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Buns_of_Fire

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6. The embargo of 1973 pretty-much killed the concept.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 08:35 AM

Feb 2014

Along with attendants, free maps, dishes, mugs, silverware, and clean rest rooms.

I even remember a local place having a pump with 97-octane gas. I put some in my Mustang, just to see what would happen. I imagine the car liked it, but I'd be damned if I was going to spend two bucks per gallon on a regular basis.

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How old does a DUer need to be to know what a gas war was at local filling stations? [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2014 OP

Aware of such things no later than 1975 or so, I would think, hence born before 1960. bemildred Feb 2014 #1

Love your avitar louis c Feb 2014 #2

Just $1 Omaha Steve Feb 2014 #16

Gas prices are ignored pipoman Feb 2014 #3

If we had gas wars today dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #4

I remember gas being as low as 19 cents during a gas war Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #5

The embargo of 1973 pretty-much killed the concept. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author CFLDem Feb 2014 #7

We had them in the 90s Recursion Feb 2014 #8

The gas wars in the 1950's were classic. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #9

I remember the gas wars in the '50s. RebelOne Feb 2014 #10

Can you imagine that? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author former9thward Feb 2014 #11

older than 30-something probably Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #12

i remember paying 87 cents a gallon or so in nebraska in 98 or 99 fizzgig Feb 2014 #19

They went ctsnowman Feb 2014 #13

+1 El_Johns Feb 2014 #18

During those times the cheapest I seen it was 11 cents a gallon madokie Feb 2014 #14

I had to get to the bottom of the thread to realize this was about competition between stations.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #15

we have three gas stations within 40 feet of one another, so they seem to rotate MisterP Feb 2014 #17

When I was 19 (1964-5), I managed a gas station MineralMan Feb 2014 #20

I don't know what that is Aerows Feb 2014 #22

I don't remember any gas wars, Jenoch Feb 2014 #23