how much was gas when you started driving?
06-07-2008, 09:22 AM
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i think its was around 2.50 or so when i started driving in the summer of 2006 so ive been ****ed since the very beginning : [
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06-10-2008, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by davidv
33 cents/gallon in 1967.
Consider that the medium household income was $7,143/year.
Consider that the medium household income was $7,143/year.
dang.... oh yeah i remember kevin arnold in wonder year's father buying one of their cars for a couple hundred bucks... wow how times changed
06-11-2008, 11:55 AM
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.75 for regular (1986) ... then it jumped to over a $1 in 1988. It was killing me to fill up for $20 a week.
1962 Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8, that I subsequently blew and replaced with a 390 bored .40 over.
Now I am simply being tortured.
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1962 Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8, that I subsequently blew and replaced with a 390 bored .40 over.
Now I am simply being tortured.
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06-11-2008, 12:53 PM
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less than 80 cents/gallon for leaded at 76(union) in 1986, but who cared?
10 bucks was almost enough to fill up my first car, 1970 Chevy Malibu 350 v-8...
$60 plus now to fill up my z
I'm just glad I don't commute to work in my car.
10 bucks was almost enough to fill up my first car, 1970 Chevy Malibu 350 v-8...
$60 plus now to fill up my z
I'm just glad I don't commute to work in my car.
06-11-2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by CRIDDA
I dont know where you are getting gas from, but in 96 I was paying $.79 a gallon.
California most likely. I was in North Carolina a couple of years ago and they were complaining about $1.35 gas... we were at $2.50 or something.
Cali is always at least .50 over the national average.
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06-11-2008, 02:09 PM
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i'm 28 now, it was around .87 for regular, and .99 for the good stuff
sigh...those days arent ever coming back, i doubt it will ever been under $3.00 again, maybe even never under $4.00
sigh...those days arent ever coming back, i doubt it will ever been under $3.00 again, maybe even never under $4.00
06-11-2008, 03:52 PM
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As I recall, the price when I started driving during 1959 was about $.20 per gallon. When there were gas wars, the price dropped to about $.15 per gallon. I had an Austin Healey Sprite with an 8.5 gallon tank and it never took more than $2.00 to fill the tank. Of course, I was working for $.50 an hour at that time so everything is relative. The real jump in gas prices started in 1973 after the Arab oil embargo. I suspect we are going to be paying $5.00 a gallon on average in the very near future.
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