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Originally Posted by Bailey's Peeps  This could be a whole new topic. I'm a bit older. The first car I ever bought was in 1964. I think I had it for a year or two before I ever paid over $.25 a gallon for gas. Gas stations used to have "price wars" back in those days, and it wasn't unusual to see gas for $.15 a gallon. With my car, I could drive 400 miles for about $3. Of course, back in those days I made about $1 an hour - so that was over 3 hours' work (after deducting for taxes). Today, driving an SUV around town a bit over two hours' work will get me 400 miles. I guess price per gallon isn't the whole story. |
I got my first car 6 years ago and it cost me only $20 to fill it up then. I think I had a 12 gallon tank. By the time I got rid of it this past May, I was being charged over $40 for the same exact car!! Now I have my new car that has about a 17.5 gallon tank and it was costing me almost $70 for
car. Now it's down to about $40ish to fill my car up.