1964-68, University of Northern Iowa. Gas about .25/gas, cigs about .25/pack. I sold my first car, a 1959 VW for about what I had in it, $600, to buy a 1953 Ford Victoria 2-Dr Hardtop for $200 so I could say I had a flathead V-8 and a big back seat. Traded that and about $1000 (big money) a year or so later for a 1962 Chevy Nova convertible while I was working my first post-high school job as a radio announcer. Next year I made $15/wk working in a two-way radio shop to cover my spending money during the school year. We went from an operator assisted line to dial while I was a Junior in high school When I went into the USN after college in 1968, Olympia beer was $2.40/case from the BX in Japan; Pepsi was $3.00. Bought a new Bridgestone 10-speed for about $100 US, and a 1966 Honda S800 sports coupe for $500.