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15. I had to get to the bottom of the thread to realize this was about competition between stations..

Sun Feb 23, 2014, 01:16 PM

Feb 2014

I thought at first it was fighting in lines during the gas crisis.

Competition...no fucking way.

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How old does a DUer need to be to know what a gas war was at local filling stations? [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2014 OP

Love your avitar louis c Feb 2014 #2

Just $1 Omaha Steve Feb 2014 #16

Gas prices are ignored pipoman Feb 2014 #3

If we had gas wars today dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #4

I remember gas being as low as 19 cents during a gas war Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #5

The embargo of 1973 pretty-much killed the concept. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author CFLDem Feb 2014 #7

We had them in the 90s Recursion Feb 2014 #8

The gas wars in the 1950's were classic. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #9

I remember the gas wars in the '50s. RebelOne Feb 2014 #10

Can you imagine that? TheCowsCameHome Feb 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author former9thward Feb 2014 #11

older than 30-something probably Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #12

i remember paying 87 cents a gallon or so in nebraska in 98 or 99 fizzgig Feb 2014 #19

They went ctsnowman Feb 2014 #13

+1 El_Johns Feb 2014 #18

During those times the cheapest I seen it was 11 cents a gallon madokie Feb 2014 #14

When I was 19 (1964-5), I managed a gas station MineralMan Feb 2014 #20

I don't know what that is Aerows Feb 2014 #22

I don't remember any gas wars, Jenoch Feb 2014 #23