2.28 if you look arounda bit. I am sure I am in the minority and I am going to raise some eyebrows when I say this, but , comparitively speaking, I think gas is relativiley inexpensive. It hasn't really kept upwith the rise of inflation over the years.
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Compare it to the 60's, when gas was like 30 to 36 cents per gallon. Now it is like 7x that. First run movies then were like 50 cents. Today, movies are $7 minimum, which is 14x. A new music LP was $3.......today a new CD is 6-7 times that........pretty even. A new Volkswagon was around $1700 then. To keep pace with gas at 7x, you could only spend around $12000 on your new vehicle today. A nice '67GTO was $3800. 7x that is around $26,000, which won't buy you the comparitive vehicle today. etc, etc, etc.
Nice3/2 pool homes here in the 60's were $20-$25000. 7x that now would buy you a small 2/2 in the worst area of town only.
I was lucky enough to be able to afford a new Corvette in 1979. I remember making the salesman fill it up for free for me & I still have the receipt (as I do the car & all paperwork) for 15 gallons at $1.69 per gallon, hi -test. We are only like 40% above that now, not much of an increase in 26 years. Here in S. Fla during the gas crunch in the mid 70's, we approached $2 per gallon for regular.
Now, compare those gas prices with what we (you) pay for let's say:
A small bottle of Evian water is like $1.29. I think they are 9 oz., so you pay $10 per gallon for water !! Yet you do.
Diet Snapple, gatorade or Lipton ice tea. Buy the small bottles & you PAY around $10 per gallon, or more. Ya'll do it.
Consider brake fluid....at $3 per can, you are out about $30 to $35 per gallon. No one says squat about it.
Or Nyquil cough syrup........well over $125 per gallon ! But you buy it with a smile.
Go figure the cost of let's say, white-out or pepto-bismol.
And we haven't even touched the cost of your after shave or cologne.........much less the one which your honey uses. $500 per gallon & up to (unlimited absurd).
So, guys, put it in perspective & don't cry tooooooo much. it could be alot worse. Be thankful you car doesn't run on cough syrup.