What is the lowest price that you remember for it ?

Don M. said:
When I started driving, in the late 1950's, gas prices were usually in the 25 to 30 cents/gal range....depending upon if there were an "gas wars" going on.....remember 'gas wars'??? Then, in my senior year in HS, I worked at a gas station and the owner charged us his "wholesale cost"....about 17cents/gal.
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I do have vague memories of gas stations giving away glasses and such if you did get your tank filled up.
 

When I started driving, it was in the 30 cent range for years.


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As stated above, I remember those prices in the 50's. I remember the gas shortage too, when people were stealing gas from parked vehicles. I used to park by backing up as close to my brother's car as I could to prevent theft because my filler was under the plate.
 
Camper6 said:
You have to put it into perspective however. How long did you have to work to buy a gallon of gas?
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Yeah, back in those days, I might have been making $1.50 an hour at work. So, accounting for inflation, today's gas prices would have to be 6 or 8 dollars/gal to be the equivalent. Gas, in our area, has been holding near $2/gal for the past couple of years....a "historical" bargain.
 
college years for me were 1967-71. last 2 years had family VW Beetle available. it had gas tank of just a little more than 10 gallons... when empty. poor college student could fill the tank for about $3!!

in 1972, we took a "Griswold family" style road-trip vacation. drove from right outside Philly to Disney World in a bright orange Super Beetle in - only about $50 round trip. august with NO AC!! I-95 was still in spits and spurts. we came home on a "scenic route" thru Smokey Mountains. we charged all gasoline.D

oh, Disney World wasn't even finished.
 
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fuzzybuddy said:
And why isn't here a cents sign on my keyboard. They have a row of "F" numbers that I never use , so why can't they ad a lousy cents sign. If I ruled the world...............
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You can get a cent sign in "character map" if you have Windows. You have to open it, then "Select" the symbol and "copy". I the text you then have to hit Ctrl and V together. That will paste in in the text.

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Long before I was old enough to drive, ( 1954?) I remember large signs at gas stations: 'Gas War!, 16 cents a gallon"

Don M post #2, pumping gas at a service station was a high status amoung the 16-19 year olds
 
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I remember Sunoco gas being very cheap, about 70 cents per gallon. when I first started to pay for it in the early 60s. I use to get my gas depending on what they were giving away. I am still using steak knives from one gas station.
And I just loved the Tiger tails and hoof prints you glued on the car from different companies.
 
We pay by the litre in Australia ,
When my OH bought a new car in 1998 he decided to have it as duel fuel and had gas LPG fitted going on the price of the gas at the time which was 11 cents a litre

( we had intentions at that time to travel around Aust in our caravan ) which we did in early 2000’s .
shortly after having the LPG fitted at a substantial cost The gas prices increased to around 50 cents a litre and continued to go up its now around $1. a litre .
 

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