how low can you go?

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how low can you go?

Post by bawrencher »

here's one for us old guys. what's the lowest price for a gallon of gas that you can remember? i remember it was under 20 cents, i think it was 18.
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Gas war, forget where 14 cents agallon.

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Yep, In Texas we could buy Crow Flite gas for .12 to .15 a gallon.
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I don't really recall the cheapest, but I sure remember when it hit $1.00! :shock: I had a very young family at the time & didn't make much (ok, still don't :roll: ), so it really left a dent in the 'ol wallet.
I remember the gas stations all had to change their price signs to fit another digit in there.
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lowest i remember is 14 cents, 19 cents was common at that time.even at 50 cents you could fill your truck for under $10.
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ya i figured the guys in texas would be lower, but not alaska.
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I remember when .25 would filll a gas can up and you could get a pepsi for a 15 cents and a Zero candy bar for a dime.
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boy this is sickening especially since some bastards gold plated toilet just broke and theyve jacked it up to 2.25
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Post by castruck_1964 »

I don't remember the lowest
but I remember when we went metric :roll: :evil:
the price was around 99 cents a gallon then the goverment introduced metric and price dropped to 26 cents a litre :shock: :(
Interestingly enough goverment was involved in gas industry owned a little fuel company called Petro Canada! :shock: :(
saved the industry millions in not having to replace pumps with new ones with dollar digit :dontknow:
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13 cents a gallon. However a new Corvette was $1,899... :P
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when I started driving gas was 92 cents a gallon.
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It was 46.9 when I was 18 pumping gas for dope money.
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mikecarson wrote:It was 46.9 when I was 18 pumping gas for dope money.
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bawrencher wrote:ya i figured the guys in texas would be lower, but not alaska.
that was in Detroit, not Alaska.
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Post by Greg D »

Lowest I ever personally paid was .25. I can also remember paying .60 for 100 octane leaded premium, that would be comparable to what maybe Cam 2 now at about $5 a gallon. :shock:
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Post by BigTim »

.49 is the lowest I remeber. About 10 years agothe local grocery chain got into price war with another local vendor, it got down to .56, of course gas was only 1.25 back then.
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Post by Ford4jack »

I remember premium for .35 it took 15 or 20 cents to fill up my minibike back then
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Post by Horsepower »

Lowest I recall was $.079 a gallon. $5 a week wasn't bad making $2.35 an hour. Now it's more like a days pay to fill the tank an I fill up twice a week!
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Post by Willy_B »

When I watched my father pump it. I remember about .25. When I pumped my own was about .75.
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Post by truckerdaddy66 »

We're being taxed to death by the goverment,I heard about half the money for a gallon of gas was in taxes. Trucking at $ 2.49 a gallon for diesel sucks :!: 5 miles per gallon :boohoo:
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