Andie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I could get gas for 85ish cents, if I recall correctly. I remember the OUTRAGE, not long after I started driving, when the Gulf War pushed it up over a dollar for a time. How 'bout you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetreasurs Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 $1 a gallon? I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 in college, I remember going to the gas station and requesting 50 cents worth of gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 That was almost twenty five yrs. ago, I can barely remember what we had for breakfast. I dont drive that much now, so dont know what gas prices are until I see them on the news. Jet You know what is really bad , we owned a gas station for eighteen yrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't know how much it cost back then, but I do know that when we moved to Massachusetts in late 2001, gas was $1.19/gal. Those were the days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I could get gas for 85ish cents, if I recall correctly. I remember the OUTRAGE, not long after I started driving, when the Gulf War pushed it up over a dollar for a time. How 'bout you? I have no idea. I never paid attention because I was in the mindframe of "if I use my credit card it's not real money" :ohmy:. Thank goodness I married a man who is much smarter than me :001_rolleyes:. I started driving in 1993ish. I waited a year to get my license because until then my brother got me back and forth to school and a boyfriend took me everywhere else (thank goodness I didn't marry him-he was much dumber than me :lol:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianne Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 97 cents a gallon!! Imagine that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 .84/gallon at one point during my senior year (b/c I was the class of '84 -- that's why I remember it!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virginia Dawn Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 All I remember is that 10 years ago oil for our furnace was only 98 cents a gallon, and the price runs fairly close to gas at the pump. We felt like paupers but we could afford to heat our house. Now dh makes 20 thousand more than he did but we are scrambling to figure out alternatives to using the oil this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Heather Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I remember it being around .96. We went to Disney four years ago and were complaining about it being 1.64$. Wouldn't that be great now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaik76 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 $0.87 a gallon. It cost the same as a pack of Marlboro Reds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 in college, I remember going to the gas station and requesting 50 cents worth of gas :lol: I vividly remember scrounging my car for change and getting $2.61 worth of gas! I can remember paying about 89 cents a gallon. How I weep for times past!:crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 About 95-97c/gallon, in Tx in '96. W/in a yr, it was up to $1.20-ish, so I wouldn't buy more than $5 worth at a time. I'd run out of gas, but I wouldn't buy more than $5 worth at a time. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 about 70 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaC Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 When Dh started driving it was .40cents when I started driving 5 years later it was around .65 cents for regular. :auto: I didn't sart driving until I was 18. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakitty Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 approx .97 as I recall.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Boy, I'm OLD! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquilt Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I can't remember, but I do still find myself surprised that I can't pay with a $20 and even come out with change :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycoffeechic Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 89 cents a gallon. Those were the days.:001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't remember specifically, but I do remember the outrage I felt when it went to .99 a gallon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 . . . after filling up my little Ford Escort. Dh and I bought our motorcycle when gas when up to the exorbitant price of $1.25. We used to budget $3 a week for the bike and $10 a week for the car. I was cruising through the channels at MILs last weekend and caught a few minutes of Die Hard. There was a scene where the nice cop was sitting in front of a gas station. The sign read $.79 a gallon. I don't remember Die Hard being THAT old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't remember. It was less than a dollar a gallon though in 1983. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 ...a gallon of gas was roughly $.63!!! Less than ten years earlier, it had been $.36. Good grief!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMom2One Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 but I am an older mom than a lot of parents on this board. I remember paying 29 cents a gallon in my early driving years (1973 to be exact), and back then you also got the following with a fill-up: Full window wash & oil check S & H Green Stamps (For those of you that don't know about savings stamps: after each purchase you'd paste them into books until you had enough to trade in for cool stuff from a store or catalog) Free drinking glass (we collected matching sets of them) Free maps of the area AND/OR directions from the attendantIn my mind I don't seem old enough to say, "Those were the good ol' days!" but I guess I must be because they really were. Blessings, Lucinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 LRB 0754 - you must be about my age. The lowest I remember, a few years before I got my permit, was 19 cents a gallon, back when gas stations had "price wars." And they pumped it for you! Now it seems like the "price wars" are to see who can charge the most! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yup, I took driver's training in 1973..bought my first car in January of 1074 and I remember it being about .35 cents a gallon..DH says it was under .50 for sure..but that's all he can recall. I do remember filling up for under 8.00 and it lasted me til the next paycheck two weeks later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 S & H Green Stamps (For those of you that don't know about savings stamps: after each purchase you'd paste them into books until you had enough to trade in for cool stuff from a store or catalog I remember helping my mom & grandmother paste their stamps into the books, and after I got married (1980), I collected them for myself as well! I loved those trips to the Green Stamp store! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't know why I remember this -- $0.45 a gallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnandtinagilbert Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 97 cents a gallon!! Imagine that! yup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I remember paying about $1.00 a gallon early in my driving years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Gosh, what's really sad is I can't remember--but I do remember, soon after it went to 99 cents and we all thought it was outrageous--I lived in NY, and we were thinking of stopping in the middle of the street on Broadway if it hit a dollar!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 My dad put gas in my car in high school so I don't remember. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in MO Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 being around $0.79/gallon when I started driving. Yes, those were the days! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I think it was about $.50 a gallon. When friends and I would go cruising, everyone put their change in the ash tray so we could pay for the gas we were using driving around town all evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I can't remember that far back. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteb Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I started driving in '97 ( I didn't get my license until I was 19). I remember it being around $1.00. ONce though, I saw it dip down to $0.75! Aaahhh... the good ole days :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Mercy, do you realize that I started driving 32 years ago?? So how much was a bucket of oats back then? I dunno, maybe .50 a gallon? To tell the truth, I never knew, had dad's credit card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I don't remember, it was the early 80's. I do remember putting 5.00 in my first car, 1980 Datsun 210 hatchback aka: "the mean green crusin' machine", and it lasted all week. Man, what a car. 2/40 AC, no power steering, and $79.00 payments for 18 months. *2/40 AC means you rolled, yes rolled, down both windows and drove 40mph to catch the breeze. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I remember being able to fill the tank for about $10. Of course it was a sub-compact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Would you believe............... 17c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The first I can remember is that in college it was 95 cents per gallon. I was totally shocked when I moved to NYC after college and it was a horrifying $1.56. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trivium Academy Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Yep, same here as it was for Andie. In 1990 was when I started driving, I remember about 85¢ too but the economy report below says $1.16, that must have been the jump. Just 4 years ago it was just below or at $1.00 before all this (war/Middle East, etc.) began. It used to cost $12.00 to fill my 10-11 gallon tank, now it costs $40-$45 for the same car. Here's the Economy back then: President: George Bush Vice President: Dan Quayle Population: 249,438,712 Life expectancy: 75.4 years Dow-Jones High: 3,000 Low: 2,365 Federal spending: $1252.52 billion Federal debt: $3206.6 billion Inflation: 5.4% Consumer Price Index: 130.7 Unemployment: 5.3% Prices Cost of a new home: $149,800.00 Cost of a new car: $ Median Household Income: $29,943.00 Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25 Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $1.16 Cost of a dozen eggs: $1.00 Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.78 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 It was about 50c a gallon. I used to get $2 a day, I used 50c for gas, and $1.50 for lunch. :o) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly IN Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I remember it being between 85 to 95 cents. This was over 19 years ago. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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