Today's gas price around 42N country is $3.48 per gallon. Back in the day when DX stations flowed petro from her pumps the price per gallon was much cheaper.
In Oxford Junction, Iowa at the preserved DX gas station, two fuel pumps are still visible with pricing. The cost to fuel your vehicle before DX closed its doors was $1.35 per gallon - that is almost two-thirds less than today's price!
Don't try to pump any old gas from these two pumps. Their handles have been removed - and besides there is no debit card swipe to activate the pump. Times have changed. Know that.
Come and get it. This evening the Shell Oil gas station in 42N country's Marion, Iowa advertised regular gas as 26-9/10ths cents a gallon! No Photoshop on this image. For perspective, earlier in the day I filled up at another station for $2.64 a gallon for ethanol regular (we are in corn country.)
Was this a special promotion for a very limited time? If so, there were hardly any cars around taking advantage of the offer. Most likely the digital sign was in error either due to the operator not punching in the full price or a machine malfunction. Wait until management hears from irrate customers for not honoring the price, that would be a PR nightmare for the station owner. But for the meantime time its like driving back in the 1960s or 1970s but without the full service attendant available. Fill 'er up and check the oil. Know that.
