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viabaja - 2-23-2011 at 08:18 PM

I'm watching diesel inch up to almost $4.00 per gallon here in the high desert area. Anyone purchase diesel lately in Mexicali and San Felipe? If so, what is it going for? Thanks

woody with a view - 2-23-2011 at 08:21 PM

no. but i'll bet you a SrHimp taco it's less by 25-30%....

[Edited on 2-24-2011 by woody with a view]

Paulina - 2-23-2011 at 09:20 PM

Funny, I just posted a rant on my facebook page that I paid $4.05 for diesel here in San Luis Obispo, and was comparing it to what I would be paying at home in Baja.

It's crazy, and it's not even the holiday season yet.

P>*)))>{

David K - 2-23-2011 at 09:25 PM

Libya, Bahrain, and the other dictators and emirs of the region that are countering the power of the Internet where people can see life can be better or more fair is what is happening now.

BajaNomad - 2-23-2011 at 09:35 PM

While you're waiting for local confirmation (hopefully?)...

According to the following article, in Tijuana the recent price is $3.13 a gallon (9.01 pesos/liter),

Prices should be same/similar - or possibly somewhat less - in Mexicali and/or San Felipe.

http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/6340/Need-a-break-from-h...

BajaNomad - 2-23-2011 at 09:36 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
no. but i'll bet you a SrHimp taco it's less by 25-30%....

SoCal-Bob - 2-23-2011 at 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by viabaja
I'm watching diesel inch up to almost $4.00 per gallon here in the high desert area. Anyone purchase diesel lately in Mexicali and San Felipe? If so, what is it going for? Thanks

Saw it for $4.09US/gal in Orange County, CA, on Monday.

Just purchased it for $9.01pesos/liter in Maneadero on Friday and the same price just across Otay Mesa border on Sunday.

BajaNomad - 2-23-2011 at 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by BajaNomad
$3.13 a gallon (9.01 pesos/liter)

I just copied what was posted in that article... but doing the math....

9.01 pesos/liter
x 3.785 liters per US gallon
----------------------
34.10285 pesos/gallon
----------------------
/12.185 pesos/dollar (exchange rate per Google)
----------------------
=US$2.80/gallon.

(or $2.84 at straight 12 to 1 conversion rate)

Please feel free to help me out if I'm missing something here in the conversion. :biggrin:

[Edited on 2-24-2011 by BajaNomad]

Paulina - 2-23-2011 at 10:11 PM

I wish I lived just a wee bit closer to the border so I could run across to fill up.

BajaWarrior - 2-24-2011 at 05:15 AM

9.01 in San Felipe this past weekend and at Hwy 2 toll road gas station.

SoCal-Bob - 2-24-2011 at 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by BajaNomad

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Originally posted by BajaNomad
$3.13 a gallon (9.01 pesos/liter)

Math looks right. But the exchange they were giving at the station just on the Mex side of Otay (is that Tijuana?) was 11.85pesos: $1dollar. Further south in Maneadero, they were giving 11.6pesos: $1dollar.

The dollar is hurting right now. I only got 12:1 at a fish taco stand in Ensenada. Everyone else was below 12.

[Edited on 2-24-2011 by SoCal-Bob]

chippy - 2-24-2011 at 05:23 PM

Less than 3 bucks a gallon here.