Gas Prices Currently

[mike carey]

25 minutes ago, sync said:

I must be a museum piece.  I can remember paying $0.19/gal. for regular gas.

From one museum piece to another, the first price I can remember, and I didn't have a car until my early 20s so I suspect it wasn't until then or shortly earlier, was 10 cents a litre (so that places it after 1974 when we went metric).

[Becket]

I remember as a kid some adult complaining "damn, gas is going to be 50 cents a gallon soon."  That was when gas was 32 cents a gallon. 

We are all in for one wild ride this summer. But not a lot of riding in the car.

[mike carey]

22 minutes ago, Becket said:

I remember as a kid some adult complaining "damn, gas is going to be 50 cents a gallon soon."  That was when gas was 32 cents a gallon. 

We are all in for one wild ride this summer. But not a lot of riding in the car.

But EVs are the work of the devil.

[marylander1940]

32 minutes ago, mike carey said:

But EVs are the work of the devil.

 

 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

On 3/8/2026 at 6:29 PM, SidewaysDM said:

I paid $3.57 in Philly today. Unfortunately, I am afraid that $4.00 a gallon will be common in this area, in the near future! 

That's a bargain compared to 2008 and 2012-2014 prices, adjusted for inflation. 

Gas would need to be over $6.00 a gallon in 2026 dollars to be more than we paid in those years. 

Source: https://www.macrotrends.net/4453/us-gasoline-prices

[+ sync]

1 hour ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

That's a bargain compared to 2008 and 2012-2014 prices, adjusted for inflation. 

Gas would need to be over $6.00 a gallon in 2026 dollars to be more than we paid in those years. 

I believe we might be getting there.

[Luv2play]

On 3/13/2026 at 3:43 PM, Vegas_Millennial said:

That's a bargain compared to 2008 and 2012-2014 prices, adjusted for inflation. 

Gas would need to be over $6.00 a gallon in 2026 dollars to be more than we paid in those years. 

Source: https://www.macrotrends.net/4453/us-gasoline-prices

Those average prices mask the fact that in some areas the price was quite a bit lower. For instance in 1999 and 2000 I was living in South Florida during the winters and the price was way below $2. I remember $1.16. I could fill my Mercedes for under $15 and got great mileage as it was turbocharged. Over 300 miles on a tankful. 

Edited Saturday at 11:26 PM by Luv2play

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

2 hours ago, Luv2play said:

Those average prices mask the fact that in some areas the price was quite a bit lower. For instance in 1999 and 2000 I was living in South Florida during the winters and the price was way below $2. I remember $1.16. I could fill my Mercedes for under $15 and got great mileage as it was turbocharged. Over 300 miles on a tankful. 

Yup, 1999 was the lowest price of gas in the history of gasoline, adjusted for inflation.  That's around the time I started driving; so, I, too, was spoiled thinking that price of gas was the norm!  I remember gas getting close to under a dollar... Maybe $1.019... Even in expensive California where I was.

Edited yesterday at 01:41 AM by Vegas_Millennial

[+ azdr0710]

Remember the price plunge in early 2016? For a couple glorious days at my local Costco, it was $1.139/gallon.

[guru68]

I have a vague memory of noticing the gas price as 37¢ growing up.

[+ SidewaysDM]

In the suburbs of Philly, I can remember my older brother paying 25 cents a gallon in 1972. I thought we were so cool, riding in his brand new, light blue 1972 VW Beatle! If the gas tank was almost empty, it would cost $2.50 to fill it up! BTW I was 11! I miss the good old days! LOL

[Luv2play]

8 hours ago, SidewaysDM said:

In the suburbs of Philly, I can remember my older brother paying 25 cents a gallon in 1972. I thought we were so cool, riding in his brand new, light blue 1972 VW Beatle! If the gas tank was almost empty, it would cost $2.50 to fill it up! BTW I was 11! I miss the good old days! LOL

I’m older than you but in 1972 I had a light blue VW Beatle, 1966 version, that I drove at university in Toronto. I remember it costing about $3 cdn to fill up. How about that! Small world indeed.

[Luv2play]

Am I correct in thinking you had to access the fuel cap under the front hood in the Beatle?