When I was in high school

[Darrell KSR]

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[PedroDaGr8]

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Heck, I remember in 1999 when I graduated high school. We took a road trip to florida for spring break. Gas in GA was $0.89 a gallon. It was under a $ in KY too. Filled the tank on a 96 explorer for under $20. Really, crazy to think that in under 10 yrs we were paying FOUR times that amount and happy with it.

[Doc]

http://www.carlustblog.com/images/2008/11/29/77transam1.jpg

[Darrell KSR]

http://www.carlustblog.com/images/2008/11/29/77transam1.jpg

Mine was silver, with no bird on the front. Bought brand new as an 18-year old kid, with my own money (Dad co-signed the loan).

[Darrell KSR]

This doesn't do it justice--I'd wax that thing up, and it would almost glow it shined in the dark so much.

http://media.motortopia.com/files/4238/vehicle/46bb502e10b58/May_and_June_car_and_Bike_032.jpg

[Darrell KSR]

Heck, I remember in 1999 when I graduated high school. We took a road trip to florida for spring break. Gas in GA was $0.89 a gallon. It was under a $ in KY too. Filled the tank on a 96 explorer for under $20. Really, crazy to think that in under 10 yrs we were paying FOUR times that amount and happy with it.

That's the crazy part, just as you said--those prices were from the late 70's, but the price didn't go up drastically for many years.

[KSRBEvans]

I started working at Fort Knox almost 14 years ago to the day. I remember the gas at the Dodge's station outside post being $1.27/gallon. In the summer of 01 it dropped below $1.00 for about a month. There was a station in West Point that was the last one not to raise it above $1.00, and there was a long line of vehicles waiting to get the last sub-$1.00/gallon gas. Feels like 100 years ago.

[Catonahottinroof]

I shredded some old expense accounts last year. One had a gas receipt purchased in April of 2001 in Cartersville Georgia for fuel at .82 cents a gallon. A $16.40 fillup.....

[Doc]

The car I drove (my mom's)
http://dev.hatchheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ford_pinto_1_75.jpg

or my dad's
http://worldcarslist.com/images/ford/ford-ltd-ii-wagon/ford-ltd-ii-wagon-11.jpg

then MY first car as a HS senior
http://themustangmafia.com/david.jpg

[Doc]

I figured Darrell's would have been a

http://www.barnyardwagon.com/assets/images/ConestogaWagon_Full_IMG_0456__2_.JPG

[Darrell KSR]

This was my car when I was 15.



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When I was 16, I got this car. Played on the golf team, and the hatchback was great for hauling golf equipment, but a crappy car.

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First car I bought myself was the Trans Am.

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[Catonahottinroof]

When the Ford Pinto/Mercury Bobcat is mentioned.....


http://youtu.be/dT0J0rcJTLo

[Darrell KSR]

When the Ford Pinto/Mercury Bobcat is mentioned.....

Video Link: http://youtu.be/dT0J0rcJTLo (http://youtu.be/dT0J0rcJTLo)

I thank God every day my Bobcat was never rear ended.

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[blueboss]

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My friends and I affectionately referred to my ride as the "Screaming Italian Pinto"

Oh yeah fuel was mid .50's

[Doc]

I was bussed downtown so after school we had soccer practice and had as many as 8 in it on the way home--3 in the front seat, 4 in the back seat and 1 in the hatch back. Now that's car pooling!

[jazyd]

Hate to tell you young boys what gas was when Mick, cattails and I were in high school.....yes there were cars then NAND not all were black...I paid around .22 cents a gal. ,one night to get home I put .07 in. All I had in my pocket. I don't have a picture....probably do somewhere....but my first car was a ford fair lane, red, stick shift on the column. We called it the tomato bug. No heater, no air except when the window was down, my date and now wife hated that car. We kept in for several years after we were married in college. It got us around

[Doc]

Hate to tell you young boys what gas was when Mick, cattails and I were in high school.....yes there were cars then NAND not all were black...I paid around .22 cents a gal. ,one night to get home I put .07 in. All I had in my pocket. I don't have a picture....probably do somewhere....but my first car was a ford fair lane, red, stick shift on the column. We called it the tomato bug. No heater, no air except when the window was down, my date and now wife hated that car. We kept in for several years after we were married in college. It got us around

Jazy, when you and Mick where in High School gasoline still looked like this

http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/fighting-dinos-zoom.grid-6x2.jpg

[dan_bgblue]

I do not have a sign to share but when I started driving in 1969, gasoline was 29 cents per gallon for premium, and an attendant checked under the hood, washed the windshield and pumped the gas

[Catonahottinroof]

I can remember my dad paying the extra .05 to get ethyl in his Big block, 1967 Super Sport Impala. A whopping .40 a gallon.....

[dan_bgblue]

Doc, and Darrell I have a good friend that has cars that look exactly like the 2 in your pictures of the Trans Ams in his garage. Both are street legal. One pumps out 1,700 hp at the rear tires and the other is 1,900 hp. He burns E-85 in them because it allows them to run a little cooler. Gets about 6 mpg but they will turn the quarter mile in about 9 secs.

[Darrell KSR]

Doc, and Darrell I have a good friend that has cars that look exactly like the 2 in your pictures of the Trans Ams in his garage. Both are street legal. One pumps out 1,700 hp at the rear tires and the other is 1,900 hp. He burns E-85 in them because it allows them to run a little cooler. Gets about 6 mpg but they will turn the quarter mile in about 9 secs.

Oh my. Mine would run, but gracious.

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[kingcat]

Cheapest I recall was when I was a little boy and my Dad was taking us to L.A. Somewhere in the Rockys, I don't recall where (we had taken Route 66 I know that much) we climbed a steep grade and rounded a curve to about the most majestic site I had ever seen. A gas superstation, and they must have had six pumps at least, also sold snacks and stuff!... and I can still visualize a huge multi-colored sign that read Gas 17.9

[kingcat]

Anyone recall Sunoco 260?

[KeithKSR]

I wish we could just go back to pre-2009 gas prices of under $1.80 a gallon.

[Darrell KSR]

I wish we could just go back to pre-2009 gas prices of under $1.80 a gallon.

Really amazing.

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[Doc]

I wish we could just go back to pre-2009 gas prices of under $1.80 a gallon.


Funny that pre-2009 is "the good old days"

[KeithKSR]

Funny that pre-2009 is "the good old days"

The end of sub $2.00 gas was quickly surpassed by the end of sub $3.00 gas. If only wages had kept pace.

[MickintheHam]

I remember the gasoline price wars on the Dixie Highway in Louisville. We would drive all the way across the county to buy gas at 17 cents a gallon. My dad would justify it by going to Mike Linning's for Friday Night dinner.

[bigsky]

My favorite car as a young man was an 67 Impala, 327, power glide 2sp auto and a quadrijet 4bbl. Looked EXACTLY like the car on Supernatural, a 4dr hardtop no pillar.

19mpg hi way. Room to move in the back seat. Could drop to 1 at 85 if I floored it.

[Catonahottinroof]

How much was the fish sandwich back then Mick? I can remember them being $1.75 when i started driving in 1983. Now it's 8.00 or so.


I remember the gasoline price wars on the Dixie Highway in Louisville. We would drive all the way across the county to buy gas at 17 cents a gallon. My dad would justify it by going to Mike Linning's for Friday Night dinner.

[Doc]

When Mick was a kid, a fish sandwich was a ceolocanth :lmao:

[PedroDaGr8]

When Mick was a kid, a fish sandwich was a ceolocanth :lmao:

That is the geekiest old age joke I have seen in a long time. Hats off to you.

[dan_bgblue]

Oh my. Mine would run, but gracious.

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He and I were working together this week and he told me he had finished the work on his 1980 Chevy Malibu. 500ci power plant kicking out 2,300 hp at the rear wheels. I think he mention a 5.3 second quarter mile, and it is running on E-85 as well. Let me know if you ever need a tune up on the Volvo.