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That plus many cars at the time got around 15-19 mpg and the performance was not great. Smog dogs we used to call them! I recently bought a new compact car that gets 45 mpg highway speeds with a/c on (if the computer is correct). Range of over 500 highway miles.
And years prior, around 1972, I remember paying 19 cents a gallon.
In 1981 mortgage rates were 16-18%.
As we used to say when gas goes up, “Pay it or walk.”
I'm retired and don't go out much. My MPG is so-so but my miles per week is really low! That doesn't mean I'm at all happy with the state of the world right now.
It's an interesting question and the answer probably has to do with what your income did from then to now. Electronic test equipment from Siglent, Rigol and others can be had for crazy low dollars. That wasn't even an option in 1980, when Tek and HP cost more than any hobbyist could afford new.
AK rules say NO POLITICS!! So, either take it to Political Chat forum, or stop adding the political overtones to high gas/diesel price discussions!
Now we gotta go through the thread and delete everything Politics - and that just gets old!
Everything should be compared to what a dollar is worth then versus now.
If it has gone up after being adjusted for inflation, it has become more expensive, gone down it's now cheaper.
Everything should be compared to what a dollar is worth then versus now.
If it has gone up after being adjusted for inflation, it has become more expensive, gone down it's now cheaper.
$10.86 USD per US gallon. Some realize that even that price is a bargain when the scale of the process is included. Doesn't mean thing when your used to cheap gas. And we're used to cheap gas. Don't know about the rest of the world but I can find gas 24/7/365. That convenience ain't cheap. yet it is?
10+ years ago I paid $15k cash for my car which averages 21mpg, 130k miles later (160k on the odo) and still runs like a top...gas remains cheaper than an electric car...for now...