Cheep gas

[pastorp]

I just filled up my tahoe yesterday $3.34 a gallon. Over $60 to fill it up. 

Anyone remember 19cent a gallon gas?  I do.

Regards,

[Conan The Librarian]

I remember it being 29.9, whatever that means, and my mother would go to the service station and ask for $2 worth for the week. That was in the late 60s.

[guzzijohn]

I worked in a gas station in high school when gas pretty much averaged around .30 a gallon however I was making a $1.60 an hour. When my father let me borrow his SS396 El Camino it only got around eight miles per gallon, especially with a 17 year old's foot on the throttle! Compared to what I make now at $3.00 a gallon gas is cheaper now and my car gets a solid 30 mpg.
GuzziJohn

[buffermop]

pastrop     I remember gas at 19 cents a gallon. In that year we filled up a 55 gallon drum with a gas and oil mixture for 50 something dollars for a remote fishing trip to Quebec, Canada. The good old days. I recall heating oil at 11 cents a gallon.

[Sourdough]

In the 50s gas was $.19 a gallon in most places.  I remember seeing 19 on all the gas signs.  I remember fuel oil being .8 cents a gallon, and how my Dad complained. 

Last night I paid $3.759 to fill up my S-10.  Diesel is $3.849.

[rdmallory]

Yes, back when they had gas wars.

One station trying to put the other out of business seeing who could get the price the lowest for the longest.


Doug

[SHOOTALL]

Back in 1972 a gas war was going on in Richmond va. At the off brand stations it got down to 15 9/10 per gal. My car held 11 gal. a fill up was under $1.75  Yesterday I filled up the Ram 2500 it took 30 gal and was over 75 dollars 
.410 shells were 10 cent each back then also and 2 cheese burgers , fries and milk shake was under a buck .50

Here gas is $2.85 and up or $2.75 at Sams club

[powderman]

Gas went up to $3.04 at one station. not uncommon to find it varying 10-20 c per gal. POWDERMAN. 

[MGMorden]

I remember it at $0.87 per gallon - and that was only back in the late 90's .  Still not as bad here as what some of you are quoting.  I saw one station at $2.85 earlier today.

[oldandslow]

I can remember the 19 cent stuff and it would drop to 17 cents when someone would start a gas war. Of course back then if you made a $400 a month you had an excellent paying job.

I bought the house I live in in 1963 and paid a nickle a gallon for propane to heat it. After a couple of years the dealer went up to 7 cents a gallon. I was ticked at that price increase. Two years ago I paid $1.85 a gallon and that was with a price break for buying over 400 gallons (I fill my daughter's tank at the same time) and 5 cents a gallon off for cash. Last year it dropped to $1.10 and this fall it had climbed back to $1.45. Of course you have to add the state's 6.75% gouge to that. In '63 the state only got 2%.

[gypsyman]

I remember pumping it at my dad's store for .24/gal. That was '62 or '63. gypsyman