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Crossed Thursday

Russ - 3-14-2012 at 07:05 AM

Hope to have a uneventful trip north tomorrow and cross at San Ysidro around 3pm (or earlier). Any news or advise?

[Edited on 3-16-2012 by Russ]

Pescador - 3-14-2012 at 07:09 AM

Keep some pesos so that you can buy Churros, fruit cups, shrimp c-cktails, fried potato chips, and ice cream at the border. Sure helps the time go faster.

Next time I think I will take my old beater car and when some SOB tries to cut in front of me, I will edge him out. We had a real aggressive guy who kept cutting whenever someone got a little lax in the line but we managed to cross about 5 car lengths ahead of him by staying in our line. I was sure to wave nice greetings to him as we hit the light ahead of him.

55steve - 3-14-2012 at 07:14 AM

I was towing a boat back several years ago and some buttwipe cut between my boat & tow vehicle - I proceed to move slowly forward and creased the whole side of his car and removed the front bumper - my Baja built boat trailer was unscathed! The guy was peeed and tried to run up to the border agent as I pulled up - this got a very immediate and unfavorable response from the BP folks.
The BP guy says I can pull over & wait once past the checkpoint if I cared to....I didn't.

Russ - 3-14-2012 at 07:17 AM

Usually buy a torta and have plenty of time to eat it. No ill effects yet.

[Edited on 3-14-2012 by Russ]

DENNIS - 3-14-2012 at 07:29 AM

Why not head up to Tecate? It may be a bit out of your way, but I'd rather get a Root Canal than throw myself into the San Ysidro quagmire.

Ateo - 3-14-2012 at 07:35 AM

Stay in the lanes closest to the vendor shops. They dump into a quicker moving maze of other
lanes. The lanes on the left are slow as hell.

55steve

captkw - 3-14-2012 at 07:39 AM

HOLA, good on you mate !! someone,,get's near my boat and I get tasmania devel !! and have all the right to protect it (her) dont touch my dog..........and boat !! K&T:cool:

RnR - 3-14-2012 at 07:46 AM

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Originally posted by Pescador
Next time I think I will take my old beater car and when some SOB tries to cut in front of me, I will edge him out. We had a real aggressive guy who kept cutting


Brings back memories of an incident that happened in the line-up about ten years ago -

There was a Tijuana local in an old beater car that was very aggresive in cutting the line and moving ahead. To the point of literally forcing his way into small gaps by actually bumping and jamming his car into others' cars. I let him cross in front of me when I saw the bumping going on. Just ahead of me in the next lane was an old rancher in an old pickup, (bits of hay and manure in the back, cattle rack sides, a HEAVY pipe bumper on the front, etc). The kid tried to force his way in front of the rancher but the rancher wasn't going for it. Finally, the kid bumped the rancher's truck and the rancher let him in. The rancher let about five feet of space open up between him and the kid and then SLAMMED the kid's car with the heavy pipe cattleguard on the front of his pickup! The kid piled out of the car ready for a fight. The rancher met him and hit the kid so hard he went down and out on the pavement next to his car. The rancher got back in his truck and somebody else let him into the next lane to get around the now sitting up, but dazed, kid and his car.

goldhuntress - 3-14-2012 at 08:27 AM

I'm leaving Jardine's now to head over at San Ysidro. From GN to here all was good. The only thing that was a little unusual was the amount if cows grazing right on the road from a little past Chapala to a little past El Rosario. Probably about 30 head or so. Some in the really cuving areas you wouldn't expect. Have a good and safe trip!

watizname - 3-14-2012 at 08:28 AM

Russ, ---- came North with Stevie 2 weeks ago. Tecate was so easy. Both of us got pulled into secondary, but still the whole thing only took about 15 minutes. For me, driving the extra hour is better than sitting and the exasperation of the SY border crossing.

mcfez - 3-14-2012 at 08:34 AM

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Originally posted by watizname
Russ, ---- came North with Stevie 2 weeks ago. Tecate was so easy. Both of us got pulled into secondary, but still the whole thing only took about 15 minutes. For me, driving the extra hour is better than sitting and the exasperation of the SY border crossing.

Russ - 3-14-2012 at 09:09 AM

I think I'll try the lane closest to the venders. with this bumper I'm not chalenged by many cut in. But those in front of me aren't always of the NO cut ins frame of mind.

Leo - 3-14-2012 at 03:58 PM

Nice story RnR. I have seen simmilar eppisodes driving through Paris years ago when the metro was on strike.

goldhuntress - 3-14-2012 at 05:17 PM

Got to the border today at 3:06 and crossed at 4:12. 1 hour 6 minutes is the fastest I've crossed in a long time. The far right lane definitely moves fastest.

Bajahowodd - 3-14-2012 at 05:31 PM

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Originally posted by goldhuntress
Got to the border today at 3:06 and crossed at 4:12. 1 hour 6 minutes is the fastest I've crossed in a long time. The far right lane definitely moves fastest.


Which crossing?

watizname - 3-14-2012 at 05:43 PM

A True "Mad Max" bumper Russ. Go for it.:tumble::tumble::tumble::tumble::tumble:

norte - 3-14-2012 at 05:51 PM

Can you tell me why it is so pleasing to be a jerk (especially inflicting damage) when someone else is rude. or is it just the Ugly American way?

Marc - 3-14-2012 at 06:04 PM

At TJ stay to the right. Don't forget the pee bottle.

Last time for me was Tecate. I was sent to secondary & was still way faster than TJ.

[Edited on 3-15-2012 by Marc]

goldhuntress - 3-14-2012 at 06:56 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Quote:
Originally posted by goldhuntress
Got to the border today at 3:06 and crossed at 4:12. 1 hour 6 minutes is the fastest I've crossed in a long time. The far right lane definitely moves fastest.


Which crossing?

San Ysidro.

watizname - 3-14-2012 at 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by norte
Can you tell me why it is so pleasing to be a jerk (especially inflicting damage) when someone else is rude. or is it just the Ugly American way?



Sooner or later, Norte, both cheeks are sore. Then what do you do??:?::?:

RnR - 3-14-2012 at 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by norte
Can you tell me why it is so pleasing to be a jerk (especially inflicting damage) when someone else is rude. or is it just the Ugly American way?


No (norte) Americano's (ugly or otherwise) were involved.

[Edited on 3-15-2012 by RnR]

Russ - 3-16-2012 at 08:09 AM

Made it. Roads getting better all the time! Sure there are a few diversions but just thinking when these sections are completed how nice it'll be. As usual I missed getting in the correct lane for SD. And ended up in a traffic circle. Now where? No problem this time. A guy on a bicycle ask if I wanted to go to SD and led me to the border lanes 1-9. Still an hour and a half but I had fun with the venders and the torta was good.

[Edited on 3-17-2012 by Russ]

Ateo - 3-16-2012 at 08:10 AM

Glad you made it alive!

watizname - 3-16-2012 at 11:45 AM

Another safe trip. Nothing better, except a safe trip the other way. :cool:

Russ - 3-16-2012 at 12:13 PM

I'll just need a border to toll road access update in a week or so

[Edited on 3-17-2012 by Russ]

norte - 3-16-2012 at 03:23 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by RnR
Quote:
Originally posted by norte
Can you tell me why it is so pleasing to be a jerk (especially inflicting damage) when someone else is rude. or is it just the Ugly American way?


No (norte) Americano's (ugly or otherwise) were involved.

[Edited on 3-15-2012 by RnR]


I was referring to the above post about the boat trailer ripping someones car apart and others seemingly like attitude, . I wonder what would have happened if a policeman was around.

Lee - 3-16-2012 at 03:40 PM

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Originally posted by RnR
The rancher let about five feet of space open up between him and the kid and then SLAMMED the kid's car with the heavy pipe cattleguard on the front of his pickup!


Not sure if cutting in line is illegal or not. Ramming a car that's cut in sure is. Rancher was out of line. I think the moral of this story is suppose to be cut in line, have your car damaged then get knocked on your butt. Is that it?

Barry A. - 3-16-2012 at 03:40 PM

Cars cutting in-----------reminds me of a true story too.

Way back when we had Ferry's from Coronado to San Diego and long slow lines, a guy in a Jaguar cut in front of my friend in line. We were in his ancient beatup pickup we used for our Baja trips. The Jaguar was at a strange angle because he could not fit in line all the way between us and the next car in line, leaving the side of the Jag towards us. My friend just kept driving like the Jag was not there, crushing the side of the Jaguar. The guy leaped out of the Jag running back towards our pickup----my friend (6' 5" tall, about 270 lbs.) stepped out of the pickup to meet him asking, "you have a problem"? The guy got back in his Jag. and backed out of the line and we continued on our way to a lot of hand-clapping from other drivers.

What comes around, goes around---------there are consequences for being a jerk, and this guy learned that this day.

I applauded him, and still do to this day.

By the way, my big friend was a prominent Coronado Lawyer, and I assume he knew the law, and his liability------we never heard from the Jag guy, and don't even know who he was.

Barry

[Edited on 3-16-2012 by Barry A.]

Barry A. - 3-16-2012 at 03:48 PM

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Originally posted by Lee
Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
What comes around, goes around---------there are consequences for being a jerk, and this guy learned that this day.

I applauded him, and still do to this day.

Barry


Looks like there were 3 jerks there that day. Sad.


All in how you look at it--------line-cutting was seldom a problem in the Ferry lanes in Coronado, and definitely NOT tolerated by anybody--------it sometimes took a long time to get on the ferry, especially in the morning.

As I said, their are consequences for your actions, as it should be, IMO.

Barry

Lee - 3-16-2012 at 03:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
What comes around, goes around---------there are consequences for being a jerk, and this guy learned that this day.

I applauded him, and still do to this day.

Barry


Looks like there were 3 jerks there that day. Sad.

Things sure have changed: had this situation happened today, someone would be going to jail. Consequences, indeed.

Barry A. - 3-16-2012 at 04:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lee
Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
What comes around, goes around---------there are consequences for being a jerk, and this guy learned that this day.

I applauded him, and still do to this day.

Barry


Looks like there were 3 jerks there that day. Sad.

Things sure have changed: had this situation happened today, someone would be going to jail. Consequences, indeed.


Ahhhh, Lee, I don't think so. No arrest, no Jail. At most a witnessing officer would ask the Jag driver if he wanted to press charges, and it would go to court-----no arrests. I doubt seriously if a Jury or Judge would fine either one-----it's a stand-off.

Just my opinion, of course.

Barry