# Gasoline Prices **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610 "2009-10-05T00:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/21 "2009-10-06T20:42:04Z")
Just filled up in Dahlgren, VA for $2.239 this morning. In MD, it’s 10-15 cents more - we’ve got higher gas taxes, so I fill up on my way to work. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/22 "2009-10-06T23:09:03Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I could swear I recall it being near the $1 mark in 1995. So, I say 1995! Though I think 2000 also had a time where it was really cheap. Nope, sticking with 1995. > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Regular, at the station near my house went to $1.99 this morning. whoo! > The last time I remember gas being 99 cents was when I closed on my house, which was August of 2000. I only remember this because I was driving down a new (to me) road, and everything, even the rusty, old gas station, seemed to have a rosy glow that day. 🙂 Yeah, it was in late 1999, early 2000. Seems hard to believe it was that cheap only 9-10 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/23 "2009-10-07T00:15:29Z")
£1.089 a litre here in England, which is about [$6.56 a gallon](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=1.089gbp%2Flitre+in+usd%2Fus+gal&meta=). Just one of the reasons I got rid of my car. ---
**Author:** ![kenner116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@kenner116](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenner116)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/24 "2009-10-07T00:27:49Z")
There’s a Wawa a few miles up Rt. 30 selling gas at only $2.08 per gallon. According to [gasbuddy.com](http://gasbuddy.com), the cheapest in the state is $2.02, so $1.99 gas must be pretty rare. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/25 "2009-10-07T01:30:07Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Thought question for all dopers. When do you think gas was last 99 cents/gal? (US) 1970, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005? No fair cheating. 🙂 > > I’ll come back in the morning (7:30 am, EDT) and tell you. Remember, no fair Googling. I personally was surprised when I found out the answer. And, for purposes of this thread, I’m not talking about Calif. which is always more. Last I remember is 1999-2000, same as others. I remember filling up my old truck for .80/gal. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610/26 "2009-10-07T01:46:42Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve been keeping a spreadsheet since April or May 2008. Average mileage since then is a little over 47.6 mpg. 🆒 Yeah, but that’s on a motorcycle! Right now in and about the Queen City you’re looking at $2.11/gal on average. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-prices/512610.md?page=1)