One of the things my new C4 has done for me is that it has given me the freedom to take joy rides again because of the mileage. Reminds me of back in the day when gas was 25 cents a gallon!
Yep - 25 cents a gallon when I was a kid and had risen to the low 30s when I first started driving - you young whippersnappers. Back then we used to joyride in my uncle's 1959 Ford or 1968 Satellite - both V8 automatics. The Satellite was great - we could get six or even seven people in it and cruise at 80 or 90 mph. For the younger people from Hawaii - other than rush hour the H1 freeway was just that - a freeway with little traffic. We drove to Haleiwa just to eat shave ice and thought nothing of going on around the North Shore to Windward and back to Leeward - just to cruise. Hadn't even heard the term: "MPG"...
I hope you're not too old to drive safely. Quick Google search: 1919: Gas prices were 25 cents per gallon 1946: Highway statistics were kept; gas still 27 cents per gallon 1946: Highway statistics were kept; gas still 27 cents per gallon 1980: Average price above $1 per gallon for gas March 2000: Average price more than $1.50 per gallon July 2008: Gas prices spiked to more than $4 per gallon Spring 2011: Gas prices hover near $5 in some areas And cruise at 80 or 90 MPH with six or even seven people in the late 60s early 70s is quite fast back then.
Yep. I remember those days as well. It was about .25 to .30 when I was growing up in Montreal back in the 50's & 60's. A package of cigs was about .25 too.
When I was touring British Columbia in 1988 in a 7 metre motorhome, a fill-up in Kamloops of 120 litres cost C$40
You may not be THAT old...I remember filling my 1963 Plymouth valiant at the "cheapy" station for 24.9 cents a gallon. 16 gallon tank filled for 4 dollars and off we went to go cruise.....Ah....the Prius C brings back old times!!!
While not .25 cents a gallon, when I first started driving gas was .74 cents a gallon back in 1999/2000. At least here in Georgia it was.
