Will I get a chance to see gas again as cheap as it was when I was a young’un? 19cents/gal...
I just turned 18 and was in college when it jumped from the mid 30 cent range to 50 cents! I didn’t have a clue as to how I was going to afford that...
Me too.
My first car, a gift from my mom, a 1965 Mustang. First year they came out. I also got a 1966 later which I didn’t like as much.
But gasoline is $5.00 a gallon here in LA!
Will I get a chance to see gas again as cheap as it was when I was a young’un? 19cents/gal...”
I remember when my kids started driving during the late 1970’s. We’d line their two cars and mine up at the pump, fill all three, I’d give the attendant a $20 bill and would get a little bit of change back. While the cars were filing with gas, the attendant would check the oil level in my car, the air in the tires and wash my windows. Doubt if those days will come back, particularly not having an attendant.
I’d rather oil would stay up a bit so people in that industry would continue to have jobs. We have enough traffic in our area with gas at the price it is. Would just be impossible to drive anywhere if gas was too inexpensive.
By way of a comparison, $0.19 in 1964 is the equivalent of $1.46 today.
You will never see 19 cents a gallon because state and federal taxes are higher than that, and not going down