I started driving in the summer of 2002, and my guess is gas was somewhere around $1.25-1.50 range then. I hardly remember it being any lower than that, and the cheapest price I can remember of recent time is fall 2008 when gas prices dropped to somewhere around $1.75. The most I remember is being up north 4th of July 2008 and prices being $4.35!!!!

We really are spoiled by cheap oil prices.

Edit: I paid $2.87 at Oakwood and Toledo in Melvindale. I didn't need gas but I was afraid it was going to shoot up.