Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
My grandchildren won't believe me but when I first started driving (1968) I could buy 3 gallons of petrol for £1. That's equivalent to 7p per litre today!

Whilst on the topic of petrol prices, do any other old timers still think in gallons not litres? When you see local prices of about £1.55 a litre and motorway petrol station prices of £1.85 a litre 30p difference doesn't sound that bad until you think that's roughly £1.35 per gallon more!
I remember during the oil crisis in 1973, people were complaining that as petrol had gone up to 55p they could no longer get two gallons for a quid.