Gas Price! - Toy Story (1995) Discussion

[–] smcallis 13 years ago

Gas was .58c a gallon when I first started buying it in 1976. But I can remember my father buying gas for .25c a gallon, he bought it on a Sunday because it was unusually cheap even for back (c.1964) and how my grandmother had a fit!

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[–] SpaceMountainMike 9 years ago

58¢ a gallon is $2.41 in 2015. That's still cheap.

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[–] Rockhound6165 13 years ago

When I was living in Arizona in 1998, gas prices got to a low of 74 cents.

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[–] Dreamcatcher9000 13 years ago

How much are they now? I've no idea since: a)I don't drive, b)I don't live in America. (I wish I could do both though! First "b", then "a").

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[–] stonewaspknight 13 years ago

right now in the northeast gas in $3.50 - $3.80 a gallon for 87 octane.

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[–] Dreamcatcher9000 13 years ago

Wow... About 130% up!

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[–] kissycastaneda 12 years ago

when i graduated high school in oklahoma in 1999, it still was under $1 a gallon....ahhhh the good ole days!!!

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[–] ZeoRangerFive 12 years ago

In Die Hard there's a sign for gas for something like $0.84

The lowest I ever paid for gas was $1.00 in 2001. JUST before 9/11.

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[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 12 years ago

That seems kind of high for 1995. I remember in 2001 just before 9/11 it was about $1.30 a gallon where I live. Seems like it would've had to be cheaper in 1995.

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[–] bgva 12 years ago

I agree. I remember it being just under a dollar in the mid-90s, and not hitting 1.30 until late 1999 or so.

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[–] pullman1881 11 years ago

In the mid-late 60s, I'd pull into a gas station, give the attendant (an attendant!) a buck and get a pack of cigarettes and the rest on gas...a little over 2 gallons...$1.00!

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[–] MarblesLove 11 years ago

Oh man. I wish gas still cost that much now. I wish it cost the $ or less some people here remember paying.

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[–] Multiglobal 11 years ago

Haha, you Americans should just know how lucky you guys are. A gallon in Western Europe goes for a whole of 8 bucks!

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[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 9 years ago

Haha, you Americans should just know how lucky you guys are. A gallon in Western Europe goes for a whole of 8 bucks!

I'm thankful I don't drive. Though someday if I own a house I will have to mow the yard and buy gas for the lawn mower. I can't drive safely.

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[–] gibsonj338-3 9 years ago

Sometime in the mid to late '90s, when I was living in Modesto, California, USA (now live in Beaverton, Oregon, USA) with my mom, dad, and sister, my dad worked four night shifts a week for Intel in Folsom, California, USA. He had a motor home that he would park in the parking lot so he could sleep during the day so he did not have to drive an hour and a half to work and then an hour and a half home to in a few hours drive back. After his fourth shift, he would stop in Lodi, California, USA at an Arco and wait in a very long line to fill up the motor home's two gas tanks. The line was very long because it was the only gas station in the area that was selling gasoline for 95 9/10¢ a gallon. For that time period, that was extremely cheap. I wish it was like that now; I am glad I do not drive a car.

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[–] Multiglobal 9 years ago

I have gone through, ahem, quite a few driving tests, so I think I know the feeling.

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[–] Arvin-G-Borkar 8 years ago

You feel bad, think about how bad those Middle Easterners feel who are being ripped off and we are able to get gas that cheap. Whatever cost we get it at, no matter how expensive means that it is mass profit off paying Middle Easterners a certain price, definitely lower.

We need to all start feeling grateful for what we have and hope that everyone along the line is able to make a decent living. Another comment further down said Europe was costlier and that is probably because their distributors pay them well.

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