this picture really brings back memories when i was still riding bicycles

[jokka]

If only the prices were that cheap... i'd be taking road trips every weekend and vteccing all day long.

[airportguy770]

we'll never see that ever again. If gas prices were that low, I wouldn't be driving a civic.

Imagine filling up a full size truck for 25 bucks. ahhhh the good ole days.

[galaxygrey13]

i still vtec around all day. The day that i am able to drive from San Diego to Los Angeles on a Friday afternoon and not hit traffic is the day i will think "shit gas prices must be too high"

[civsnake]

.89/gal my junior year of HS when I got my lisence. Shitty part is that back then my mom paid for my gas. Why couldn't she pay for it now instead?

[1bdazzdak]

Damm to bad that'll never happen again. The lowest I saw gas was at the truck stop close to my house... .88/gal for regular. Those were the good ole days

[xrs54]

wow...what year was that taken in????

[voodoophantom]

I remember those days. I could throw a couple bucks worth of gas into the tank and it would actually make the needle move.

[P1ng]

i would be in a cobra if gas prices were that cheap

[Drew303]

I had a CRX that I could fill up for like $5 bucks back when I was like 16/17 yrs old.

[atruhondagrl]

I haven't seen gas cheaper than $.94/gallon since 1995.

[KShirza1]

Originally Posted by jokka

this picture really brings back memories when i was still riding bicycles

bicycle < motorbike

i miss those days... i could fill up for $15

[I Vtec, do you?]

Today I'm gonna have to fill up my tank when I go home and gas is at like $3.97 for premium now It almost makes me want to cry

[xRivalNightTime]

Originally Posted by I Vtec, do you?

Today I'm gonna have to fill up my tank when I go home and gas is at like $3.97 for premium now It almost makes me want to cry

your lucky you dont pay that for regular, I am.

[mitsukaiSI]

if a hefty tax were to be imposed on foreign oil it might make the bottom fall out like it did in the 80's and prices would again crash below 1.00 a gallon. . . would be nice

EDIT: i mean a tax on the companies that export into the united stats . . . not a tax imposed on US for buying foreign oil

[FijiDeez]

OK so I am going to fire off a little rant that's been bubbling around in my head lately. Feel free to skip.

People are freaking out about gas prices. "OMG the end is neigh!!lolz" It's all over the TV and internet etc etc. Now I hate paying at the pump as much as the next person, but I think it's all relative. Inflation happens. The cost of goods go up. Gas isn't going to stay at $1.50 a gallon forever, no more than milk or bread or any other product stays the same. It may be slightly ahead of inflation, but I don't think so much as some people make it seem. Not to mention cars now are more fuel efficient than they were 20, even ten years ago. I think the shocking part is that you see it every week or so, at the pump, right there in big ass digital read-out, whereas the increase in other product prices seems more subtle. I suppose the problem comes in when American jobs aren't paying enough to keep up with inflation. Again I am not saying I like paying $4 a gallon, just that I think people (media) are making a huge deal about it just to have something to talk about. I do think, however, that we need to do more to reduce dependency on foreign oil and look into alternate methods.

Cliff Notes: Relax, everything gets more expensive. Stay in school.

*I just found this article while trying to find data about cost of gas vs. inflation. Interesting stuff, especially pointing out many of us remember the magical late nineties where the economy was sitting pretty with the dot com boom and whatnot.

Gasoline Prices in Perspective

[mitsukaiSI]

Originally Posted by FijiDeez

OK so I am going to fire off a little rant that's been bubbling around in my head lately. Feel free to skip.

People are freaking out about gas prices. "OMG the end is neigh!!lolz" It's all over the TV and internet etc etc. Now I hate paying at the pump as much as the next person, but I think it's all relative. Inflation happens. The cost of goods go up. Gas isn't going to stay at $1.50 a gallon forever, no more than milk or bread or any other product stays the same. It may be slightly ahead of inflation, but I don't think so much as some people make it seem. Not to mention cars now are more fuel efficient than they were 20, even ten years ago. I think the shocking part is that you see it every week or so, at the pump, right there in big ass digital read-out, whereas the increase in other product prices seems more subtle. I suppose the problem comes in when American jobs aren't paying enough to keep up with inflation. Again I am not saying I like paying $4 a gallon, just that I think people (media) are making a huge deal about it just to have something to talk about. I do think, however, that we need to do more to reduce dependency on foreign oil and look into alternate methods.

Cliff Notes: Relax, everything gets more expensive. Stay in school.

um yea last i checked inflation is a reality and always has been however. . . my pay doest go up 10-15 cents a day like gas and the cost of food.living is . . . maby yours is but i doubt the rest of the 8th's income is either

in ONE WEEK i have gone from paying 3.30 a gallon for premium to paying 3.96. . . by ONE WEEK i mean since MONDAY

[FG-Habanero-NavI]

Shit, i'm only 28 and remember having 10 bucks.. putting 7 in gas, and getting 2 packs of cigs.. for 10 bucks!! lol.. how about the prices of cigarettes since then too.. I'd get like a half a tank

[FijiDeez]

Originally Posted by mitsukaiSI

um yea last i checked inflation is a reality and always has been however. . . my pay doest go up 10-15 cents a day like gas and the cost of food.living is . . . maby yours is but i doubt the rest of the 8th's income is either

Hey like I said I don't like it either, I just think it's all relative. (And my next vehicle will most likely be a hybrid or very efficient petro)

[mitsukaiSI]

yea but what im asking is by "relative" do you mean indirectly proportional . . . cost of living goes up yet pay stays the same/decreases based on the current strength of the dollar? beceause if thats what you mean by relative id have to agree. . . BTW im not trying to be a dick im just sayin

[FijiDeez]

Relative to the cost of living. I know that wages aren't keeping up with it. Look at how long minimum wage sat at $6.25 or whatever ridiculous figure it was.