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I am so old, gas was still single cell organisms when i started driving.
Just kidding.
I started driving in 89, legally, that is. Gas was around .75 a gal or a little higher.
I recall a couple competing gas stations that drove the price down to around .20 for a few days.
It was too long of a drive to get there. My Cougar would have burned it all up on the trip home.
2000 Contour SE Sport
Originator of the Beowulf Headlight Mod and the Beowulf CAI
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Something like $1.10 when I first started driving in December 2000. It dipped to $.95 for a few weeks but steadily made its way up and up.
Used to cost me $14 to fill the Contour in 2001. I cringe to think that when now I'm paying $45-50 on my Maxima (which gets similar, if not better, gas mileage).
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I started driving in 1975 ( Holy Model T-Ford Batman ). If I remember correctly You could go to the Sunoco station and select 1 of five different grades of gas. The lowest being 86 the highest being Sunoco 260 100 octane. I think the price spread was $.35 a gallon to $.65. 
98 Tropic Green Contour 2.5 MTX
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I started to drive in 1971 - gas was 29.9�¢ and 19�¢ when there was a gas war. Phase 2 emissions kicked in later and the lead-free gas was everywhere by 1973. Lead free was 35�¢ then. Before then the only lead free was American (AMOCO) "white gas." which was good for 2 stroke engines.
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Originally posted by CarpePoon:
Title says it all. Me and my buds were talking about this the other night. Brought back some good memories.. So what were gas prices when you started driving?
For me.. 1995 $0.79 at Phillips 66
Same exact thing here.....1995 - $.79 
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
257HP/259TQ
2005 Lapis Blue Mazda 6s
RET: 00 Cabernet Red Ford Contour Zetec ATX SUPERCHARGED
160HP/141TQ
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do you guys still have full service gas stations where you live?? where someone actually pumps the gas for ya?? the last time i saw this out here was in a very nice area, and that was quite a few years ago....
Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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1999 Mercury Mystique LS 3L Manual
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Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Beachboy:
Originally posted by todras:
I'm sold old it was free!!!!!!!!
When I started driving, gas was 22 cents a gallon! Todras must be older than me, and I thought I was the oldest CEG'er out there!
I was teasing. I'm 31.
Yeah I knew you were.  Just had to give ya a bad time, man!
-Mark-
'99 Mystique LS, totally original (including the original water pump and the premium stereo)! Bought new in December 1998 for $21,000.
208,000 miles
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Gas was around 1.45 here in 2002
00 CSVT Black/Midnight Blue
2.5L DOHC Duratec V6, 200HP, MTX-75
MODs: K&N Filter, SVT ovals, Autometer gauges, PIAA 510's, Alpine S-type FE/Pioneer R, Pioneer Premier Series reciever
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92 Cavalier 1.8L I4 (Beater)
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I started driving or riding my Kawasaki 90cc motorcycle when I was too young to drive. I can't even remember how much gas cost back then. 50 cents in gas would go a long ways in 1974.
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