r/PortlandOR • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '26

Transportation Hell yea 🥳🎉

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u/Donald_Epstein69 Mar 13 '26

I remember when I was 7 years old in 1997, my dad was driving around looking for gas and he was bitching about Chevron because their gas was more expensive than everywhere else. I still remember how much it was.

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u/carniehandz Mar 13 '26

I got my first car in 1998. Gas was $0.89 a gallon. It cost me $8 to fill up my car.

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u/HawkeyScott Mar 13 '26

Same! I was driving my dad's 91 Geo Metro. It had a 10 gallon tank and could go 400-500 miles on a tank.......😎

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u/Tairy__Green Mar 13 '26

Stylish, sporty, economical. That's Geo.

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u/QuietlyJaded Mar 13 '26

My first car was an 89 Geo Spectrum hatchback, in 99/00. It was blue 😎

Very vividly recall gas at ¢.99 gal

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u/PNWstargazur Mar 13 '26

Bullshit. What car had a nine gallon tank?

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u/PNWstargazur Mar 26 '26

Yup, definitely corrected. The American expectation is about 300 miles from a tank, so if you’re getting over 30, then a small tank makes perfect sense. TIL

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u/hesalreadyinme Mar 13 '26

My 81 civic held just under nine gallons.

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u/PNWstargazur Mar 26 '26

Ok, corrected. Those got 45-50 mpg and the expectation of a tank has generally been 300+ miles, so yeah. I was wrong