Ga$ Prices

#103
#103
1969

  • Absolute gas price: $0.36
  • Inflation-adjusted price: $2.68 (#27 least expensive year in 85-year span)
 
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#104
#104
Not the year I was born but what a year!

1998

  • Absolute gas price: $1.06
  • Inflation-adjusted price: $1.78 (#1 least expensive year in 85-year span)
 
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mad4vols said:
Here’s how much gas cost the year you started driving

Look up the price of a gallon of gas by year

1981

  • Absolute gas price: $1.38
  • Inflation-adjusted price: $4.14 (#4 most expensive year in 85-year span)
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$1.23. For 1996.

It was cheaper than that in the Tri though. I remember routinely paying .95 - .99 cents a gallon up through the end of the 90s.
 
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JCHateSteve said:
$1.23. For 1996.

It was cheaper than that in the Tri though. I remember routinely paying .95 - .99 cents a gallon up through the end of the 90s.
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Yep. For 1998 it is showing 1.06 or so, but I remember filling up for high .70s to high .80s for quite a few of my first months driving in south GA. The article says '98 was the cheapest year out of 85 of them, in terms of inflation-adjusted prices. Between that and the the Vols' national championship, I guess some folks were right when they told me, "These are the best years of your life, it's all downhill from here." HA!
 
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tbh said:
Yep. For 1998 it is showing 1.06 or so, but I remember filling up for high .70s to high .80s for quite a few of my first months driving in south GA. The article says '98 was the cheapest year out of 85 of them, in terms of inflation-adjusted prices. Between that and the the Vols' national championship, I guess some folks were right when they told me, "These are the best years of your life, it's all downhill from here." HA!
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I graduated HS in 98. The Vols won titles in football and women's basketball. It was a big year.
 
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Can't live in the past. Sunday in Cookeville ranging 3.77-3.85 average. Scalpers still up in 3.90 plus.

I did pay 3.45 at Kroger yesterday, but I spent alot of money on groceries this past month to get that. Didn't actually save any money overall. It's an illusion. I used to try and explain to my dad if they'd shop at Aldi, and pay normal pump prices, they'd spend less money than shopping Kroger just to get hte gas discount.
 
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GVF said:
Can't live in the past. Sunday in Cookeville ranging 3.77-3.85 average. Scalpers still up in 3.90 plus.

I did pay 3.45 at Kroger yesterday, but I spent alot of money on groceries this past month to get that. Didn't actually save any money overall. It's an illusion. I used to try and explain to my dad if they'd shop at Aldi, and pay normal pump prices, they'd spend less money than shopping Kroger just to get hte gas discount.
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We love Aldi. Fill the cart all the way up for $160.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
We love Aldi. Fill the cart all the way up for $160.
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I don’t feel like I save money at Aldi. The produce is about the same price but doesn’t look as good. Then I end up buying a bunch snacks and stuff that I wouldn’t buy at Kroger.
 
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#119
burntorangeVOLffle said:
I don’t feel like I save money at Aldi. The produce is about the same price but doesn’t look as good. Then I end up buying a bunch snacks and stuff that I wouldn’t buy at Kroger.
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The produce at my Aldi is about half the price as my local Food City. Bread, eggs, snacks, canned goods...all waaayyy cheaper at Aldi.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
I don’t feel like I save money at Aldi. The produce is about the same price but doesn’t look as good. Then I end up buying a bunch snacks and stuff that I wouldn’t buy at Kroger.
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My wife said the same thing. Told her Aldi as a kid was cheap knock off in St. Louis of cheap off brands back in the late 80's.
 
#121
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
I don’t feel like I save money at Aldi. The produce is about the same price but doesn’t look as good. Then I end up buying a bunch snacks and stuff that I wouldn’t buy at Kroger.
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Aldi is not a one stop shop. But if you buy hte exact same list there, and any other store of your choosing, it will be much less. I always go there first, then somewhere else if needed. I don't mind because from Aldi, Kroger is accross the street, Walmart down the street, Publix about 1.5 miles, and Food Lion on way back home. Doesn't add too much to my shopping for hte money I can save. My wife is impatient and gives our blood to Walmart every trip. I prefer to do the shopping.
 
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GVF said:
Aldi is not a one stop shop. But if you buy hte exact same list there, and any other store of your choosing, it will be much less. I always go there first, then somewhere else if needed. I don't mind because from Aldi, Kroger is accross the street, Walmart down the street, Publix about 1.5 miles, and Food Lion on way back home. Doesn't add too much to my shopping for hte money I can save. My wife is impatient and gives our blood to Walmart every trip. I prefer to do the shopping.
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Yep, we do the exact same thing.
 
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Filled up at Ingles today, regular $4.00 (I guess $3.999999999 or something), got 25 cents a gallon off, so whoopee, $3.75 a gallon. So yay, $60 to fill up a tank. On the other hand, this will probably be it for a month+, so there's that.
 
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