Gas for under $3 a gallon, now nearing $2 a gallon (1 Viewer)

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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You middle eastern guys are all hard-wired into the oil database aren't you?

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TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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mquinnjr said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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Likewise, can't even imagine how awesome that would be if it were even close to that scenario now.

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fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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Walking Boot said:

TheIronSheik said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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I always get a kick out of this image.

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Gone are the days of Die Hard.

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TheIronSheik said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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I always get a kick out of this image.

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mr roboto said:

Drivers license in 1999, I remember paying less than $.80 per gallon in high school.

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WhatDoIKnow said:

TheIronSheik said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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I always get a kick out of this image.

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How much is a gallon of water? Or unicorn tears?

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Jobber said:

mr roboto said:

Drivers license in 1999, I remember paying less than $.80 per gallon in high school.

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I remember that fondly. Also, this was about the time everyone and their mother decided to buy a 10 MPG SUV. I swear, I'd be driving home on my commute and it seemed like I was the only non SUV on the road some days. Then gas jumped - a lot. And these same drivers would be whining about the price of gas. I really think that the A-rabs will drop the price of gas juuuuust a little bit. Enough to get everyone to jump on the gas guzzler bandwagon again.

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matttyl said:

My great grandmother ran a country store for about 50 years. After she died (I think in the late 80s or early 90s) we cleaned out what was left in the store so that we could list the property. We can across old gas signs advertising for like .25 a gallon. That must have been sweet - of course cars back in that day got like 10 miles per gallon.

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matttyl said:

My great grandmother ran a country store for about 50 years. After she died (I think in the late 80s or early 90s) we cleaned out what was left in the store so that we could list the property. We can across old gas signs advertising for like .25 a gallon. That must have been sweet - of course cars back in that day got like 10 miles per gallon.

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playin4beer said:

matttyl said:

My great grandmother ran a country store for about 50 years. After she died (I think in the late 80s or early 90s) we cleaned out what was left in the store so that we could list the property. We can across old gas signs advertising for like .25 a gallon. That must have been sweet - of course cars back in that day got like 10 miles per gallon.

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I STILL only get 10 mpg

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TheIronSheik said:

playin4beer said:

matttyl said:

My great grandmother ran a country store for about 50 years. After she died (I think in the late 80s or early 90s) we cleaned out what was left in the store so that we could list the property. We can across old gas signs advertising for like .25 a gallon. That must have been sweet - of course cars back in that day got like 10 miles per gallon.

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I STILL only get 10 mpg

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What are you driving? A dump truck?

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TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Anyone who got their license in late 80's really lucked out with cheap gas prices for over a decade.

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fantasycurse42 said:

MPG by auto manufacturers is bull####!

I've been driving a new car that tracks my MPG for about 1,500 miles so far, about 1,000 of which are highway. It is rated at 19/27, I drive in eco mode, usually with the wife and kid in the car (so I drive like #####), and according to the car computer I'm only getting 18.2mpg.

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Treynwreck3 said:

I paid $2.429/gal today for E-85 at Kroger in Katy, TX. Got $0.10/gal discount because I dropped a hundy in the grocery store.

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TheIronSheik said:

cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Anyone who got their license in late 80's really lucked out with cheap gas prices for over a decade.

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Strange link.

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cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Anyone who got their license in late 80's really lucked out with cheap gas prices for over a decade.

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Strange link.

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Fixed.

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TheIronSheik said:

cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Anyone who got their license in late 80's really lucked out with cheap gas prices for over a decade.

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Strange link.

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Fixed.

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Nice. You can see from that link why anyone who got their license in 1999 has an incorrect view of how much gas has gone up.

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GoFishTN said:

I got mine in 98. Right in time for the prices to skyrocket like a mother ####er.

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AhrnCityPahnder said:

67¢ for a weekend when I was delivering Pizzas in 1997. Long stretch between 70 and 75¢.

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saintfool said:

wasn't there a service that let you buy gas at a fixed price? i can't remember the name of it but it was in the FFA a loooooong time ago.

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TheIronSheik said:

Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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TheIronSheik said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

TheIronSheik said:

fantasycurse42 said:

I purchased gas on Sunday for $2.99 a gallon, first time I can remember buying gas for less than $3 a gallon in a very long time.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oil-ends-at-lowest-in-two-years-drops-13-on-quarter-2014-09-30

I read articles about the falling price of oil like it is a bad thing, I don't get it, I welcome lower priced oil

ETA: I got my license in 2000 and remember paying 89 cents a gallon, hopefully we can get back to those levels

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I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Yea, maybe I'm spoiled by the timing of getting my license, but anything beyond $2 feels excessive.

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Gas is one of the cheapest things you can get by the gallon.

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I always get a kick out of this image.

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TheIronSheik said:

cstu said:

TheIronSheik said:

I point this out to anyone who got their license around 2000. The price of gas was not that cheap prior to that. You happen to have gotten your license during a low point. An amazing low point. In fact, the average price per gallon for those years was around $1.20. So that $0.89 a gallon was extremely short lived. 1988 was around the last time gas average $1 a gallon for the year. Between then and 2000 the average was closer to $1.40 a gallon.

The point I'm getting at is that it may seem crazy that gas shot up from $0.89 to $3.00, but your starting point is too low in reality. The average price of gas in 1979 was right around $0.89 a gallon.

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Anyone who got their license in late 80's really lucked out with cheap gas prices for over a decade.

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Strange link.

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snellman said:

I worked at a gas station through high school (late 80s) and I remember having to notch out the fuel pump because gas went over $1 for the first time. I was also making minimum wage of $3.35/hour also.

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Bottomfeeder Sports said:

snellman said:

I worked at a gas station through high school (late 80s) and I remember having to notch out the fuel pump because gas went over $1 for the first time. I was also making minimum wage of $3.35/hour also.

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Gas was over a dollar a gallon in 1979.

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snellman said:

Bottomfeeder Sports said:

snellman said:

I worked at a gas station through high school (late 80s) and I remember having to notch out the fuel pump because gas went over $1 for the first time. I was also making minimum wage of $3.35/hour also.

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Gas was over a dollar a gallon in 1979.

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must not have been extended time, because it was 87 and our pumps only showed .009. Shoot, our pumps weren't even digital. Was little town in NW Iowa.

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