Since the freshmen General Chemistry curricula emphasizes inorganic chemistry, it's uncommon for General Chemistry students to carry out experiments using gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) instrumentation. At Arizona Western College (AWC) students do not have to wait until Organic Chemistry to use GLC instrumentation. Instead, General Chemistry 2 students carry out a series of simple GLC mini-labs involving: 1) street-grade gasolines (Octane 87 and 91 as determined by the R+M/2 method) from different fuel distributors, and 2) commercially available fuel and fuel injector system products purchased from a local auto supply store. In addition, students use a gas chromatograph interfaced with a thermal desorber (a.k.a. GC-TD) to monitor the: 1) off-gassing of newly laid asphalt, 2) volatile and semi-volatile products released to the lower atmosphere during a simulated Ponderosa pine "forest fire", and 3) exhaust profile of gasoline and diesel fuel vehicles. The author gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Department of Defense (DAAD19-03-1-0269) to purchase a tandem GC-TD and the National Science Foundation (DUE-0310264) to purchase a high-end capillary gas-liquid chromatograph.