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how much was GAS when you first started driving?

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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:37 PM
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Default how much was GAS when you first started driving?

when i first started driving in 2001, gas was at around $1.70


i almost $hit my pants when it jumped to $2.00 a gallon...

somehow i am still alive today
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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.87 for regular, but I had to put .99 premium in it.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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i believe i was paying $1.18 in 1992

BUT i remember a time, i believe it was 99 or 98 when it hit $.99, then BOOM!
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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I think it was about $1.15 for premium in 1997 when I started drivn' regularly.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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I was paying around $2.30 for premium after I got my license in 2003
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 02:52 AM
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It's been too long but I'm sure it's around $1.25 for unleaded premium. I'll never forget though when I first moved to Jersey and saw that unleaded regular was 99 cents! That almost sound like "free" to me compared to today.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 03:36 AM
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haha. i wanna hear how much THEOLDMAN paid for gas when HE first started driving...
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 03:41 AM
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If I recall correctly it was around $1.00 in the DC area back in 97...... Not to mention you could get a pack of smokes for under $2
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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When I first started driving, back in the days of leaded gas, it was $.259 for hightest.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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I remember doing a cost analysis/budget for workign while I was at school and figuring $1.35 was on the "high side" of my projections
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