[AFB-XYZ]

When I was in school a buck’s worth of gas would get me home.

When I was little, I remember gas stations on opposite corners having "price wars" all the time. Lowest price for gas that I remember is 27 cents/gal. Today, that price seems like something out of a dream.

[nascarnation]

I filled up today for 20 bucks!

(the riding mower...)

[Melian]

[Chuckster]

When I was little, I remember gas stations on opposite corners having "price wars" all the time. Lowest price for gas that I remember is 27 cents/gal. Today, that price seems like something out of a dream.

Yep. My first car was '55 Chevy. On the way to High School there was a Shell on one corner and an Atlantic Richfield on the other. Gas wars sent prices down under twenty cents and I could fill 'er up from empty for $5.

Oh, the nostalgia. In those days, I would borrow a sawbuck from my Old Man for a date. One dollar in the tank. One dollar for a drive in movie and two bucks for burgers and shakes afterward.

Class of '66

[Gasshog]

.27 a gal would also get your windshield cleaned.

and service with a smile 99

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

When I was in school a buck’s worth of gas would get me home

Right now, if your tank was empty, that "buck's worth of gas" might get you a couple of car lengths or maybe even to the next gas pump.

Just wish this was a /jk.