Fuel price changes whilst driving.

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With fuel prices now reaching a ludicrous £1.34 per litre, what was the price of fuel per litre when you started driving.

If you only remember gallon prices, just divide by 4.5 to get litre prices.

For me, in 1991, I remember paying 49p per litre.

You?

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GadgeS3C said:

£1.70 ish - but that did buy a gallon

So around 38p per litre then

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menguin said:

clockworks said:

Less than 40p a gallon when I got my first moped. Sounds cheap, but a packet of fags was cheaper, and my Saturday job only paid 20p an hour.

Interesting. Now it is £5.20 a gallon, fags @ similar price, and wages at least £5 per hour. Seems fuel is comparatively cheaper when compared to wages... All that changes is perception.

I thought £1.34 per litre was £6.03 per gallon

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Perik Omo said:

1967 and the equivalent of 14.65p per litre

Perik Omo said:

1967 and the equivalent of 14.65p per litre

Perik Omo said:

1967 and the equivalent of 14.65p per litre

OK, we get the message (3 time's) You're old, we get it TUT....LOL

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MrDecadent said:

2001 - 77.9p/litre. Wow, basically doubled over the last 10 years. House prices have quadrupoled.

Salaries on the other hand have not kept up. If I was doing the same job today, 10 years ago I would have been earning 85% of my salary today according to an old 2002 salary survey I've dug out!

Yes, when I was 18, I was paying 53p per litre fuel, bought by first house (very large 2 bed semi in East Anglia) for £27,000 and my salary was £22,000 per year.

Now that house is worth £165,000, that same salary would be around £27,000 and fuel is £1.34 per litre. RIDICULOUS!!!