Pilot Freedom...

Depends. The petro in baltimore oh has clean showers. The pilots in monee il, fremont in and anderson in were all nasty the last time I used them.

 

The only reason I use Pilot is for their coffee and showers.

I will NEVER buy anything else other than coffee, from ANY Pilot located in Montana and Washington state. Well...fuel for the showers.

These 2 states beat all the #### I've ever seen for Pilot. Montana has huge stores, of which half or more is a **** Casino. WOW!!! You might starve to death...but at least you can go broke while you're doing it!! Washington....well the chicken was good at the 2 I grabbed some at...no parking to speak of at all.

Rule of thunb for me now at all other Pilots...find parking FIRST. DO NOT attempt to pull through fuel island and grab a cup of coffe and run, that takes about an hour. Parking and getting it, takes about 15 minutes.

 

What's a streakin' beacon?

 

Truck wash outfit "Blue Beacon"

 

I don't know, for me 1 chain is no worse or better than another. I've had good experiences in all of them, and had some pretty bad experiences in the same ones.
My complaints mainly come back to the drivers...parking on the fuel island, dumping trash in the lot, pee bottles everywhere. Most of it can be blamed on the "dumbing down" of society, or the new blood in the industry not knowing the ropes.
As for the long lines and the sharing cash registers with 4-wheelers....yeah, it's a pain. But, the travel centers are in it to make money, and if they don't make it off us, they'll make it somewhere else.
All in all, I think it's just the nature of the beast. That's the reality of the situation out here any more. The roads are overcrowded, and it ain't changing anytime soon. So, the way I see it, I just deal with it and save my frustration for something more important.

 

with only this part of your statement. Pilot has the best coffee hands down out on the road, second only to BK Joe but their parking sux worse than anything that has sucked before.