Westside : ‘McChevron’ Stations to Fuel Body and Car

Talk about one-stop shopping.

Fast-food giant McDonald’s and Chevron have teamed up, proposing a joint venture that will allow motorists to order those famous Big Macs at gas pumps at two Westside locations--one in Westwood and another in Marina del Rey.

Under the plan, a customer would pull up to a gas pump equipped with a computerized McDonald’s touch-pad menu. The motorist would fuel the car while the food order was being prepared, and both charges would be added to a Chevron credit card, a Chevron spokesman said.

The customer could either walk into the adjacent McDonald’s to pick up the order, or the food could be delivered to the car.

However, several Westwood homeowners associations have declared their opposition to the projects, which they say will generate traffic, litter and noise in quiet residential neighborhoods.

The proposed Westwood location, at 10867 Santa Monica Blvd., will jam up the already congested intersection of Santa Monica and Westwood boulevards, said Laura Lake, president of the homeowners group, Friends of Westwood Inc.

But neighbors near the Marina del Rey project, at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Mindanao Way, say they are not troubled by a pay-at-the-pump hamburger stand.

The Marina del Rey site is across busy Lincoln Boulevard, at least 150 feet from any family home, said Terry Connor, president of Villa Marina Council Inc., which represents condominium associations and homeowner groups.

Chevron gas stations currently occupy both the Westwood and Marina del Rey sites. Under the proposed design, the Westwood Chevron station would be demolished and a single building would be constructed, housing a McDonald’s and a gas station convenience store, said Rod Spackman, Chevron’s public affairs manager.

The McDonald’s-Chevron idea, while new to California, was started in Texas more than a year ago, Spackman said.