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Re:Good Old Days

To: walter@omni.sps.mot.com (Thomas Walter), datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re:Good Old Days
From: "Mike Adams" <mikeadam@wcnet.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:16:24 +0000
Ahh yes - gas was .19 during the gas wars of the late 60's - plus you got a
drinking glass
and Gold stamps.   When you consider we are paying around .50 tax per gallon
now days
.77 is a great price.   Mike Tx.
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>From: walter@omni.sps.mot.com (Thomas Walter)
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net, toby@wolfenet.com
>Subject: Re: Ugly?
>Date: 22, Feb 1999, 9:05 PM
>

>
>No kidding.
>
>Sigh, gas was about 50c a gallon when I started driving. $5.00
>to fill up the 510, and it lasted two weeks (1974).
>
>Just took delivery of some batteries for the Electric Vehicle Truck. 
>$5,000 worth of batteries.  Should be more than good enough 
>for a 40 mile range, and 800 cycles.  My "per gallon" cost
>will be around $0.36/gallon.  Not too bad. No fumes, either. ;-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tom
>
>
>
> >What's wrong,
>> is what one of those "special" things can do to a roadster and its
>>owner.  There oughta be a law!  Bought gas for .89 a gallon, for the
>>first time in my life.  It was more than that when I started driving 12
>>years ago.  Creepy, if you ask me, but then, you didn't....
>>Toby
> 
>



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