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by Done. never again. on May 19th, 2008
I remember .99 september 2001
by Galeanda on January 1st, 2008
I remember gas around $.19 - .24 cents in the early 60s. It doesn't seem possible. I remember on my honeymoon in 1973 that we went somewhere that only had one gas station for miles around and they had the nerve to charge us $.51!!!! We couldn't wait to get home and tell everyone about how much they charged! LOL!
by SelahWrites on January 1st, 2008
.37!!! Can you believe it???? I remember my brother buying gasoline to mow neighbor's lawns. I remember when 7 - 11's were open from seven until eleven! Now convenience stores are open nearly 24-7.
by BigDaddyBS on March 10th, 2008
I can remember getting 2-3 gallons for a buck... A tankful for about $5 or so! (This included THEM washing the windows, checking the oil and other fluids, and checking the tire pressure.)This was in Lafayette, Indiana, about 1970 or so.
by Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH on January 1st, 2008
I can recall specifically it being $0.89 a gallon when I got it once in my later teens. I know it was lower than that before I really paid attention to gas prices.
by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on May 22nd, 2008
I remember the summer it went from $0.50 to $0.60. I was pissed [angry] because my $3.00 bought 16% less gas. lol
by Paul04 on May 22nd, 2008
I remember .17 down in West Palm Beach Fl in 1968. What ever happened to "gas wars". Now I guess it's really "wars for gas".
by Sunblynd 5.0 on January 1st, 2008
Around $0.75 a gallon, Southern California, way back in 1977. I was just a kid back then.
by Richdoode on June 11th, 2008
During the gas wars 1977 or so when competition actually existed I paid $.30 a gallon.
by B.fife My honesty makes people angry... on June 11th, 2008
When I first got my license in late 93 it was right around 86 cents a gallon in Ohio. Five dollars would run my Mustang almost all week!
by misswinelover on June 11th, 2008
When I turned 16 in 1997 gas was $0.69/gallon in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. It ranged from $0.68-$0.89 for awhile...when it hit $0.99 we all thought it was highway robbery!!! LOL :) I drove a Plymoth Neon and could fill my tank for around $8.00!!! Ahhhh.....those were the days :D
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on May 22nd, 2008
When I was a child it was less than 30 cents a gallon.
Since I've been driving, about 85 cents a gallon.
by bowlermommy07 on May 20th, 2008
I remember around .85 cents a gallon when I was probably 7 or 8.
by Snooky-- Is confused on May 19th, 2008
lol I must be really young, and I never really paid attention the lowest I can remember is like 1.50-2.00
by Froggy on May 19th, 2008
When i graduated from High school and got my first car, regular gas at a Sunoco was $.319/gal , that was 1968 in Pennsylvania.
by miteb on May 19th, 2008
I remember 35 cents a gallon in the 60's. We would pool our quarters to fill up the tank and go cruising.
by Anonomous on May 19th, 2008
It was around 90¢ a gallon in 1999.
by Teasdale on March 10th, 2008
When I was a kid, I remember my parents complaining that gas was 89 cents/gallon. Can you even imagine? It's $3.29 here in Cincy.
by Merfish on January 3rd, 2008
I can remember it being 43 cents and my grandmother asking for a dollars worth from the attendant.
The next year my parents were freaking about gas hitting 50 cents.
I can rember sitting in the gas lines, people would run out of gas waiting and have to push their cars to the pumps. You could only get gas on an odd day if your plates ended in an odd number (even for even and anyone on the 31st). You were only allowed to get 7 gallons.
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on January 1st, 2008
about 40 cents per gallon in the 1960's
by Babycakes Deux on January 1st, 2008
I remember when I was in first grade, my dad paid about $.28 a gallon.
by Rescuer Treesaw on January 1st, 2008
my parents used to own a gas station when I was a kid so I remember the prices long before I ever drove. 63 cents when I was 10ish
by Scooter on January 1st, 2008
.72 cents a gallon the day I got my drivers license.
by hope and peace on January 1st, 2008
In high school it was 99 cents per gallon. (ah, the good old days!)
by Borderlinux on January 1st, 2008
$0.739/gal...and milk was almost the same for ½ gal
by the prince on June 19th, 2008
Does anybody remember how cheap land used to be...get over it, its called inflation...
by Anonymous on June 1st, 2008
This old fart remembers it at 25 cents.
by Tallyman on May 19th, 2008
The lowest the I remember paying was 99 cents back in about 1999.
by Cyndi Ninja on May 19th, 2008
I paid .88 cents once.
by Jecks on May 19th, 2008
46.2c/L
by Anonymous on May 19th, 2008
i have a picture from probably 1991-2 when it was about $1.32 in new york.
by Sixty B - Commander Topcoat on May 19th, 2008
At least half what it is now... *groan*
by Nada Normal on May 19th, 2008
filled up on the way to the prom, .80 per gallon
by HolleyPower on May 19th, 2008
60 cents a gallon, 1986
by Lord Knows on March 10th, 2008
99 cents - I used to drive for days and days
by SarahK on March 1st, 2008
I remember gas being around $1/gallon around the time I started high school (and before I could drive). Ahh, the good ol' days.
by HappyGoLucky on January 2nd, 2008
I rember in Mississippi in 1989 the gas was cheap 89cent a gallon. Where I am not it's $3.40 a gallon today:(
by Professor StacieJ on January 1st, 2008
When I bought my first car in 98 gas was $0.99.
by kazzzy on January 1st, 2008
I can't remember what it was when I started driving and having to buy my own gas, but I do remember in the 80's when the price went above $1.00/gallon and all the stations had to scurry and tape a 1 up on the price boards because they didn't go that high. lol
by redcatt63 is around here somewhere...... on January 1st, 2008
I can remember as a kid in the 60s, it being down in the .30 range. I can still remember my dad flipping out when it got over .60! and a gallon of milk was about .50 back then, too.
by Anonymous on January 1st, 2008
I am 18 and I can recall gas being 96 cents a gallon in Tennesse but in my area around $1.20. I can recall my parents complaining about it being $1.45. And as of today in my town (West Virginia) it is $3.21 per gallon. 22 miles away in Kentucky it is $3.12 per gallon.
by macdjug-Paxvobiscum on January 1st, 2008
22cents a gallon when I was a kid.
by wookieblu on January 1st, 2008
.50 cents maybe lower for some reason i enjoyed riding to the gas station as a kid.
by loveschimps on January 1st, 2008
I believe it was 50 cents a gallon when I first started driving in the dark ages of the distant past....
by LarryH54 on July 12th, 2009
As a kid I remember seeing 0.25 per gallon. But as a driver, I recall paying around 0.79 per gallon on my road trip to Washington State.
by leave_me_alone on January 3rd, 2009
I remember it being 23 Cents a gallon at the Cheap Stations in the mid-60s,, The name brand stations were about 29-33 cents a gallon. The cheapest I ever got it for was .49 cents at a Amaco in 1978. About 10 years ago it dropped to 84 cents in Florida and in Atlanta there was gas Price wars going on and it dropped to 59 cents a gallon.
The past couple of days it has gone from 1.53 a gallon to 1.73 a gallon,
by Gideon on October 25th, 2008
I swear it was around .88 in the early 90's up near NJ. Ten years ago, the price hit $1.40 in L.A. and everyone was up in arms. Ah, the good old days.
by mynameismolly222 on August 8th, 2008
i think like...a dollar something
by G_tech on July 19th, 2008
.25 a gallon when a was around 1964-1965 and was maybe .45-50 in 1976 when I got married and look at it now! This was in Ca about 1 hr drive from the capital sac ca.
by R_Berue on July 19th, 2008
I MUST be one of the oldest - I prefer using the expression "most mature" - people on this site.
I remember back in 1956 or 1957, gas was selling for nineteen point nine cents per gallon [.199]. That's less than 20 cents per gallon.
I remember when there were attendants who pumped the gas, checked the oil, checked the fluids and tire pressure!
ALL that was done as the car was being filled with gas.
AND I remember when the gas stations gave out "free gifts" or "premiums":
Free glassware - not cheap stuff.
Free dishes and mugs.
S&H Green Stamps
Top Value ("TV") Stamps.
Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it!
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You youngins Try 1950"s 26 Cents check history of gas prices
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/3946710/detail.html
by Dave2222 on October 9th, 2008
January 2002 0.79 Florida
by curiousgeorge on February 13th, 2009
Okay.
by Done. never again. on February 13th, 2009