Since this site has a lot of older folks on it, what is the cheapest that you remember gas prices?
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Since this site has a lot of older folks on it, what is the cheapest that you remember gas prices?
Horse and buggy - free gas
.229/gallon when I started driving.
Do they really still need the 9/10ths
.31/gallon
$.18/gal. Gas wars in San Antonio just outside gate at Kelly AFB. Two stations trying to outdo each other. 1970. Insane. 1974 the world went nuts and it was hard to find gasoline.
23 cents
Damn we have some old fogies on this board!
I don't have a memory of the cheapest I just remember it jumping to .32Quote:
Originally Posted by JMV JustMyView
Evidently it was an astronomical jump at the time.
Lots of money for someone making a $1 per hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
Good point, but you saved so much money on parkingQuote:
Originally Posted by BeauCajun
10 years old-ish, $.70 summer vacations in the the smoky mountains.
Saw $.99 or less battles in college
https://blog.cheapism.com/cost-of-gas-by-year/
a little truth serum
I remember 27 cents.
.19 a gallon
$.28
19.9 at the ShopNBag on Grand Calliou Road in Houma 1967.
My grandfather had a grocery and gas station in the Houma area.
He died when I was 3, but I would love to know his gas prices back then in 1963.
Around .64/gallon.
.50 for rcaf license plates, .55 for cajuns or UL bumper sticker, .80 for TSAB
I posted a source that should at least be close for every year . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine
In general I recall .30 as a low; but short time at .19 in East Texas during those “gas war” days.Quote:
Originally Posted by 60swerethebest
.299
Louisiana was usually a little cheaper than the national average back when.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunVic
you are parsing with too much cents . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbine