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Do you remember the first time you paid for gas for a car you were driving? Do you remember how much it cost per gallon?
I know, I'm ::OldMan::, but after paying $3.70 for super Sunday morning, I started thinking. IIRC, gas was around 10% of that when I started buying it around 4 decades ago ::Shocked:
I can certainly remember when it hit the dreaded $1.00.
I remember driving my mini-bike to the gas station. I had a quarter, filled it up and got change back. ::hal::
I believe it was around $1.25 a gallon when I started driving in 1989. I also recall it dipping under $1 for a few months in the late 90's.
Wow! 1966 was a long time ago......... I do remember a few things in 1969. I was in Wichita, KS, in the Air Force, and worked part time at a gas station. They were always have gas wars and I remember pumping it for $0.19. I also remember two hamburgers, fries, and a coke at McDonalds for $0.99.
I'm not as old as some of you, but I do remember freaking out when it went above $2 a gallon. I used to take two quarters up to the station to fill my moped up, and it would go for a couple of weeks on that. I'm thinking of getting another one, except this time in the form of a 250 Ninja.
I think it was slightly under 2 bucks when I started in 00? My memory sucks though.
Dollarish.
Under a buck in 90' in Odessa, Texas. Diesel was still cheaper than and I had a Golf Diesel the first 6 months of driving.
I remember $0.85/gallon in the 90's. Less than $10 to fill up my BuickQuote:
Originally Posted by Titus
$0.85 at Racetrac by my high school.
I have purchased gas at 0.25cents/gal. It was in 1954.
In 97-98 I think it was still under a dollar. Maybe .75 or .85 cents. Under 10 bucks to fill up a 78 Toyota Corrola.
Chris
Like MadMerv, I remember paying and selling regular gasoline for $0.19 per gallon in 1965-66 gas wars. More often, it was 21 to 23 cents per gallon.
But, your 409 Chevy with duel 4 barrel AFB's, may have gotten only 3 or 4 MPG due to your heavy right foot. After all, gas was less than a quarter per gallon.
I pumped gas at my grandparents convenience store in 1967 (yes, they really used to pump gas for you at the convenience stores) and the price was 23 cents per gallon. We also would clean the windshield, check the oil and when necessary, my grandfather would fixed flats.
When I got my DL in 1976, I believe gas was 50 cents per gallon and my 1968 Pontiac LeMans would drink alot of gas. Also, I believe my part-time job as a hospital orderly only paid $2.89 per hour.
I remember way back in two thousand and six anno domini before those tempests Rita and Katrina when gas was less than two dollars a gallon.
When I got my first car it was about $0.85/gal of regular. After I went in the Army, we could get super on post for about $0.95. I remeber paying that back in good old '98.
If you take into consideration I paid $3.75 for super on Saturday, the gas price has gone up 394% in the last decade.
or 75% in 2 years.
Did gas go up because of Rita and Katrina? Thought it was just China and India. I need to learn me some gas.
Exxon making record profits isn't helping (even when getting the shit taxed out of them).Quote:
Originally Posted by azzenco
The story is a little different when you adjust for inflation.
http://www.fintrend.com/inflation/im...line_price.jpg