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San Diego drivers appreciate Mexico's Cheap Gas
Yahoo / AP ^ | 6/15/2008 | EagleUSA

Posted on 06/15/2008 7:35:16 AM PDT by EagleUSA

SAN DIEGO - If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in San Diego retails for an average price of $4.61 a gallon. A few miles south, in Tijuana, it's about $2.54 — even less if you pay in pesos.

More and more people appear to be taking advantage of the lower price.

"I used to buy exclusively in the U.S. before gas started really going up," said Patrick Garcia, a drama teacher at an elementary school in San Diego who lives in Tijuana. "Since then, I've been buying all my gas in Tijuana."

The lower prices mean a U.S. motorist could save almost $54 filling up a two-year-old Ford F150 pickup with a 26-gallon fuel tank in Mexico.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: economy; energy; gasoline; gasprices; mexico; ripoff; sandiego
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There is OBVIOUS commercial values here -- trading residency of illegals for gasoline, en masse?
1 posted on 06/15/2008 7:35:17 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: EagleUSA

We could institute a new official goobermint foreign worker program for Mechichans:

For every 100 gallons you bring with you across the border, you can work legally in the U.S. for one month. But you MUST sell the gasoline to Amurricans at the current Mechicho price.


2 posted on 06/15/2008 7:39:44 AM PDT by webschooner (Bumper Sticker: "None of the Above, 2008")
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To: EagleUSA
Ah...but perhaps, you GET what you pay for? (buyer beware)

Remember Mexican pharmaceuticals? Mexican water? Building Codes? Air Pollution? Waterways Pollution? Need I go on?

3 posted on 06/15/2008 7:42:55 AM PDT by NordP ((Rev Wright ) - Hey, Obama... Looks like YOUR "turrr-key" has come hoooome to ROOOOST!)
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To: EagleUSA

I guess this is kind of like buying prescription drugs from South of the border... far less regulation and taxes on the fuel...thus it is cheaper?

Does it really cost 60% of what it does here to produce gasoline?


4 posted on 06/15/2008 7:43:04 AM PDT by TheBattman (Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
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To: TheBattman

The Mexican gas is heavily subsidized by the Mexican government.


5 posted on 06/15/2008 7:46:38 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: TheBattman

Oil industry is vertically integrated in Mexico and state-owned and run. The cost at the pump is independent of the commodity market.


6 posted on 06/15/2008 7:47:16 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: NordP

I think that Mexican autos pretty much run like our, so if they don’t have problems with their fuel, I doubt an American would.


7 posted on 06/15/2008 7:48:40 AM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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To: RightWhale
Oil industry is vertically integrated in Mexico and state-owned and run. The cost at the pump is independent of the commodity market.

Sssh! Don't give "Stretch" any ideas...


8 posted on 06/15/2008 7:52:04 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("It's not my fault if McCain loses - it's his own damn fault!" - Mark Levin)
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To: EagleUSA

I travel a fair bit to MX. My contacts there have always remarked on the poor quality of PEMEX petro. You might check up on this to ensure the life of your engine is not neg impacted.

MFO


9 posted on 06/15/2008 7:52:19 AM PDT by Man from Oz
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To: Farmer Dean

The Mexican gas is heavily subsidized by the Mexican government.
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...while our gas is heavily TAXED by the American federal and state governments....


10 posted on 06/15/2008 7:53:05 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: EagleUSA

Tiajunna gas stunes my beeber


11 posted on 06/15/2008 8:08:49 AM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: NordP

If you don’t care about your fuel injection or having a good running car buy Mexican. It’s not good gas. May as well pick up some tomatoes too.
I usually buy Chevron for my newer vehicles. It costs a few cents more, but really is the best.


12 posted on 06/15/2008 8:09:50 AM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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To: EagleUSA

I’d need to put about 5 more gas filters on my car before I used that Mexican gas.


13 posted on 06/15/2008 8:18:45 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mefistofelerevised

Educate me please. Why is Chevron best? I just buy the best price which is usually at my local Walmart’s Murphy Oil pumps or the HEB grocery pumps.


14 posted on 06/15/2008 8:24:03 AM PDT by McLynnan
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To: EagleUSA

I thought the high gas prices were due to limited supply, so how can Mexico possibly have cheaper gas, do they have more supply? /sarcasm


15 posted on 06/15/2008 8:25:06 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: mefistofelerevised
May as well pick up some tomatoes too.

HAHA good one!

16 posted on 06/15/2008 8:25:17 AM PDT by adversarial (the pros and cons of voting for)
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To: EagleUSA

” a drama teacher at an elementary school “
WHAT? Why on earth does an elementary school have a drama teacher? That’s an important subject? Gimme a break!


17 posted on 06/15/2008 8:25:21 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: EagleUSA

It’s not worth it. How much gas do they waste idling in line at the border crossing waiting to get back in? San Ysidro and Otay Mesa don’t exactly have short wait times.


18 posted on 06/15/2008 8:30:54 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Some people are like slinkys, the idea of them tumbling down a flight of stairs makes you smile.)
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To: mefistofelerevised

Yes, I have been in the oil and gas industry my entire adult life, and I agree. While almost all US gasoline is decent, Chevron gas with Techron really IS the BEST. And low-octane Mexican gas, often contaminated with water due to poor storage conditions, is the WORST.


19 posted on 06/15/2008 8:32:56 AM PDT by 2harddrive (...House a TOTAL Loss.....)
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To: McLynnan

See#19. That poster has more knowledge on the subject than me. Techron is a bump up from the others.


20 posted on 06/15/2008 8:47:21 AM PDT by mefistofelerevised
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