It was about $.40/gallon when I started driving. But, I can remember my Dad
always hunting down the cheapest gas, a difference of .269 and .289 a
gallon.
I remember being hit financially when gas was up to $1.38/gallon during the
first Gulf War.
Tom C.
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Local Gas Prices
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:59:26 -0400
The best price in the Detroit area is now around $2.89/ gallon. When I
started driving in 1964, gas was less than 0.30 per gallon in most places.
On Apr 28, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Stuart Moore wrote:
Local for me means the Midlands in the UK and prices here a just starting
to touch 1ukp per litre, there are 3.785 US Gallons per litre and the
exchange rate gives us 1 UKP = 1.78930 USD thus we have a price of around
$6.77 per gallon!! A lot bigger proportion of that money is tax than in
the USA of course but it hits the pocket just the same. Good job we have a
smaller country and do not have to travel as far :-)
You might also like to note that any driving large cars especially 4x4s is
starting to be treated as if they have the plague on environmental
grounds. Engine sizes over 2 litres are considered excessive by most
people (and even 2 litres is a bit of a luxury). Still, even with smaller
engines, most people seem to average over 80 miles per hour on the
motorways.
Stuart
