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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 07 January 2011, 05:17:01
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http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1294340811
After reading STMO's thread it got me thinking, how much was a GALLON of fuel when you passed your driving test.
I passed in 1979 but cant remember if it was 32p per gallon or £1.32, I have a felling it will be the latter.
Imagime filling the Mig up from empty.
£21.78 (16.5 x £1.32)
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Anyone know of a link for historical fuel prices.
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When I got my first moped in 1975 it was around 50p per gallon.
I was working in a petrol station in late 78/ early 79 when it went over £1 per gallon. :y
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brand new BSA Lightning VLP 17M in red drove it put of the dealers to the petrol station proud as punch,
Petrol was 47p pergallon, it held 3 gallons, :o
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Anyone know of a link for historical fuel prices.
I'm sure one was posted on here a year or so ago.
Here's one (http://www.ukpia.com/files/pdf/ip-historical-series.pdf)
So that's 35p per gallon of 4-star when I passed!
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42p per litre
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Fuel was apparently 6 Shillings and 6 Pence per gallon when I passed the test.
According to this at any rate.
http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf
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I remember passing my test, buying a car....and heading off for a trip round scotland the next week! Great way to really learn to drive.
Im sure the average was about 45p a litre, some wanted 50p, But that was too much, I waited for the next station!
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what are we now? nearly £6? :o
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I remember it was about £1.70- £1.80 a gallon. We were wondering in disbelief if it could ever top £2 a gallon. ;D PMSL
Kevin
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Fuel was apparently 6 Shillings and 6 Pence per gallon when I passed the test.
According to this at any rate.
http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf
Interesting chart there, didnt realise unleaded didnt come in till 1988
Also how much we getripped off for fuel duty.
Notes:
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Tax (fuel duty) was introduced in 1909, suspended in 1919 (when car tax was introduced) and reintroduced in 1928.
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There are no costs for 4* Equiv (or LRP) for 2005 as this fuel was becoming increasingly unavailable. We have been able to source prices for Super Unleaded again which have been included.
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The equivalent of around £0.35 per gallon in todays money when I passed my test in 1971. I had a part time job at a petrol station back then and motorist's regularly used to come in for 10 bob's worth (£0.50) or a quids worth of fuel.
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I seem to recall that petrol was about 5/- (that's 25p per GALLON )when I was about five..(1965)
I also remember 5 star petrol....Jesus..I'm a sad old bas*ard..... :( :( ;)
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I also remember 5 star petrol....Jesus..I'm a sad old bas*ard..... :( :( ;)
That makes two of us then ;D ;D ;D
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For some reason I though that petrol was 50-something a gallon when I first had a bike in 1979. According to both the links I was wrong, more like £1/gallon :-/ :-/
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using imperial gallon 4.546 litre,
now 7.68 £/gallon (here)
cant find currency rates for ancient times ;D
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For some reason I though that petrol was 50-something a gallon when I first had a bike in 1979. According to both the links I was wrong, more like £1/gallon :-/ :-/
That'll be lager. Was about 50p per pint then.
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never had to fill up completely as I do not do much mileages or drive regularly, so therefore never concerned to think about the price in gallons/full tank, as I only put in what needed then.
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never had to fill up completely as I do not do much mileages or drive regularly, so therefore never concerned to think about the price in gallons/full tank, as I only put in what needed then.
I always brim my cars then run it to empty. It's about £80 for the Omega & 'only' £55 for the Astra :o :o
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never had to fill up completely as I do not do much mileages or drive regularly, so therefore never concerned to think about the price in gallons/full tank, as I only put in what needed then.
I always brim my cars then run it to empty. It's about £80 for the Omega & 'only' £55 for the Astra :o :o
£97 @ £1.30 a litre.
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never had to fill up completely as I do not do much mileages or drive regularly, so therefore never concerned to think about the price in gallons/full tank, as I only put in what needed then.
I always brim my cars then run it to empty. It's about £80 for the Omega & 'only' £55 for the Astra :o :o
£97 @ £1.30 a litre.
My brother nearly had a tantrum the first time it cost him more than £100 to fill his car, and that was a few years ago. The 'perk' of a 100 litre tank ;D ;D
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I also remember 5 star petrol....Jesus..I'm a sad old bas*ard..... :( :( ;)
That makes two of us then ;D ;D ;D
three :-X
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I always brim my cars then run it to empty. It's about £80 for the Omega & 'only' £55 for the Astra :o :o
I had my first £80+ fill up last night :'( :'(
I suspect before this year is over we could possibly se the first £100 fill up on an Omega that is 'bone dry' >:( >:(
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I also remember 5 star petrol....Jesus..I'm a sad old bas*ard..... :( :( ;)
That makes two of us then ;D ;D ;D
3 of us. Mum's Fiat needed 5 star, and only one station around us sold it...
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During the last fuel hike a couple of years back when it hit nearly 1.30 a litre (when oil was mega bucks per barrel), I never managed to fill my car due to the (then) £90 cutoff at the pumps :(
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When I passed my test, LEADED petrol was 36ppl
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When I passed my test, LEADED petrol was 36ppl
I have vague recollections of my Dad filling up when it was that a gallon ..... must've been very early 70's
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When I passed my test, LEADED petrol was 36ppl
I have vague recollections of my Dad filling up when it was that a gallon ..... must've been very early 70's
When my dad used to fill up, I was more interested in the smell of the petrol than its price, and the Smurf toys you used to get at National.
I do recall one family holiday to Hunstanton, and having to share a banana splitwith my brothers so that dad still had £2 cash for petrol to get back home to Aylesbury...
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80p a litre moped cost 50p to fill
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80p a litre moped cost 50p to fill
would 50 pence worth of petrol even wet the bottom of an Omega's tank these days? :-? :-? ;)
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I was paying about 6s 6d per gallon in 1970. :)
Also a gallon of oil was 10/-.
All at S.G. Smiths in Downham, Bromley :)
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I was paying about 6s 6d per gallon in 1970. :)
Also a gallon of oil was 10/-.
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but what was your weekly wage? £10? :-/
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I was paying about 6s 6d per gallon in 1970. :)
Also a gallon of oil was 10/-.
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but what was your weekly wage? £10? :-/
You're joking!! :o :o :o Just £6-50 per week by then!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
...........and my first car cost £15! 8-) 8-) 8-)
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You're joking!! :o :o :o Just £6-50 per week by then!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
...........and my first car cost £15! 8-) 8-) 8-)
It wasn't a bad guess! ;) ;) I just remeber my Mum saying that my dad used to earn around £9 a week in the early 70s but 10/- would buy half of the contents of the local shop. But the 70s bought with it massive inflation.
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You're joking!! :o :o :o Just £6-50 per week by then!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
...........and my first car cost £15! 8-) 8-) 8-)
It wasn't a bad guess! ;) ;) I just remeber my Mum saying that my dad used to earn around £9 a week in the early 70s but 10/- would buy half of the contents of the local shop. But the 70s bought with it massive inflation.
Oh yes Andy, you are so right. We had the fuel crisis in 1973 with OPEC blackmailing the West, where we were queing for fuel if you could get it, and the rotated electricity black outs with the miners on strike. That was just the start of what I call the crap 70s, with constant strikes, rubbish British cars, and no political leadership with foreigners calling us the "sick man of Europe" and going down the toilet! They were soooo right!! Then along came the goddess, the greatest women since Elizabeth I, and the strongest politician since Churchill; Maggie Thatcher :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-)
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Remember getting a gallon of 2* and 2 strokes of the 2 stroke pump and still get change from quid in the late 70s.
Think an fs1e would fold in the middle if I sat on one now, fuel is not the only thing that has inflated.
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Remember getting a gallon of 2* and 2 strokes of the 2 stroke pump and still get change from quid in the late 70s.
I can only ever remember seeing one of these 2 stroke oil pumps. Couldn't you dial in somewhere what ratio of mix you wanted? :-/
Think an fs1e would fold in the middle if I sat on one now, fuel is not the only thing that has inflated.
A mate's Fizzy was the very first 'bike' I had a go one, up & down the 'backs' (between the terraced housing - like the opening shots of Boreination St)
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Ha Ha, you're only trying to catch us out giving our age away!
It was 2/- per gallon for me. (10p to you youngsters) We paid a bit more for Cleveland Discol for performance bikes, scramblers and trials:y :y :y
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Remember getting a gallon of 2* and 2 strokes of the 2 stroke pump and still get change from quid in the late 70s.
I can only ever remember seeing one of these 2 stroke oil pumps. Couldn't you dial in somewhere what ratio of mix you wanted? :-/
Think an fs1e would fold in the middle if I sat on one now, fuel is not the only thing that has inflated.
A mate's Fizzy was the very first 'bike' I had a go one, up & down the 'backs' (between the terraced housing - like the opening shots of Boreination St)
Now you mention it I think you're right. I seem to remember a twisty knob on the top giving the choice 1:20, 1:25 or something like that. Most of them looked like fire extinguishers and came on a little trolley. 7p per shot rings a bell, 1 shot being sufficient for 1/2 gallon.
Steve
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I was paying about 6s 6d per gallon in 1970. :)
Also a gallon of oil was 10/-.
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but what was your weekly wage? £10? :-/
You're joking!! :o :o :o Just £6-50 per week by then!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
...........and my first car cost £15! 8-) 8-) 8-)
....paid in groats Lizzie?.... :-* :-* :-* ;)
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I was paying about 6s 6d per gallon in 1970. :)
Also a gallon of oil was 10/-.
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but what was your weekly wage? £10? :-/
You're joking!! :o :o :o Just £6-50 per week by then!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
...........and my first car cost £15! 8-) 8-) 8-)
....paid in groats Lizzie?.... :-* :-* :-* ;)
Might as well have been Opti! :'( :'( :'( :D :D :D ;)
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As a teenager I worked a garage forecourt ... in the days before "self service" ... from my point of view the best customers were those who wanted 4 gallons of "best" (5 star) .. simple reason ... it was 4s 11d a gallon, they would pay a pound and allow me to keep the change if I had done the tyres, oil and windscreen .. so I made 4d ... doesn't sound a lot but my wages were 2s 6d an hour.
Putting that into modern amounts .... 4s 11d ... a fraction under 25p a gallon ... 2s 6d an hour ... 12.5 p an hour... a 4d just under 2p .... but .. looked at another way ...
2s 6d (30d) an hour was .5d per minute so a 4d tip was the equivalent of 8 minutes work ....
So if someone today is on £12 an hour it would be a £1 60p tip .. and I don't see many folks giving £1 60p just to have their tyres and oil checked and the windscreen cleaned .. !!!!
Everything is relative .... :)
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As a teenager I worked a garage forecourt ... in the days before "self service" ... from my point of view the best customers were those who wanted 4 gallons of "best" (5 star) .. simple reason ... it was 4s 11d a gallon, they would pay a pound and allow me to keep the change if I had done the tyres, oil and windscreen .. so I made 4d ... doesn't sound a lot but my wages were 2s 6d an hour.
Putting that into modern amounts .... 4s 11d ... a fraction under 25p a gallon ... 2s 6d an hour ... 12.5 p an hour... a 4d just under 2p .... but .. looked at another way ...
2s 6d (30d) an hour was .5d per minute so a 4d tip was the equivalent of 8 minutes work ....
So if someone today is on £12 an hour it would be a £1 60p tip .. and I don't see many folks giving £1 60p just to have their tyres and oil checked and the windscreen cleaned .. !!!!
Everything is relative .... :)
Welcome back Nige. :y :y :y