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[Scooby]

My checking of the little price window at the Pemex gas pumps showed me that
Magna / Verde / Green costs 7.41 pesos per liter.

4 liters = almost 1.06 gallons
4 liters (or 1.06 gallons) costs 29.64 pesos
29.64 pesos = almost $2.74 (usd) at the rate of 10.8 pesos to the US dollar

1/ (divided by) 1.06 = almost .94
(or 1 is 94/100ths of 1.06)

$2.74 x (multiplied by) 94/100ths or .94 = almost $2.58

As of Dec. 20th, 2007, Tijuana's Pemex price for 1 gallon of Magna / Verde / Green
costs almost $2.58

Also I finally calculated my old Toyota Previa van (with almost 300,000 miles) consumed gas at the rate of almost 22.5 mpg. That was after topping off at the pumps in SD and with mostly freeway driving to Los Angeles and back. It included slow stop & go rush hour traffic and periods of moving at 65 to 80 mph (to make reach a store before it's closing). TJ driving usually gets me around 15 mpg. Interestingly (to me), my much older & beat up Toyota Van that I recently gave up was even less hungry for gasoline. It often gave me over 25 mpg. Both vans have 4 cylinder motors and 4-speed automatic transmissions.

Anyone please feel free to add the calculations for the costs of premium and diesel fuels
or correct and/or update my numbers if need be.

I believe the fuel prices in the south of the country are different.
Whether the the gas prices are higher or lower than here, I can't say.

Also, where does "the South" actually begin, at least for these purposes.
In the US, "the South" seems to have extended northwards quite far.

[BajaGringo]

Gas is even cheaper the closer you get to Ensenada. As I have clients in Puerto Nuevo, Cantamar and Ensenada I always fill up as far south as I go that day...

[Miggiesmallz- TEXMEX]

...so, PEMEX gas is currently cheaper than SD gas. SD gas is about $315.00 a gallon. This is good to know.

Also, where does "the South" actually begin, at least for these purposes.
In the US, "the South" seems to have extended northwards quite far.

The term, "the south" is more of a cultural definition than a geographical. Although Texas is one of the farthest south states in the US, most would consider it part of the Southwest... Same thing with Miami, I don't consider it to be part of "the south" even though it actually is... Southern California (considered the West Coast) geographically speaking is as southwest as it gets, but leave that term for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

[otayBill]

How do you find out the price of PEMEX gas?

[Scooby]

How do you find out the price of PEMEX gas?

Most gas pumps I've seen have a little window somewhere on them near the other meters indicating the price per unit (liters or gallons).

[Chiquito]

"SD gas is about $315.00 a gallon"

Wow, I think you're overpaying a bit. :shock:

[bluejeans]

San Diego GAS PRICES ON FRIDAY 12/21/07

2.99 TRUCK NET LLC Otay Mesa, La Media & Airway off of 905

2.99 Arco Bonita, Bonita Rd & Otay Lakes Rd

3.01 all over the place as of SUNDAY 12/23/07

[BajaGringo]

Even at $3.00 a gallon it's about $10.00 more per fill-up (based on 20 gallons) on average and even a bigger difference south of Rosarito. Probably not worth making a special trip across the border but if you live down here it is a nice perk. Especially if you fill up 2-3 times per week as I do...

[Scooby]

I wonder what the prices are like in "the South" and way down yonder south of Rosarito.
I generally thought that MX fuel prices were the same all around except along the border area.

Also I heard the coming year will bring a sharp hike in prices of many essential items.
Supposedly January will be a "black month" for the poor.

[BajaGringo]

If I remember right I calculated that the price of gas in Ensenada is about $2.20 per gallon. At Cantamar/Primo Tapia it is about $2.40 per gallon. That is where I usually fill up my tank.

Another reason I like filling up in Mexico is that you get full service - something I haven't seen in the USA in years...

[Scooby]

The prices do appear considerably lower in some places as we can see from "Baja Cactus"
in El Rosario @ http://math.ucr.edu/...ent.Prices.html

[Miggiesmallz- TEXMEX]

"SD gas is about $315.00 a gallon"

Wow, I think you're overpaying a bit.

I think we're all overpaying, but if you drive up the 5 from San Ysidro to Oceanside, you won´t find anything cheaper than $3.10

[bluejeans]

http://sandiegogasprices.com/

[BajaGringo]

I just checked Bluejeans gas price link and the average price for gas in San Diego is at $3.30 with the cheapest independents at $3.10 or more. With oil now at $100 a barrel I am sure the futures market will push the local price per gallon above $3.50 very quickly with $4.00 on the way. My daughter filled up in LA today and paid 3.69. It is getting out of hand and the worst part is that people complain but nobody seems upset enough to really want to do something about it. Along with the housing market drop I sense the ugly word "recession" is on the way...

But I am just an old dumb gringo - what do I know...

[Chiquito]

Price in Michoacan last week, $7.01 pesos per liter or $26.5357 pesos per gallon, or $2.42 dollars per gallon.

[BajaGringo]

Yes, Pemex is raising prices a bit here in Mexico. The good news is that it is still a lot cheaper than California. Tomorrow I have to head up to Bakersfield so I'll be paying $$$

:evil:

[libertythor]

One of the reasons why Mexico has such high gas prices while it is an oil exporter is that corruption in the government-owned oil monopoly PEMEX has removed funds that should have been there to build up refining capacity. Plus, the government itself doesn´t treat it as a business, but a cash cow.

Most of the gasoline you fill your car up with in Mexico was imported from the US! Imagine..... Crude from Mexico to Texas ------ Gasoline from Texas to Mexico :evil:

It sucks.

[Miggiesmallz- TEXMEX]

Crude from Mexico to Texas ------ Gasoline from Texas to Mexico

I've heard this before and it makes me shake my head. As if the intelligence were non-existent in Mexico to do the job here. Privatize it and outlaw foreign countries from infiltrating the domestic market if it’s a matter of national pride.

[libertythor]

Crude from Mexico to Texas ------ Gasoline from Texas to Mexico

I've heard this before and it makes me shake my head. As if the intelligence were non-existent in Mexico to do the job here. Privatize it and outlaw foreign countries from infiltrating the domestic market if it’s a matter of national pride.

Or they can just open up the refining sector to foreign investment and leave the extraction to the government. Either way it would be an improvement.

Yeah....privatize it, and have it done the way the Alaska state government manages things. They need to make sure though that the CFR and such doesn't turn Mexico into a geopolitical pawn when this is done.

[BajaGringo]

Before you smirk too much remember that the good ol USA has elected an imbecile twice who has manipulated half of the federal budget into defense and a billion dollars a day into the war alone. The price of oil has gone up from $25 to $100 a barrel and some morons still think this guy is doing a good job.

People are screaming about the $18 billion that illegal immigrants supposedly cost us a year but don't even notice the fact that we are pouring 20 times that amount into a war in a region that will go back to exactly where it was before or worse the day we leave.

Amazing...