And yeah, I wouldn't recommend trying to rob them. Hell, everyone I know in Clifton owns guns.

Yeah, totally. It was called "Wheel-a-while".

Texaco sold its refining operations to a company called Star Marketing (retained a 50% interest) many years ago. The retail operations that have borne the "Texaco Star" have, for many years, been Shell owned and/or independents/bastardized owners, and not company owned stations. Chevron now and for several years has owned whatever is left of Texaco. Sad, as Texaco was my first employer after college.

I believe that Chevron is shutting down, or has shut down, the use of the Texaco brand on stations on the East Coast.

I use to go to that roller rink all the time. Its still there isnt it?

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Rory, that roller rink has been gone for years. It's now a lazer tag place that doesn't get nearly the business the roller rink used to. It's called shadow land or something like that.

Nope that changed to Exxon September ..... All the Chevron's & Texaco's are gone but spill alittle petro in there memory .....


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> I've seen a bunch of Texaco change into Shell and
> Sunocos. Shame about them leaving this region, the
> stations almost always had lower prices than other
> brands.
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> I wish BP would leave, I have seen some of their
> stations charge 10-25 cents more for premium than
> a gas station couple of blocks down the road.

I used to go to that roller rink all the time when I was a kid back in the late 70s to early 80s. Ahh, the memories . . .

Yep, Davis General Store in Clifton took down the Texaco signs a few weeks ago and looked like it had Shell signage going on. I guess it did finally convert.

OK, I was about to post that I pass by one all of the time. Since I couldn't remember the name of the cross street, I GoogleMapped it...Maps didn't find anything, so I streetviewed it and look at this!!
It's friggin BLURRED out! Why?? There's even a small attempt to blur the "star."!

See for yourself:
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> I've seen a bunch of Texaco change into Shell and
> Sunocos. Shame about them leaving this region, the
> stations almost always had lower prices than other
> brands.
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> I wish BP would leave, I have seen some of their
> stations charge 10-25 cents more for premium than
> a gas station couple of blocks down the road.


That's because they have to pay for the Gulf clean up.

BP always had the higher prices. this was the case way before the gulf of mexico spill. and heard news report yesterday that a study of BP oil lines in alaska are very vulnerable to breaks and spills because BP is not maintaining the lines

There is a Texaco on Gallows Road in Merrifield.

Also the most expensive gas station is the Shell in Tysons off of Rt 7 westbound after the beltway underpass. I saw $3.09 for reg the other day.

Elle Diabla Wrote:
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> OK, I was about to post that I pass by one all of
> the time. Since I couldn't remember the name of
> the cross street, I GoogleMapped it...Maps didn't
> find anything, so I streetviewed it and look at
> this!!
> It's friggin BLURRED out! Why?? There's even a
> small attempt to blur the "star."!
>
> See for yourself:

OK - UPDATE!!

I drove past this morning and all of the Texaco emblems are stripped. There is a plastic "Mobil" banner hanging over the sidewalk sign.

There are clearly still Texaco's in Fairfax County, so the original poster and others in the thread are misinformed but probably just lying. They may be going away but some clearly still exist in the county.

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Go drive past the ones that you think still exist...Take pics and post, thanks.

No point in wasting the fuel, as others have already noted where they still are. Thanks for playing.

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Right. Thanks for being a shitty player. They are changing as we speak.

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> There is a Texaco on Gallows Road in Merrifield.
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Nope. Drove by today. New banner covering Texaco. Didn't pay attention to the new brand.

There used to be a Texaco in McLean where Listrani's is now. In between the one arch and Laughlin Realtor's.

In front of LAGNAF

Tejaco how many decades ago was that change in McLean were the Listrani's be?

LAGNAF---a long time ago....that little building was the public library too.
The Tuthill (??) family owned the texaco station I think...Larry was one of the kids I remember.

I recall a tuthill family that owned a gas station in fairfax city right in front of Jim McKay Chevrolet on the now called Fairfax Blvd. It's a Sunoco station now. Same family owned a station in McLean?

Go on down to Annandale, aka the most scary part of fairfax to drive. There near the Fuddruckers, its on 236, is a Texaco. And they charge Texaco prices, thus a few more cents than the other guys.

Any Gulf stations in fairfax county anymore? Only one I've seen lately is out in Herndon in front of shopping center were the BLOOM grocery store use to be.

Isn't that a Texaco next to the McDonald's out there or they've dropped Texaco


Was on rt. 29 heading to Falls Church noticed gas price was $3.55 and made note to self to stop on my way back. 20 minutes later heading back the price had increased to $3.59. isn't that something

The Lukoil on 123 by International Drive in Tysons just became a Gulf within the past few weeks. I haven't seen a Gulf in a long time.

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> The Lukoil on 123 by International Drive in Tysons
> just became a Gulf within the past few weeks. I
> haven't seen a Gulf in a long time.


So the Russkies sold their Lukoil here. Nice. Less of their bullshit, and money going to them, big like if this is so :)