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New gas prices...

BajaCactus - 6-1-2004 at 05:58 PM

1st day of the month, new gas prices.. here they go.....

-- Magna $ 5.86 pesos per liter ($22.18 per gallon)

-- Premium $ 6.92 pesos per liter ($26.19 per gallon)

-- Diesel $ 4.86 pesos per liter ($ 18.39 per gallon)

At this time you get around $11.30 pesos per dollar, but remember that this changes everyday.

Happy travels....


Antonio M.
BajaCactus
"Where the Baja is much more than a dream..."

jim janet - 6-1-2004 at 06:09 PM

Hi there.
Your close but your math stinks,It is Pesos per liter about the same as in Canada.

Mmmmmm....????

BajaCactus - 6-1-2004 at 07:24 PM

Well I think I did it right, but help me out here.. let's see...

1 gallon = 3.785 liters

Premium = $ 6.92 pesos per liter

So, 6.92 x 3.785 = 26.19 pesos

And since the dollar is 11.30 that should be 1 gallon = $ 2.31 dollars

That is how I figure out all the prices, but if I am wrong please correct me.

Antonio M.
BajaCactus
"Where the Baja is much more than a dream..."

Pesos Pesos Pesos

bajalou - 6-1-2004 at 07:44 PM

He's posting in pesos not dollars - use the latest exchange rate to get the dollar cost.

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Re : gas prices

Bajalero - 6-1-2004 at 07:48 PM

Antonio , your math is just fine . The "problem" is a Canadian thing. Being a canuck he expects to get 4.5 liters in every gallon he buys. :lol:

It's Crazy!

David K - 6-1-2004 at 08:03 PM

America still uses the English System (cups, pints, quarts, gallons)... BUT, England (and Canada) uses (or did use) IMPERIAL GALLONS, at a pint more than a U.S. gallon! It's crazy!!! Metric makes sense (even if it was invented in France!!!)... just kidding :)

David K - 6-1-2004 at 08:32 PM

That's another thing... Mexico uses the dollar sign ($) for pesos.... MN$ and US$ might be better ways to communicate which currency we are talking about or always add the word dollars or pesos after the figure.

Does anyone know why an S with a line (or two) through it is used for dollars $ ?

New format....

BajaCactus - 6-1-2004 at 08:33 PM

As I intend on keeping you up to date with the fuel prices, please advise on a better way of displaying them. I do not post them on dollars because the exchange rate fluctuates everyday, however, the fuel price is not supossed to change in a month. Nevertheless, how would you like for me to display the prices....any suggestions....

By the way..... thanks for the complements guys.... it is really appreciated. We try to be as honest as possible.

Antonio M.
BajaCactus
"Where the Baja is much more than a dream..."

Great question...

BajaCactus - 6-1-2004 at 08:37 PM

In Mexico, specially at banks, they use a S with one line for mexican pesos and a S with two lines for u.s. dollars...

As for the why... I do not know.... great question....mmmmm.... and we use it everyday....


Antonio M.
BajaCactus
"Where the Baja is much more than a dream..."

David K - 6-1-2004 at 10:59 PM

In Australia (and other countries who now use 'dollar' as the name of their currency), it is an S with one line: $.

Here, it is both, but originally two lines which was a short way to write U & S, over each other. The S is written on top of the U, So the dollar sign is U.S. or United States. The bottom of the U is dropped. Maybe Ben Franklin had something to do with that? Anyway, that was how my dad explained it to me, many years ago!

daveB - 6-1-2004 at 11:11 PM

Folks driving in Baja seem to be getting a break on gas pricing by Pemex. Driving north in March through mainland Mexico I was already paying 7 pesos per litro for premium.

BajaNomad - 6-1-2004 at 11:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaCactus
As I intend on keeping you up to date with the fuel prices, please advise on a better way of displaying them. I do not post them on dollars because the exchange rate fluctuates everyday, however, the fuel price is not supossed to change in a month. Nevertheless, how would you like for me to display the prices....any suggestions....
Antonio,

Posting the current price in pesos per liter here is very much appreciated, and would also be the most accurate information. Your conversion to price per gallon is a luxury, and although appreciated, certainly not necessary.

The knowledge on the exchange rate is also something we appreciate knowing as well.

This information is very helpful to the Nomads here. Thanks so much!

Regards,
--
Doug Means

El Rosario Pemex is Numero Uno in Baja!

David K - 6-2-2004 at 12:33 AM

Always open, always honest, clean bathrooms, self serve or occaisional attendant service, vital location as the next open Pemex may be 200 miles away. Thanks for supplying Alfonso who resells your gas in Catavina as we desert explorers sometimes need more gas in the center of Baja. David Eidell once did a survey of Baja Pemex stations (pump accuracy), and your station rated #1. You are a good man and I wish you great success with the motel, as well!

BajaCactus

Bedman - 6-2-2004 at 01:42 AM

I presume your the Operator/Owner of the El Rosario Pemex. Of ALL the Pemex stations along the transpeninsular, Your's is the ONLY one I allow the attendants to fill me up and have no worries about being short changed or pump rolled back or Bad gas or any of the other worries associated with the dreaded Pemex Magic show. I drive a motorhome and carry in excess of 100 gallons. I do my best to be as empty as possible by the time I arrive in El Rosario. Your station is The Best! and I'll second the nomination for a "Nomad #1" rating.


Sincerely,

Bedman

Skeet/Loreto - 6-2-2004 at 05:06 AM

Hey: I remember paying 10 Cents a Gallon in The USA.

60 Cents a Gal in Baja{1968}

$2.10 Gal for Aviation Fuel at Pappa Diaz
from a 55 Gal Drum.

"It Don't make no Nevermind"

Baja is Worth every Cent/Peso!!!!!!!

Suck it up my Friends!

"In God I Trust"

Bob and Susan - 6-2-2004 at 06:46 AM

Antonio,

Posting of the prices in pesos would be GREAT!!!:lol::lol:

History of the dollar sign...

Bob H - 6-2-2004 at 08:26 AM

One of the most popular theories is that the dollar sign is derived from the initials of the United States. If you superimpose a capital "U" on a capital "S" then drop the lower part of the "U", what you end up with is a version of the dollar symbol with two strokes. This theory was endorsed by the American libertarian philosopher and staunch defender of capitalism, Ayn Rand, in her novel Atlas Shrugged. Chapter 10 is entitled the Sign of the Dollar. Rand claimed the dollar sign was the symbol not only of the currency, but also the nation, a free economy, and a free mind. ;)

trblmkr - 6-2-2004 at 09:55 AM

Antonio,

Thank you for posting the lastest prices for fuel. It is unfortunate that this board tends to stray off topic at times and will pick posts apart. "Pick the fly s*#t out of the pepper." as some like to say in the U.S.

You are providing a good service and we appreciate that. Please continue to post your prices in Pesos vs. dolares as we all know the exchange rate varies by the hour, by the vendor, by the location, etc.

P. y D. <*)))><

tim40 - 6-2-2004 at 12:21 PM

Antonio, I stopped by on Friday morning and filled up on the way down. Asked about you and left a 'hello' note with your staff. They indicated you were in TJ. Your rooms look to be coming along nicely.

Tim

Margie - 6-2-2004 at 01:03 PM

Thank You, Antonio. Whew....they are saying the gas prices in the States may go as high as $4.00 a gallon by the end of summer, it's already cheaper down here. Man oh Man !!! They're taking us all to the cleaners!!!

Thanks, again.

Thank you very much....

BajaCactus - 6-2-2004 at 02:57 PM

Thank you all very much for your nice comments, you are making me blush.

I really appreciatte that all the effort we make is really getting noticed.

We will try to continue improving our services... you will see...

Tim40... I am very sorry I missed you, on friday we leave at morning to TJ... It would have been very nice to have meet you.

David K., Bedman... you are great spirit lifters... thanks....

Antonio M.
BajaCactus
"Where the Baja is much more than a dream..."

jim janet - 6-2-2004 at 06:25 PM

Boy I blew it,

Sorry I didnt reconize the peso sign in the first post.It is true us Cunnucks get a bit more per gallon,we are are harmonized with the mexicans at the metric system,We think liters per cents

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