Gas prices...

[md13ffhguy]

The more they come down, the less we save... What a bummer! ;)

[nv rick]

$2.99 a gallon in Pahrump, NV.

I just filled up two days ago at $3.15.

I could have saved $1.60.

[aschulz261]

Just filled up here yesterday at $4.57

[djminfll]

Prices are fluctuating like crazy here in South Florida:

Near my house in Fourt Lauderdale, last week, regular was $3.39;

at the beginning of this week, regular was $3.25;

yesterday regular was $3.19, today it was $3.17.

Near my office in Miami, it dropped to $3.07 today.

[acdii]

The more they come down, the less we save... What a bummer! ;)

Dont let obummer hear you, he will find some way to raise the price.

[jeffo65]

Just filled up yesterday at $2.55 a gallon.

[darrelld]

Enjoy it while you can, the next storm, refinery outage or whatever and the price will go up faster than it came down.

[nv rick]

Just filled up here yesterday at $4.57

Other than the high cost of most things, you are lucky to live there. Oahu is one of our favorite places to vacation (when we can afford the air fare).

[aschulz261]

I'm not complaining at all. Yes, gas is expensive, but it is only the second time I have filled up since Aug1. Total expenditure on gas is still pretty low compared to many here.

[gkinla]

I just happened to surf by an Adam 12, 1969 episode last night. They were stopped at a gas station using a pay phone, the price of gas was 31.9 cents per gallon. Ah, those were the days.

[acdii]

Whats interesting is when oil was at the price it is now, gas was only around $2 a gallon. It is a slow rise, they raise it, people get comfortable with it, they raise it a little more, people complain, but get used to it, they raise it some more, and the cycle continues. It is because they know they have us by the testicular virility.

[gkinla]

Whats interesting is when oil was at the price it is now, gas was only around $2 a gallon. It is a slow rise, they raise it, people get comfortable with it, they raise it a little more, people complain, but get used to it, they raise it some more, and the cycle continues. It is because they know they have us by the testicular virility.

 

And squeezing.

[corncobs]

But we are driving good countermeasures which they probably don't like much.

[nv rick]

I just happened to surf by an Adam 12, 1969 episode last night. They were stopped at a gas station using a pay phone, the price of gas was 31.9 cents per gallon. Ah, those were the days.

I remember 'gas wars' when there were three gas stations at an intersection. Price would get down to $0.199 a gallon, and you could get your oil checked and windshield cleaned while the gas jockey was filling your tank. Sometimes you would also drive away with a free glass.

No one ever thought gas would get as much as $1.00 a gallon.

[talmy]

I remember 'gas wars' when there were three gas stations at an intersection. Price would get down to $0.199 a gallon, and you could get your oil checked and windshield cleaned while the gas jockey was filling your tank. Sometimes you would also drive away with a free glass.

No one ever thought gas would get as much as $1.00 a gallon.

 

I just happened to surf by an Adam 12, 1969 episode last night. They were stopped at a gas station using a pay phone, the price of gas was 31.9 cents per gallon. Ah, those were the days.

 

While gas prices were .30-.32/gallon while I was a teenager in the 60's and until the Gas Crisis, I was driving through Los Angeles in the Fall of '71 and took a picture of a station selling regular at .239 plus 10x "Blue Chip Stamps" . I filled up. Cheapest gas I ever bought.

[SteveB_TX]

Blue Chip Stamps? What? :)

[murphy]

What, no S&H Green Stamps?

 

The lowest I remember is 27.9 cents.

 

When gasoline got to $1.00 per gallon they had to replace the guts of most of the pumps since the highest they could be set to was 99.9 cents. During the change over they set the pump to 1/10 of the price and you paid 10 times what the pump said. Then there was the year that Sunoco tried metric pumps.

[nv rick]

What, no S&H Green Stamps?

 

The lowest I remember is 27.9 cents.

 

When gasoline got to $1.00 per gallon they had to replace the guts of most of the pumps since the highest they could be set to was 99.9 cents. During the change over they set the pump to 1/10 of the price and you paid 10 times what the pump said. Then there was the year that Sunoco tried metric pumps.

Oh, yeah. Always green stamps. My mom always had those books. I hated licking those stamps. Remember when movie theaters gave away dishes. I think that was on Wednesday nights when the new movies came out.

[Sleddog]

I'm not disappointed at all about the price. It means I save even more money!

[djminfll]

When I was growing up in New York, I also remember gas prices being the the 20-30 cent range. But by the time prices went over $0.999 per gallon and the pumps didn't have dollar markers, they didn't cut the price to 1/10 and then multiply by 10, they put the price at 50% of the actual price and then doubled the pump amount. Somewhere in a box, I am sure I still have my glasses with the green dinosaur on them - Sinclair gasoline?

Those prices might seem like they were cheap, but back then, I was working part-time while going to school, and was paid the minimum wage - $1.85 per hour. I worked 4 hours per day after school plus Saturday, got paid about $45 a week, and was able to put gas in the car, pay my issuance, go out with friends, and buy whatever seemed important to me at the time.

[nv rick]

Ah, the good old days.

A date with a movie and a pizza for less than $15.

A gallon of milk and a loaf of bread for $1.29.

Hamburger $0.29 a pound.

My first, brand new car...a 1965 Mustang for $2900.

Of course, my first year in law enforcement (1969)...$7200.

But I still didn't dread going to the gas station.

[GrySql]

Ah, the good old days.

A date with a movie and a pizza for less than $15.

A gallon of milk and a loaf of bread for $1.29.

Hamburger $0.29 a pound.

My first, brand new car...a 1965 Mustang for $2900.

Of course, my first year in law enforcement (1969)...$7200.

But I still didn't dread going to the gas station.

Your memories are very similar to mine...

My first job was in a grocery store in 1958 so I remember those prices.

 

My first new car was a green 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe with a 289 V8. - $2800

Edited October 21, 2014 by GrySql

[djminfll]

This was actually on the local news this morning - gas prices have, at a few stations, dipped below $3 per gallon for regular! I took this through the windshield in the rain this afternoon on my way home from work.

 

[djminfll]

My first new car was a 1973 Honda Civic, one of the first Civics sold in the USA. My dad told me if I got a job and saved money, he would match what I earned to put towards a car. I'm sure he was expecting to have to shell out a couple of hundred dollars, but I saved $1000, half of the cost of a brand new Civic. I thought I was driving in style, with an AM/FM radio. The car had a manual choke that you had to pull out when you started the car, then as the car warmed up, you could push it back in. Even at $0.30 a gallon, I still appreciated getting great gas mileage, I seem to remember close to 40mpg.

 

 

Edited October 25, 2014 by djminfll

[GrySql]

Honda was ahead of the times back then.

When I sent a daughter to college at ASU in the early '90's I bought her a 1986 Honda CRX-HF, the HF stood for High Fuel (mpg's).

It only had a driver and passenger seat so I figured she wouldn't be driving all her friends around - it worked!

 

The CRX-HF had a 58HP 1300 cc motor, lightweight suspension, it was peppy and fun to drive. She got a ticket doing 80 mph out on I-10 on the way to Phoenix.

The wonder of the car was that it got almost 50 mpg on the highway, 38-40 around town (like in your Ad, above). It lasted until she graduated, a good investment.

 

It was a cute little thing and would still look good today with a minor design refresh.

Edited October 25, 2014 by GrySql