I remember when that would fuel up the car for a weekend of cruising the town... now it's less the 2 gal.
I saw some teens getting $5 worth of gas yesterday...
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the lowest i ever remember gas being was .89 a gallon, and i used to go out of my way to get that because it was the cheap stuff.
$0.23/gal - a buck worked for a weekend.
Lowest I remember paying was about $0.79/gallon, and 5 bucks would give you a half tank. That was a happy time, when collecting three bucks from each of my friends for gas money on a road trip would give me a full tank of gas and a couple Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers 
I don't remember it that cheap... but I do remember when it was $0.35-0.40/ gal... we used to go to Gasamat and buy tokens for the fuel pump.johnbryanpeters said:
johnbryanpeters said:
yeah, but when gas we $0.23/gal, a dollar was worth a lot more than it is now!
I can remember when it was ~$.60/gal - and that wasn't that long ago............. 
time for another bacon bet?
Looking at the data, it appears as if it might have been more like ~$.70/gal. I was in high school, but couldn't drive.narlus said:
i remember way back when when it was 1.50...
You mean like 5 years ago?manhattanprjkt83 said:
Yeah, when i was 16 it was a buck a gallon...sweet that it has basically trippled in 10 years.
I remember the first time i ever filled up with a friend when he got his license in high school... i'm pretty sure it was about $.94. and i'm only 21 :-\
When I got my first car, it was $.82 a gallon (1988). My gas gauge didn't work so I topped off every day "just in case" with my new Beacon card. The bill the first month was $480 and away went the Beacon card. I was getting 6 mpg and a pack of smokes was $1.50 at the same station.
About 7 years ago, gas went down to $.99 a gallon for a while. However, for the most part, when I started driving gas was about $1.15...give or take. Although, I was born and raised in Southern California so we always pay a bit more for gas...jimmydean said:
When I was a kid, I use to ride my XR80R moto to the convenience store right by my neighborhood. For less than a dollar, I could fill up the tank and ride it everyday for over a week.
It was a different world then though.
I never even got hassled by the cops.
It was a different world then though.
I never even got hassled by the cops.
When I started driving it in 98 gas was pretty cheap. I could fill my S-10 blazer's tank up with $20 (15 gallon). $1.30 somethin per gallon. Now that I live across the street from a gas station I randomly check it. Was up to $2.85 for 87 octane yesterday. That is such a huge jump in price.
But........now I drive my 91 full size. It has a 20 gallon tank I think. Maybe 22. I don't drive much unless I have to because I have no problem paying for gas, I just hate seeing $60 go to gas.
Now that the time change has happened though just more of a reason to ride a bike or get out an walk. It's suspose to rain the next few days but atleast we've had a couple days of 65+ outside.
But........now I drive my 91 full size. It has a 20 gallon tank I think. Maybe 22. I don't drive much unless I have to because I have no problem paying for gas, I just hate seeing $60 go to gas.
Now that the time change has happened though just more of a reason to ride a bike or get out an walk. It's suspose to rain the next few days but atleast we've had a couple days of 65+ outside.
I remember back in ought six when a nickel would buy a rifle and enough black powder to kill 300 buffalo!
$5 - did they have enough to make out of the station drive?
I used to have a big block Camaro and would run around with a tank of Sunoco 260 or av-gas if available, well half a tank if you were going street racing and weight conscious.
I used to have a big block Camaro and would run around with a tank of Sunoco 260 or av-gas if available, well half a tank if you were going street racing and weight conscious.
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Less than 10 years ago, diesel was sub $1. I remember running farm diesel that was in the 30 cent range.
I think it was around $2-1.75 when I started driving 2 years ago, I also remember when gas was $2.50, and I thought that was exspensive, now the cheapest is 2.83 with most stations being 2.95.
You guys are old
1.50 when i started driving
1.50 when i started driving
$3.00 a gallon when I started driving
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My car is pretty much $5 away from empty at all times. Being 16 with no job and having to pay for your own gas can be kind of hard.
.My car is pretty much $5 away from empty at all times. Being 16 with no job and having to pay for your own gas can be kind of hard.
We were down to 99¢ in the Bay Area back around '00 for a while, that was the best post original gulf war I remember but it hasn't dropped below $2 in a long time now.
Nothing like paying 3.86 in change for gas. Always draws a puzzled look from the attendent.
Hell five bucks today is like putting a dollar in your tank when i was a kid
today was my first $50 tank of gas. 
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Me toomanhattanprjkt83 said: