What do you remember paying for GAS

[Pro-touring towncar]

This ifs for us older guys who remember cheap gas.

What do you remember paying for gas.

For me I payed about 65 cents
I do remember getting gas for the mower at 50 cents and that was at the expensive station at the corner. I also remembermy Mom complaining about 75 cents

How about you?

Tim

[TonyL]

gas was 85 cents a gallon when i started driving. I remeber the shock when it broke 1.00.

[colt zantop]

it was around .89-1.00 when I started driving....crazy to think about it now...LOL

[JJSmitches]

GEEZERS!
Am I allowed to say that?

I have never seen gas south of a buck.

[Steven]

25 cents a gallon for my mini-bike. Went to a buck while I was in high school.

[NovaPwr]

I remember getting the gallon gas can for the mower filled and then buying a HUGE Reeses peanut butter cup for a nickel and all I had to start with was a quarter.

[Bill Howell]

I worked at a service ( not gas, this was before self service guys) station when I was 14, back in 1972, gas was around 30 cents. I remember well the gas shortage of 1974. Gas went to 50cents and we thought the end was here. Who could ever pay THAT much for gas.
BTW, for 30 cents a gallon, you got your window washed, air in tires checked, oil checked and anything else in reason. Plus, if you bought 10 gallons or more, most of the time in the summer, Exxon would be giving away some glass, or coffee cup or something. And don't forget the S&H green stamps too.
Damn, now you know I am old.lol

[DeepBlue68]

I can vaguely remember when gas rolled over $1.00 a gallon. My dad, however, says he can remember pumping gas at his dad's filling station in south Texas when he was a kid for $0.29 a gallon. Crazy to think about....what I wouldn't do for that now.

[Bill Howell]

I can vaguely remember when gas rolled over $1.00 a gallon. My dad, however, says he can remember pumping gas at his dad's filling station in south Texas when he was a kid for $0.29 a gallon. Crazy to think about....what I wouldn't do for that now.

Yeah, but bear in mind, the minimum wage was $1.90 or less an hour too. So that still did not buy much. At 14, I did really good to bring home $60 a week. It took me two years to make enough to buy my first car at 15, a 67 Tempest for $1500. Prices are always relevent to the time. My parents built a 2000 square foot house in 1971 for $13,000.

[dropit69]

i started driving just south of a buck..like 95 cents cried when it got to a dollar..lol

[David Pozzi]

35 cents a gallon when I was in High School.

[zbugger]

My dad remembers $.29 cents a gallon. I still remember when it was $.89 cents a gallon. When I started driving though, I paid $1.09 and then it quickly went up to $1.19. Now, if I see $2.09, I get really excited. This just sucks.....

[Larry Callahan]

25 cents a gallon for my mini-bike. Went to a buck while I was in high school.

Me too! I had a minibike and an old dirt bike when I was a kid. I remember when I could fill the tank for a quarter.

Oh I feel old! LOL!

[hiwayman]

hmm got some juice yesturday 1.61per liter and the good news its still going up!

[JV69z/28]

Was .29 when I started driving and the "good stuff" Sunoce 260 was .34. Darn I'm old!

[ZZ430]

Yeah, I hate to admit it too, but it was 25 cents a gallon for quite a while.

I recall during the gas wars it was as low as 17 cents.

[rickk]

it was 19.9 for a long time .
rick k

[TonyL]

oh, and when gas was still 90 cents a gallon, I sold my first car.

a 1969 RS/SS camaro, for 700 bucks.

/ouch.

[Blitz]

75 cents. Filling the can for the lawn mower.

[Damn True]

I recall pumping 100 from an independant station in Los Gatos thinking and saying to my buddy, "Nah, it'll never go over a buck."

I paid $50.65 for 16 gallons today in Orange County.....thank gawd it's a company car and company gas card.

[elcamino80]

I just had to post :nopity:

It's at 1.34€/liter now which is about 5.99$ a gallon if my calculations are correct. :drive:

I remember though that it was about 2.60$ /gallon 15 years ago when I started driving my "moped"

75% is taxes though... :screwy:

[Martin71RS]

It was 1,50 dutch guilder a litre when I was 18 (18years ago) which translates to about 0.68euro (our new currency) which is approx $0.82

today I paid 1.44euro a litre which comes to $1.73 a litre
so in 18 years the price more then doubled for me......:screwy: :jawdrop:

Oh, in case you misread...the prices are for 1 litre...not gallon.....

Martin

[Jagarang]

it was around .89-1.00 when I started driving....crazy to think about it now...LOL


Right about here for me too!!

[Steve68]

I did buy gas in SC in 87' for .67 I just had to stop and top off, I remember .33 riding with my dad to the ARCO station, I think it was around .80 or .85 when I started driving, I had a VW bug, and that thing got bad milage, I could kill $5 in a afternoon, BIG motor,

[TA219]

It was $.95-1.00 when i was in high school and i guess that $1-1gal formula has always stuck with me because when i go to the gas station and see 6gallons for $15 I still go in to a mild shock. lol

[Ralph LoGrasso]

I've never paid less than $1.69 for gas, but I've only been driving 4 years. My Dad remembers paying $.39, though.

I've seen 93 as high as $3.29 a gallon the past few days; $3.09 seems to be a bargain; 87 is between $2.93-$2.99. These prices are absurd.

[boodlefoof]

About the lowest I ever remember was around 89 cents a gallon.

[Bill Howell]

I've seen 93 as high as $3.29 a gallon the past few days; $3.09 seems to be a bargain; 87 is between $2.93-$2.99. These prices are absurd.

Same thing we said when it went to 50cents.....lol
Tell me $3 a gallon is too much in 20 years.....lol

[rob07002]

Well you all have to remember that its spring time in most of the northern hemisphere and suprisingly the terrorist countries are having a hard time producing oil so they MUST raise the price because its so rare and hard to find right now...

But don't worry they promise to find more by October to give us infidels a break just before the winter which coincidentaly makes it harder to produce oil again to heat your homes...

You know if I weren't a moron I would swear they do it on purpose...

Time to buy more Exxon stock, or stock in hell as I like to call it.

Oh, BTW I think $1.09 was the cheapest I remember back in 90-91 when I got my license

[steemin]

Filled up my Expedition yesterday and it was $76+ for a little over 26 gallons! :help:

At any rate I remember 28.9 cents/gallon in 1971 I believe.
(they have to get that extra 9/10ths)
I had a mini bike with a 1/2 gallon tank and I could fill er up for .14 cents when it was bone dry.
Scott

[jeff5347]

i started driving in 93 i think in mass it was just below 90 cents. Wish it was back. Now filling with the race fuel down the street is like 6 a gallon. I want leaded fuel back.
any one remember this quote.
The best movie ever made.

Curt: Why is it every girl that comes around here is ugly? Or has a boyfriend? Where is the dazzling beauty I've been searching for all my life?
John: I know what you mean. The pickin's are really gettin' slim. The whole strip is shrinking. Ah, you know, I remember about five years ago, take you a couple of hours and a tank full of gas just to make one circuit. It was really somethin'.

[Jim Nilsen]

I saw 5 for a dollar several times when I was a kid and 4 for a dollar was everyday. When I started driving in 76 it was around .49 to .56 cents and then it went to a buck several years later. Then in the late 80's it went to 1.50 for awhile and then when we thought it was going to go to 2 bucks it went back down to 1 dollar and we all thought Clinton was great.

If wages went up like gas we would all be rich by now. The current president is not going to make it any better anytime soon and doesn't really care from what I see.

Now I am really glad I bought the Vibe instead of the High Sierra truck. 10mpg more is making a difference at the pump in my pocket.

Jim Nilsen

[6'9"Witha69]

It was about $0.999 to $1.039 when I started driving in 95. Now the bargain price is $2.899. Dear god, inflation hasn't been that bad, has it?




uhhh, . . . no!

[toxicz28]

suprisingly the terrorist countries are having a hard time producing oil so they MUST raise the price because its so rare and hard to find right now...

That's why the oil companies posted a record $37,000,000,000 profit for one quarter last year. It's price gouging no matter how you look at it. All the liberals lied! They said this war was about oil! We should be paying $.75 a gallon again [rant off]
Anyway. I remember paying $.759 a gallon for leaded gas. All my friends had to buy unleaded for $959 a gallon.

[RaceMan]

I remember around .75, my family has owned gas stations since 1939 and right now I would advise it to anyone , we only make about .15 per gallon and thats before credit card fees (about .03-.04per gallon) its really bull , we give the goverment .42 per gallon for taxes which is a hell of alot more than we make . So anyway they tell us alot of the increase is for the ethanol thats in the gas now

[Max68]

When i was 12 years old I would ride my dirt bike to the stop n go fill up with gas get a pack of smokes and get change back from a dollar. .32 cents a gallon, .55 cents a pack. Been hooked on both every since.......

[TonyL]

today I paid 1.44euro a litre which comes to $1.73 a litre

Thats 6.50 per gallon right? 1 gallon = 3.7 litres.(liters)

wow.

[StRacerDuke]

Great topic! I was thinking about this yesterday when I was driving.

I remember in 1999 when I was in my second year at college. There was about a 4 months period when gas dropped from the mid $1.40's down to under a dollar.

Costco gas in Santa Rosa, CA in 1999 was going for $.95 per gallon for a few weeks in a row before moving up to $.99.

Man, the good old days. I wouldn't be surprised to see upper 3's or even low 4's by the end of summer.

[Damn True]

That's why the oil companies posted a record $37,000,000,000 profit for one quarter last year. It's price gouging no matter how you look at it. All the liberals lied! They said this war was about oil! We should be paying $.75 a gallon again [rant off]
Anyway. I remember paying $.759 a gallon for leaded gas. All my friends had to buy unleaded for $959 a gallon.

We have more than enough oil underground in THIS country between TX, OH, PA, CO, CA and AK and just offshore to all but break the need to import it from anywhere. If we could just get the hippies and NIMBYs (not in my back yard) to pull their heads out we could get a little relief. I paid $50 yesterday in Orange County to fill the tank in my Buick LaCrosse company car. 16 gallons, absurd.

[Martin71RS]

Yep Tony, $6.50 a gallon.......I still can't wait to be driving my Camaro again in a year or so when it's finished!

[Damn True]

Yep Tony, $6.50 a gallon.......I still can't wait to be driving my Camaro again in a year or so when it's finished!

Interesting. Is that $6.50 USD?

I just did a quick search on gasoline taxes and the most recent document I found listed your taxes at just over $3.00 per gallon.

We pay on average about $0.45 per gallon in federal taxes ($0.50 in CA).

One key difference is that our federal govt. collects less than 1% of it's total tax revenue from gas taxes, while most of Europe is collecting between 3-5% of their total from gas taxes.

The majority of european countries pay 20-30 times as much as we do in gasoline taxes.

By extrapolation, you are paying $6.50 a gallon and 50% of that is taxes and we are paying $3.00 per gallon and we are paying 20% in taxes.

[6'9"Witha69]

So then really it is $3.25/gal for them and $2.50/gal. Not as far off as some think.

[Larry Callahan]

Me too! I had a minibike and an old dirt bike when I was a kid. I remember when I could fill the tank for a quarter.

Oh I feel old! LOL!

The more I read this thread the more I think my memory is gone. What was gas a couple years before the big shortage in the 70's? Maybe it was 50 cents and I had a 1/2 gallon tank?

[JJSmitches]

I'm selling my house to buy gas for my Chevelle...

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Time to get a two wheel hot rod (a.k.a. sport bike). It's the only 60mpg vehicle I'd actually want to drive.

[Bill Howell]

The more I read this thread the more I think my memory is gone. What was gas a couple years before the big shortage in the 70's? Maybe it was 50 cents and I had a 1/2 gallon tank?

The first shortage was 74. Gas when from 29.9 to 50.9. Almost doubled and we thought that was the end of the world. A quarter's worth in 1972 would have been almost a gallon.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

What is $.50 in 1974 adjusted for inflation?

[Bill Howell]

What is $.50 in 1974 adjusted for inflation?

You are the college guy Ralph, work on that for extra credit....lol
I bet the comparison from then to now will be close though. I know my Dad bought a new truck in 74, stripped down chevy C-10, for $2100 or so. Of course, wages were equal too, so it is always the same.

[toxicz28]

What is $.50 in 1974 adjusted for inflation?
What cost $.50 in 1974 would cost $2.08 in 2005.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Although, in 1996 Ultra 94 cost $1.49 and I came up with this.
What cost $1.49 in 1996 would cost $1.81 in 2005.
I guess most people would be happy with either of those "inflated" prices right about now.

[Kenova]

When I started driving I paid .38 to .42 for regular. Premium was just a couple of cents per gallon more. That was Imperial gallons too, which is about 1 and 1/6 US gal. The bloody Liberals rammed the metric system down our throats before it broke a dollar per gallon. Now it's around a $1.00 (Canadian) per litre and still climbing. Of course, most of the cost is tax. Gotta support them damn bureaucrats.
Ken

[gchandler]

If it cut down on the number of other cars on the 101, 405, and 10 I would be willing to pay $5 a gallon.

Filled up today in Santa Monica $3.30 a gallon.

Was around $1.40 when I started driving.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

What cost $.50 in 1974 would cost $2.08 in 2005.
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Although, in 1996 Ultra 94 cost $1.49 and I came up with this.
What cost $1.49 in 1996 would cost $1.81 in 2005.
I guess most people would be happy with either of those "inflated" prices right about now.

I actually remember when Ultra 94 cost between $1.49 and $1.57. My Dad always used to fill up at Sunoco's. There are hardly any Sunoco stations left on Long Island and most of them don't have the Ultra 94 anymore, only 93.

I'd be ecstatic to pay $2.08. Last winter gas was mostly around $1.99.

[elcamino80]

Interesting. Is that $6.50 USD?

I just did a quick search on gasoline taxes and the most recent document I found listed your taxes at just over $3.00 per gallon.

We pay on average about $0.45 per gallon in federal taxes ($0.50 in CA).

One key difference is that our federal govt. collects less than 1% of it's total tax revenue from gas taxes, while most of Europe is collecting between 3-5% of their total from gas taxes.

The majority of european countries pay 20-30 times as much as we do in gasoline taxes.

By extrapolation, you are paying $6.50 a gallon and 50% of that is taxes and we are paying $3.00 per gallon and we are paying 20% in taxes.

I don't know how it works in the US but here is how its calculated in Finland :geek:

(fuel cost + fuel tax) x VAT = consumer price
(X + 58,76c/l) x 22% = 1.34€/l

so the fuel alone without taxes would be 51.08c/l. thats about 2.28$ /gal (3.785 liters) I guess not that bad

and with taxes 5.99$ / gal

Math is the international language right? :lmao:

:thankyou:


I know my Dad bought a new truck in 74, stripped down chevy C-10, for $2100

I found a document in my car that said my car cost 38 000FIM in 1980. Thats about 6400€ or 7500$. I would gladly pay that now for a new Elcamino... compare the c6 vette, 115k$ :crying: Z06, 150k$

[aonghus]

Man when I started driving, gas was $2.30 LOL

[Martin71RS]

Damn True, yes it is the price (converted to US $)

Nick,
So then really it is $3.25/gal for them and $2.50/gal. Not as far off as some think.

No, it is really $6.50 a gallon I have to pay when I fill my car up....doesn't matter if the government takes 1 or 25%.....I have to pay it in the end.....

Oh well....just have to live with it I guess:help:
Martin

[zbugger]

Gas just hit $3.00 a gallon here. I'm happy. Can't you tell?

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Gas just hit $3.00 a gallon here. I'm happy. Can't you tell?

It's been $3.00 here for a few weeks, welcome to the club. Getting less than 3.5 gallons for $10.00 is awesome. I paid $3.09 for Ultra 93 at a Sunoco the other day and that was a bargain. :pat: $42.00 to fill up a Camaro, who'da thunk it.

[CAMAROBOY69]

THe cheapest I remember paying was .79 a gallon when I was 16-17years old. Those sure were the days. Now yeah $3.00. Just get smart and buy a Saturn like heather and I did. We each have our own saturn. 30-40mpg and realy cheap on insurance. :cool:

[zbugger]

It's been $3.00 here for a few weeks, welcome to the club. Getting less than 3.5 gallons for $10.00 is awesome. I paid $3.09 for Ultra 93 at a Sunoco the other day and that was a bargain. :pat: $42.00 to fill up a Camaro, who'da thunk it.

Umm... No. I'm talking about 87 octane at 3.01 a gallon. Our 91 octane "High Performance" gas has been at around $3.00 for about three weeks now. I don't buy that as I have a little Nissan Sentra and I don't need it. Even the Camaro is going to be built to handle the 87.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Umm... No. I'm talking about 87 octane at 3.01 a gallon. Our 91 octane "High Performance" gas has been at around $3.00 for about three weeks now. I don't buy that as I have a little Nissan Sentra and I don't need it. Even the Camaro is going to be built to handle the 87.

As am I (talking about 87) as I said, the $3.09 was a bargain. 87 octane is anywhere from $2.97 to $3.09 a gallon and 93 is anywhere from $3.17 to $3.29 (sans the sole sunoco at $3.09). The Tahoe takes 87 and at $3.00 a gallon, it's $90.00 to fill up. :banghead:

[zbugger]

The Tahoe takes 87 and at $3.00 a gallon, it's $90.00 to fill up. :banghead:

Ha ha ha..... I filled up for $26 the other day, and I know I get better gas mileage than you.

[ss dave]

I have a friend with a Suburban, road master edition, 42 gal tank. Do the math :$3/gal= $120.00 a tank! I vaguely remember gas wars, where qas stations would under price each other, $0.11/gal. It wasn't that long ago(6-7 years) that a barrel of crude was around $19.00. My brother the geologist stated that when a barrel of oil is cheaper than a case of beer-it's TIME TO PARTY. Man I miss that party!

[KAA]

This is the cheapest I ever paid. And it wasn't that long ago. Feb. 1999 in Oklahoma City. :eek:

[zbugger]

Heh... Three gas stations at the corner. Right now two of them have 87 at 3.25 and one is still sticking to it's 3.09. It's frightening. Needless to say, I don't go to the Shell or the Chevron. I stick to the ARCO and the Valero. And to think, I'm missing 2.49 for 87.....
Oh, and Keith, I haven't EVER seen gas at that price that I can still remember.

[TonyL]

makes me want to drive to Oklahoma just to fill up.

starting to think about investing in one of these.

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in a year, its contents would triple in value.

[quadfather]

i think the cheapest i remember was in .80 cent range back when i started driving. it was less when i rode my mini bike around, but back then dad was buying the gas . in high school i could still get leaded gas. and good ole sunoco 260. now it cost me $80.00 to fill the avalanche with cheap weasel pi$$ 87 octane. i don't understand why fuel prices seem to go down every winter when the demand on heating oil rises. and go up in the summer when the demand goes down. it's pretty obvious that they are just jacking up the prices for driving season. and i still can't figure out why diesel fuel costs more that gas most of the time? i no expert on the the refining methods used. but i would think it takes less effort to turn crued oil into deisel than gas?:confused:

[ssdeuce]

I am 28 years old and the cheapest I have ever payed was $.75 a gal about 1998-1999 time frame.

[zbugger]

3.35 for 87 Regular at the Shell on the corner. 3.55 for 91 Super. It's beginning to look ridiculous.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

It's beginning to look ridiculous.

It's far beyond ridiculous at this point.

[zbugger]

Notice my post yesterday that it was 3.25? Yeah, up $.10 in a day. I don't think so. I know something's up, and it reminds me of Enron.