For me, locally, there's a grocery store chain that also has gas stations. If you are a member (which is free), you get a discounted rate on gas - usually only 3-5 cents more per gallon than Costco. And if you do enough groceries in a 3 month period, you occasionally get an additional 10-20 cents off your next filling, which makes it cheaper than Costco.
They're also open a lot more hours than Costco gas. And their lines are shorter.
I don't see the point of going to Costco to get gas.
Costco:
- Often has a lower price on tires than other stores (particularly when they run a brand specific sale)
- Includes free installation
- Properly torques lug nuts/bolts
- Includes road hazard warranty
- Properly patches tires when you do have a service issue
Those are the highlights...
Even when the lines are at capacity the Costco I go to (north of Seattle in Shoreline), I never wait more than like five minutes.
The only times I’ve seen it relatively empty were during bad storms.
That said, it’s not an hour wait. Around 20 minutes is average, but I rarely fill up there since I value my time much more than that.
Also most of the public chargers are networked, so you know when they are busy.