Re: Gas Prices - No A.C. (Audi Content)

[Neil Trama <tramane@actonline.com.au>]

knotnook@traverse.com wrote:
> 
> Hey, Phil:  I can remember purchasing gas for seventeen cents a gallon back
> in the late '50's, and a great uproar when it went to quarter a gallon.  It
> was common practice to buy $5 worth of gas rather than a fill-up because it
> amounted to almost the same thing.
> 
> Kneale Brownson
> 
> At 09:50 PM 4/2/99 -0400, Phil Rose wrote:
> >>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:38:33 EST
> >>From: PlyBoyDoct@aol.com
> >>Subject: Re: Gas Prices - No A.C. (Audi Content)
> >>
> >>The gas station I ususally go to is at 1.65 now.  It use to be 1.16  And they
> >>forsee a 2.00 per gallons in a few months.  Gas prices too high?  it sure is!
> >>
> >>Jason C
> >>89 200t10v - only getting 19.6 MPG!  HELP!!!
> >
> >Jason,
> >As they say (much too often, IMHO), "Get real!" Just how low would you like
> >gas prices to be?
> >
> >As of today, here in the East, the price for 93 oct. premium has gone all
> >the way up (irony mode on, please) to $1.31/gallon; regular is about $1.20.
> >This is still lower--adjusted for inflation--than at any time I can recall
> >in the past 40 years (and I'm gonna turn 60 tomorrow, so I'm not talkin'
> >about second-hand history). As an 18 yr-old, I paid about $0.30/gal for
> >leaded regular (any *no one* complained about the too-high price of gas).
> >And that was back when 20 mpg was considered pretty decent gas economy. And
> >the distances people "needed" to drive were every bit as great as today.
> >Minimum wage laws didn't exist, but unskilled labor commonly got around
> >$1.25-1.50/hr (even $1/hr wasn't uncommon at the burger-flipping level),
> >and $6000/yr was considered a fairly livable wage. So now, even near
> >$2/gal, prices would be just slightly higher than in those times. Those
> >times when the oil didn't have to be transported 5000 miles across a couple
> >of oceans.
> >
> >Since in a few hours I'll be a certifiable ol' curmudgeon, I'll celebrate
> >by contributing this little reality-check for those who think life has
> >gotten so tough at the gas pump. Save the hankies for when you see $3 and
> >$4/gallon, but don't expect any sympathy from the rest of the world.
> >
> >
> >Phil Rose                              Rochester, NY
> >'91 200q                               mailto:pjrose@servtech.com
> >'89 100
> >
> >
Hey guys,
         Take pity on us Aussies we pay around US$2.15 per gallon for
Leaded super and US$2.25 per gallon for 96 octane unleaded.
                                                      Neil