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mtgoat666
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Has the motor fuel supply problem changed your travel plans
With news of roadblocks and stations out of fuel, wondering if you have changed your travel plans?
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Beagle
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I voted.
So, Goat. What's your travel plans? Or you're already down there? Or is this for an article?
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by Beagle  | I voted.
So, Goat. What's your travel plans? Or you're already down there? Or is this for an article? |
Im just curious, but i do have trip south planned for february, so HOPING gasoline supply is not an issue next month.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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AKgringo
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There was no option for 'Ask me again in March', so I voted for option #1. I hope this is just temporary, but I would not go right now!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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chuckie
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Yeah, that was a tough question...I am not going back to Baja but will be on the road to Az for a while and thence to Venice La. for some serious
fishing. Waiting for the VA to quit messin with me...Happy Trails, all
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Aldervale
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MTgoat
Thanks for posting this....we are putting of till Feb depending on the fuel situation AND somewhat to get a little different weather and flower
viewing than January.
We welcome an ongoing discussion on fuel.
Aldervale
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Beagle
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | There was no option for 'Ask me again in March', so I voted for option #1. I hope this is just temporary, but I would not go right now!
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Here's hoping for March. We are flying into SJD and then driving North to San Jaunico, making various stops. Hoping all is well.
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KurtG
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I'll be crossing the border in about 10 days and am assuming things will be better by then but will play it by ear. My KLR has a 300 mile range with
my oversize tank which helps a lot.
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Nashville Frank
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by Beagle | I voted.
So, Goat. What's your travel plans? Or you're already down there? Or is this for an article? |
Im just curious, but i do have trip south planned for february, so HOPING gasoline supply is not an issue next month. |
Hey Mtgoat,
I'm headed there the first week in Feb. and am hoping, like you, that things have settled down. However, someone posted an article recently that said
they're going to raise the price again in February. Are they nuts?? 
http://www.forbes.com.mx/ya-viene-segundo-gasolinazo-febrero...
Frank
[Edited on 1-12-2017 by Nashville Frank]
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Ken Cooke
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How do you screw up event logistics? Introduce gasoline supply issues!
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David K
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Ken, Calexico and El Centro have gas, but you need to fill jerry cans (in Mexicali) so you can add fuel to those thirsty Jeeps with small tanks. I bet
this crisis ends in the next few days and your event over a month away will be fine.
[Edited on 1-12-2017 by David K]
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hombre66
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DK, are you encouraging folks to jerry can up stateside? Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought it was verboten to haul U.S. gas into Baja.
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David K
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No, if you could cross with extra gas then Ken has no problem. I will clearly say that without being able to fill jerry cans in Mexicali, his trip
would be in trouble.
[Edited on 1-12-2017 by David K]
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hombre66
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Your reply to Ken doesn't read like that. It reads like: Fill your J cans in Calexico/El Centro.... In your opinion/experience, is it forbidden to
transport US gas to Baja? (just a yes or no will suffice.)
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Yes, it's forbidden and is one think they almost always check for to see if the the cans are empty.
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PaulW
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Inconvenient - yes
Its a major issue very few cars on the road. Now here in San Felipe the stations have opened the diesel pumps . I guess they did not run out as they
said. At least I am getting water delivery. And I saw a armored truck today so maybe we can get some pesos soon?
The delivery trucks from Mexicali are not running yet so fresh vegies, auto parts, and other stuff have been curtailed. We get our mail because the
guy fills up in Calixico. Concert has been canceled for Friday.
What a pain
Times will change soon. Roomer that fuel trucks are leaving Mexicali fuel storage area this PM??
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As usual, in Ensenada the only thing going on are the people griping about
the increased cost (wait till next month and it will be a roar) no stations closed
and the obligatory marches down Reforma protesting the gasolinazo. Gas is
all over the place, short liters and full liters and no terminal blockades although
there is a very nice terminal on Rt.1 going south into town which could be blockaded
but no one has done so. The new Alcalde has declared war on potholes, bought seven
shiny new trash trucks and discovered thirteen million dollars has just vanished from the city coffers.
Once again someone forgot to lock the drawers. 
For several years I have been trying to figure out why this town is insulated from
all the desmadres seen in other parts of Baja and the mainland.
If I ever get a solid answer I will pass it on.
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wessongroup
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Have always had the same feeling about Ensenada .... A nice location for some strange reason and good to hear it's staying that way ... overall ..
with the other, it happens all the time
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by hombre66 | | Your reply to Ken doesn't read like that. It reads like: Fill your J cans in Calexico/El Centro.... In your opinion/experience, is it forbidden to
transport US gas to Baja? (just a yes or no will suffice.) |
Yes, it is illegal to have filled jerry cans across the border into Mexico. That was a given (I though) so I said, without being able to fill the cans
(in Mexicali) Ken would have a problem for the Jeeps with small tanks unable to make the round trip back to Calexico from the Pole Line Road.
On the previous Pole Line caravans, one of the vehicles did not know of the law and had a full 5 gallon can before we crossed the border. My truck had
room in the tank for it, so we emptied his tank into my Tacoma. In Mexicali, I filled his can back up and topped my tank with the better (and cheaper
then) Mexican gas.
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Gas available at both stations in Mulege 
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