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$1.83 this afternoon, filling up for MARF!

I just filled up for $1.949 - sad that we think that is a cheap price! I remember $0.339 when I started driving.

That cartoon took me back - there was a period in our lives where it was cheaper for my wife to stay home with the 2 kids than to work, pay expenses, and pay a sitter. We were losing about $10 a week when we didn't have it to lose.

I just like checking out your ever changing avatar images, John.

johnallg wrote: I ... I remember $0.339 when I started driving. ...

I remember pumping it for $0.169 at my after school job. Gas was always kept artificially low in the Detroit area back in those days so as there would be no need for fuel efficient cars to be built.

ken_j wrote:

johnallg wrote: I ... I remember $0.339 when I started driving. ...

I remember pumping it for $0.169 at my after school job. Gas was always kept artificially low in the Detroit area back in those days so as there would be no need for fuel efficient cars to be built.

The cheapest "normal" price I can remember was $0.249 or thereabouts. But sometimes, a couple of stations would get into a "gas war" and the prices would drop to around 15 cents...

I pumped gas, too, in the late '60s, while in college. It was around .33 back then, and I made $1.75 an hour. Still, I drive a luscious original Harvest Gold/India Ivory '55 Chevy Nomad that I'd bought for...$800.00.

It would typically cost me around $5.00 to fill it up.

I remember (this was in days before SUVs and motor homes were very rare) a guy pulling in, driving a brand new Caddy Eldorado. He asked for a fill-up with hi-octane, and I was amazed that it took $9.75 to fill the tank!

That $9.75 reminds me, my Dad had a pickup truck and he added a couple of "saddle tanks" so he didn't have to fill it up as often on family camping trips. I remember the first time he filled them up and the gas pump "rolled over" at $9.99. It took a bit of convincing to get the attendant to believe the bill wasn't only a couple of dollars, he'd never seen anything go over before.

Still have the Nomad Paul? Those are sweet cars!

Too bad we don't have the night high octane gas these days for the older cars that we still drive. I've got a '72 Datsun 240Z, a '73 Ford pickup, and a '69 Volvo 1800S that like that old hi-test gas.

Greg

I've had eight Nomads in all, 5-'55s, 2-'57s and a '56. The final '55, sold on in 1986 and subsequently stolen from its new owner and stripped for parts and accessories, was a very rare Coral and Shadow Gray Metallic, with an interior in the same colors. A real sweetheart.

I also had a '57 Fuellie in yellow and black, with a yellow/black/silver interior. Possibly a one off, I was told. It was also sold on in '86.

I still have the first car I ever owned. I bought it seven years ago and it costs me twice as much to fill it as it did then, even with gas now below three bucks again. I'm not driving it very much these days.

Being a city girl, public transport and pedestrian travel are my first choices.