I'm going to date myself a bit here but I bought my first car, at age 14, in 1958 and gas was only 19.9 cents a gallon. When they would get a gas war going, before all of the stations were owned by gas companies, It got as low as 14.9 cents a gallon. Of course, I only made 25 cents an hour at my first job so everything is somewhat relative. Yes, in those days you could get your driving permit at 15.