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Thu Apr-24-08 10:31 AM
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What's the least you've ever paid for a gallon of gasoline? I've been |
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reminiscing about my life lately and I remembered the gas wars of times past. I think the least I ever paid for gas was $.17 a gallon during a gas war in the early 1960's.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:34 AM
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1. about 34 cents, early seventies |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:35 AM
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2. 21 cents and seen it at 17 before I started to drive |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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3. 89 cents for high octane, leaded goodness sometime in the mid 80's |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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4. Let me tell you whippersnappers, I remember when gas was |
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$1.12 a gallon. Aw, wait, that was only seven years ago.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:37 AM
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5. $0.09. That was during a gas war in the 60s |
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when stations in an area would try to undersell each other. The lowest price was the tax at the time, a whopping nine cents a gallon.
I only managed to hit a gas war once, but the car was running on fumes and I was able to take full advantage of ego and stupidity.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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6. At some point during Clinton's presidency, gas went down to 89 cents for a brief time. |
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I learned to drive in the late 70's and can't remember how much gas cost then, but I do recall my dad reminiscing about 15 cent gas prior to WWII.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:02 AM
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28. I remember paying 79 cents when I |
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lived in KC, MO...that must have been in 1994 or 1995.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM
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38. Yeah, in Murfreesboro TN, I paid 67 cents at that time... |
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That's just about unimaginable now.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:21 PM
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46. Love your m'peach! nt |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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7. Less than a dollar in the late seventies. |
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The only specific number I remember was in 1979. $ .79 a gallon for Premium, which was required for the vehicle I drove.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:38 AM
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8. Close to $1.00 back in the late 90's |
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Back then it was the summertime and our governor temporarily suspended our gas tax because gas prices were threatening to climb to $2.00. Boy, what I wouldn't give for +/-$2.00/gallon gas now!!!
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:39 AM
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i think? i began driving in the early 70's.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:40 AM
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and the sharply dressed pump attendent filled the tank up for me.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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This was back in '98-'99. Those were the days! I only made about $7.50 an hour then, but I had no problem being able to afford gas to get around.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:42 AM
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13. When I first started driving it was $.59 or $.69/gal |
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You didn't pay much attention to it until it about 80 - 85 cents a gallon.
I remember we all thought the world ended when it hit the $1.00 mark. Pumps couldn't even handle the $1.00 cost.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 AM
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14. I remember when " a dollar's worth" lasted several days... |
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And cars were not known for good gas mileage back then either...
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:44 AM
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15. 24 cents! Hey, I am old- 601 lol! NT |
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:20 PM
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40. 601 is pretty freakin old! |
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Fri Apr-25-08 10:12 AM
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52. I meant 60. Still...NT |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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16. About ten cents or so, but not in the USA! NT |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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17. I was 12 and getting gas for the lawn mower. |
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It was one shiny quarter. I put it in a milk jug.
I thought: Wow, gas is CHEAP!
Yes. Yes it was.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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18. 29 cents (this is a sneaky way of getting our age!) |
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I remember the jump in 1973 to 59 cents - what an outrage!
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:45 AM
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And they pumped it for you, cleaned the windshield, checked the oil, checked the tires, and let you pick out a dish or a drinking glass as a premium.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:47 AM
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20. I was stationed in the Phillipines in '67,, had a MG MIdget, |
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Gas was 7.9 cents a gal. on Clark Field,, filled up for a $ 1.00 and got 2 cents change
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:48 AM
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21. 14.9 cents , pumped into my 64 VW, 1970, Murfreesboro Tn. gas wars |
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Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:51 AM by predfan
Minimum wage was $1.60 an hour, and I was making $1.85 (with a 15 cent third shift premium) I remember it so well because we'd gotten married in August, and this was just a few weeks later. BTW, regular paricing was 29.9 cents per gallon, so that 14.9 was big.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:51 AM
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Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:53 AM by Raejeanowl
Used to get me a fill-up AND lunch at McDonalds-how about that? Late 60s.
Back in those days, I was also making $125 a week, renting a very nice three-bedroom townhouse for $135 a month, and buying (whole) chicken for 19 cents a pound.
Oh God, I'm so old!
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:52 AM
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23. $0.18 or $0.19 a gallon --- maybe $0.17. |
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Edited on Thu Apr-24-08 10:53 AM by MadinMo
When I was a kid (ok so I didn't personally pay these prices), my mother would pull into the gas station and ask for $2.00 worth of regular. That would take us a long way, and I'm guessing nearly filled the tank.
I clearly remember the station signs during gas wars that advertised less than $0.20 a gallon. My dad would drive clear across Kansas City to Independence to a cheaper station in order to save a penny or two a gallon.
Oh and this would have been during the 1960s.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:57 AM
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24. LOL. Who remembers "Gas wars"? nt |
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:04 AM
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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25. Just filled up today and thought this same thing when it hit $5.00 |
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and I saw it was at 1.3 gallons!
We could fill up for about $5.00 when I started driving - about $.30/gallon
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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26. I think it was 25 cents |
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back in 1968 or 1969. We had a white '66 mustang....what a dream of a car. I learned to drive with that baby.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:59 AM
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I think it was late 60's. I was in HS - Dad's car - my Dad made somewhere around $2 an hr at the time I think (could be wrong on that)
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:03 AM
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29. Zero, in my misspent youth of the early 1970s |
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:12 AM
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31. But how did you get rid of that 'gas' breath? |
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:42 PM
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43. After doing that once, I included an ear-cleaning bulb with my Oklahoma Credit Card |
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And that was in the days of LEADED gasoline.
:puke:
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:14 AM
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32. I paid $0.17 when a hamburger as $0.19. |
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Now, more than half the price of hamburger is energy expended to put it on the market, I suspect.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:34 AM
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33. I remember when I was in college in the 70s and my BF was bitching |
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about gas going up to (GASP!!) $.50 a gallon for a while. That was before I actually had my own car, I think.
I remember gas in the 20s as a kid, I think.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:36 AM
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34. .26 when i was a kid they would have gas wars to see who could undersell the competition |
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:38 AM
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Sometime in the mid-90s. I could fill up my Saturn for $10.
I now have a minivan, & it cost me 6 times that to fill it up last week.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:41 AM
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36. About 13 cents back in the late 50s. |
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:42 AM
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I giggled the whole time at the pump. It felt like I was robbing someone.
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Thu Apr-24-08 11:44 AM
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:21 PM
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41. I pumped it at .39, full service, windshield wash, check oil, tire pressure... |
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I was making like $2/hr.
-Hoot
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:33 PM
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42. Early 70's, when I started to drive |
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it was about 30 cents, although I had a good friend at the Mobil station whose hand would "slip" while pumping my gas and I'd get a couple extra gallons free.
I do remember the gas wars in the 60's when you'd see gas for 15 cents or so.
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:43 PM
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44. That's the range I was thinking, too ...... 17 .... 18 ..... 19 cents |
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Back then, gas wars were common and the prices got ridiculously low for short periods.
The gas wars I recall all had to do with a new gas station going in or with a change in ownership. Back then, most gas stations were individually owned, but using a 'corporate image package' (so all, let's say, texaco stations looked the same).
For a buck, we used to cruise all of Saturday night. Four greasers in a car, each having shipped in a quarter for the gas.
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Thu Apr-24-08 12:45 PM
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45. I didn't actually pay it, since I was about eight years old, . . . |
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But I still remember .20/gallon. Hell, I'm even old enough to remember gas wars, too!
Now, where's my Metamucil, damnit?!?
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:22 PM
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47. 19.9...1966 Kansas "gas-wars" |
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:) ahh for the good ole days
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:24 PM
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48. About $.25, around 1970. |
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:25 PM
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49. I started driving in 1998. I could fill up the entire tank on $10. |
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And I was driving a 1991 Volvo 944. It was a great car and a great time to start driving.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:26 PM
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50. About 35-40 cents a gallon in the mid 1970's I think. I didn't pay too |
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much attention to the price -- everyone thought it was outrageous.
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Thu Apr-24-08 10:36 PM
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51. I remember 25.9 cents per gallon just before Vietnam War... |
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Five bucks could fill up most tanks. Those were the days! But also, five dollars then would be worth about forty dollars now.
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Fri Apr-25-08 10:19 AM
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53. .69/gallon around 1980. n/t |
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Fri Apr-25-08 10:24 AM
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54. Last time I paid below a dollar was Dec 8th 2001 - .949, I saved the receipt in my wallet. |
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I remember joking with my wife that would be the last time we saw gas below a buck.. I wish I had been joking.
I filled up my 99 Mustang with 11 gallons of gas and the total was just 10.60.
Earlier then that I remember paying around 80-85 cents the summer of 98 when I was interning.
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Fri Apr-25-08 10:40 AM
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56. $1.00, Just Before The Chimp Stole The Presidency. |
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Nobody could have predicted. . . :sarcasm:
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Fri Apr-25-08 10:46 AM
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57. 90 cents. In February, 1999. Before the oil execs took over the government. |
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