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Cost of Premium Gas in Baja?

Wilbur4s - 4-21-2014 at 09:37 AM

Hey Guys,
I am sure that some folks that have been recently will know this. The cost of premium gas in Baja?
Thanks.

J.P. - 4-21-2014 at 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by Wilbur4s
Hey Guys,
I am sure that some folks that have been recently will know this. The cost of premium gas in Baja?
Thanks.





How does the old saying go if you have to ask you probably can't afford it. In this case it's true . As to the exact price I don't know. couldn't resist a chance to poke a little fun.:lol::lol:

dirtbikr - 4-21-2014 at 09:50 AM

Reminds me of the guy who asked how much insurance for a corvette.

Wilbur4s - 4-21-2014 at 09:55 AM

2 helpful guys, nice. Can afford it, looking to understand cost of trip.

J.P. - 4-21-2014 at 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by dirtbikr
Reminds me of the guy who asked how much insurance for a corvette.




I always wanted a new Corvette so in 1985 I went to the dealer in Elk Grove and picked one out. The sales staff was trying to high pressure me into signing a contract and I put them off long enough to call my insurance man and when he told me the ins. would be 2,500 a year. I replied but I am 45 years old, he said you better be glad you aren't 25. I really looked good in the new step side I bought instead.:coolup:

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 10:22 AM

I don't know anyone who buys premium, but I'll look later today.
In the meantime, Magna here is 12.59 per liter. That will again go up at the first of the month. For example, last month it was 12.10 per liter.

The Dollar/Peso is now 13.03 to one. You'll have to do the math.

Souie Souie Pig Pig Pig

DavidE - 4-21-2014 at 02:36 PM

It was something like 12.83 when I checked Dennis.

You GOTTA move south of the Eagle and start getting get some AUTHENTIC made in Mexico Mini-Sin gasolina. The stuff you get up there is California gasoline minus the monkey-business.

By the way they just did a study on Corn fuel and found it pollutes worse and contributes to Global Gore worse than straight gasoline. (Associated DePress)

Enjoy your ten dollar a pound steaks up there in the USA you poor devils. Your 22 miles per gallon instead of 26 is helping to drive up beef prices.


Here is the Corn/Gasohol briber's address in Wahingmachine DC a mere 09 minutes from both houses of the legislature. And shucks you thought MEXICAN politicians could be bought...

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Archer Daniels Midland is located at 1401 New York Ave NW Ste 520, Washington, DC. This location is in the Downtown - Penn Quarter - Chinatown neighborhood

[Edited on 4-21-2014 by DavidE]

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 02:49 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
I don't know anyone who buys premium, but I'll look later today.
In the meantime, Magna here is 12.59 per liter. That will again go up at the first of the month. For example, last month it was 12.10 per liter.

The Dollar/Peso is now 13.03 to one. You'll have to do the math.


OK....Premium...13.23 per liter today.

last months prices

durrelllrobert - 4-21-2014 at 02:50 PM

Last Update (prices change 1x month) Mar_18_14
Magna per liter $12.50
Premium per liter $13.12
Diesel per liter $12.95
Magna - Gal. in USD $3.64
Magna Base /ex Can $1.05
Premium - Gal. in USD $3.82
Premium Base /ex Can $1.10
Diesel - Gal. in USD $3.77
Diesel Base /ex Can $1.09
Exchange Rate - USD $13.00
Exchange Rate - CAD $11.93
Liters per gallon 3.79

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 02:51 PM

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Originally posted by DavidE
It was something like 12.83 when I checked Dennis.



Not here, David. Still 12.59 as of an hour ago.

pauldavidmena - 4-21-2014 at 03:35 PM

Interesting that diesel is cheaper than premium in Mexico. It is significantly more expensive than high test here in New England. I'm guessing that part of the reason is the high demand for heating oil.

bajagrouper - 4-21-2014 at 04:44 PM

The Bank of Mexico quotes today the 21st at 13.03 x $1.00 USD.......

Maybe DavidE is quoting a casa de cambio.........

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by bajagrouper
The Bank of Mexico quotes today the 21st at 13.03 x $1.00 USD.......

Maybe DavidE is quoting a casa de cambio.........


I think he was giving the Magna liter price for his area:

"It was something like 12.83 when I checked Dennis."

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 04:53 PM

Anyway...the magna price at this moment, in dollars, is $3.67.

Bajahowodd - 4-21-2014 at 04:56 PM

I have never understood the preoccupation with gas prices in Mexico, especially with those folks who are just traveling on vacation. Who gives a mierda? If you are on vacation, you have to know that you are going to pay for everything.

The bottom line is that people with no other interest in gasoline prices other than making a tidy profit manipulate prices for the only reason- to put cash in their own pockets. They call themselves commodity traders,

Wilbur4s - 4-21-2014 at 05:03 PM

Gentlemen of BajaNomad,
No one else but me tries to understand how much cash to have on hand or how much things will cost, like maybe the three elements of a trip down Baja, like food, gas, and hotels? This question was asked just to plan how much to expect have on hand, no political or other nefarious purpose was behind my question.
Isn't that this forum is for, to create a place in which those with experience and knowledge share with those without? Lighten up Francis, all y'all.

ncampion - 4-21-2014 at 05:13 PM

Well, still looks better than prices in the US. I just paid $4.65 a gal. for premium in Dana Point, CA.

Alm - 4-21-2014 at 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by Wilbur4s
No one else but me tries to understand how much cash to have on hand or how much things will cost, like maybe the three elements of a trip down Baja, like food, gas, and hotels? This question was asked just to plan how much to expect have on hand,

Because no one cares. They/we don't care because everybody has a different scale and different means. Some travel only few hundred miles and don't need a hotel. Some bring their own food and don't buy any, and a portable propane stove can do pretty much all that you need. Some people use ATM - duh...

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Wilbur4s
Gentleman of BajaNomad,


Thank you, so much. :biggrin:

Had to do a little edit up there since I'm the only gentleman here. Jeeezo....these other guys are sooo boorish...boring too. :saint:

DENNIS - 4-21-2014 at 07:31 PM

Jes kiddin' fellas. Havin fun....you know. yuk yuk yuk :D

KaceyJ - 4-21-2014 at 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by ncampion
Well, still looks better than prices in the US. I just paid $4.65 a gal. for premium in Dana Point, CA.



When are Californian's gonna wake up?

Don't look at the price they pay in AZ right now:lol:

http://www.arizonagasprices.com/

ncampion - 4-21-2014 at 08:04 PM

The line at Costco is a half hour wait. This is why....

http://www.orangecountygasprices.com/GasPriceSearch.aspx?s=Y...

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mulegejim - 4-22-2014 at 07:16 AM

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Originally posted by ncampion
Well, still looks better than prices in the US. I just paid $4.65 a gal. for premium in Dana Point, CA.


$4.39 at Costco in San Juan Capistrano Tuesday AM.

Ateo - 4-22-2014 at 07:24 AM

Waiting a half hour for gas to save maybe $1.00-$2.00?

That's seems like a waste of time and gas while idling.

ncampion - 4-22-2014 at 08:10 AM

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Originally posted by Ateo
Waiting a half hour for gas to save maybe $1.00-$2.00?

That's seems like a waste of time and gas while idling.


I agree, I won't do it (at least right now). although it is about a $5.00 per tank saving. Gee, that's over one gallon of free gas!!

Bajahowodd - 4-22-2014 at 04:53 PM

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Originally posted by Ateo
Waiting a half hour for gas to save maybe $1.00-$2.00?

That's seems like a waste of time and gas while idling.


I totally agree.

But the real culprits are the commodity traders who have no stake in the oil companies with the exception that they profit from screwing with the price they pay simply to put cash in their own pockets. We need to wake up to the fact that folks who don't actually create wealth are making it hand over fist from hard working folks.

There was just a study released that showed that the American middle class is no longer the most well off middle class in the world. We have fallen behind Canada and Europe.

And the poor class in the US trails dramatically behind many other countries.

Thanks alot Ronald Reagan. You started this decline. Trickle down, my culo.

adventurer - 4-22-2014 at 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by Bajahowodd

There was just a study released that showed that the American middle class is no longer the most well off middle class in the world. We have fallen behind Canada and Europe.

And the poor class in the US trails dramatically behind many other countries.

Thanks alot Ronald Reagan. You started this decline. Trickle down, my burro.


uh... Ronald Reagan hasn't been president for 25 years
you might want to look to more proximate causes

David K - 4-23-2014 at 08:12 AM

If not for Ronald Reagan, you might be speaking Russian now. :lol:

bajaguy - 4-23-2014 at 08:14 AM

Maybe 'odd can catch up and blame it on Bush or Cheney

[Edited on 4-24-2014 by bajaguy]

absinvestor - 4-23-2014 at 09:40 AM

Wilbur4S- not sure that anybody has answered your question- with an exchange rate of 13pesos to the dollar the price today is $3.86/gallon. Pay in pesos.

DENNIS - 4-23-2014 at 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by David K
If not for Ronald Reagan, you might be speaking Russian now. :lol:


Don't throw away your language cassettes. We're getting closer every day.

EnsenadaDr - 4-23-2014 at 10:25 AM

NO excuse...we have our hero Edward Snowden, Zatibaya, Ed!!
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Originally posted by David K
If not for Ronald Reagan, you might be speaking Russian now. :lol:

EnsenadaDr - 4-23-2014 at 10:27 AM

Thanks Dennis, it's $4.25 a gallon in San Diego right now, guess I'll wait till I head down there to get gas again.
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Originally posted by DENNIS
Anyway...the magna price at this moment, in dollars, is $3.67.

Bajahowodd - 4-23-2014 at 04:59 PM

If you folks don't realize that the so-called trickle down economic theory was totally wrong, I feel sorry for you.

New information just released shows that there is a world-wide decline in births. What this means going forward is that working people will find their wealth shrinking, while the investor class will continue to grow their wealth, simply because they only invest, which means in the most profitable investments.

In a certain sense, this has been going on in Mexico for at least half a century, a primary reason for the vast wealth gap down there for all these people resulting in the migration to El Norte. Trouble is, that as US citizens begin to feel that same squeeze, there's no where to go.

MitchMan - 4-23-2014 at 08:55 PM

They can go to Canada and to 15 other countries as their middle class real income has in creased upward significantly more than middle class income in the USA which has not grown at all from 2000 to now. So, the middle class in the USA is way behind. However, the USA still has the richest wealthy class whose real income has grown colossally during that time. The USA no longer is a leader in the world for middle class income, not even close.

MitchMan - 4-23-2014 at 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
If not for Ronald Reagan, you might be speaking Russian now. :lol:


Don't throw away your language cassettes. We're getting closer every day.


Both you guys are way, way off. At what point in time has Russia even come close to overtaking the USA prior to Reagan? And currently, Russia is no match for the USA, economically or militarily, not even close...never has been.

BTW, the USSR imploded politically and economically...Reagan did not bring the USSR down, he just stood back with the rest of the world and watched their demise all on their own based on bad economics and geopolitics lead by ambitious old guys that didn't care about their own people, just power.

willardguy - 4-23-2014 at 09:47 PM

un-effin believable! the question was the price of premium gasoline in baja.:rolleyes:

Wilbur4s - 4-23-2014 at 09:51 PM

Seriously, all I was looking for was the price of gas so I could budget my trip.

DENNIS - 4-24-2014 at 06:21 AM

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Originally posted by MitchMan
And currently, Russia is no match for the USA, economically or militarily, not even close...never has been.



Yeah........but, couldn't the same thing be said about Afghanistan?

The mere thought of it gives me gas. [OK........back on track :spingrin:]

DENNIS - 4-24-2014 at 06:31 AM

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Originally posted by willardguy
un-effin believable! the question was the price of premium gasoline in baja.:rolleyes:


That was posted three days ago. After the original question has been answered, the thread becomes open territory. It's in the Rule Book. Page nine.


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posted on 4-21-2014 at 01:49 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

OK....Premium...13.23 per liter today.

bajalearner - 4-24-2014 at 07:23 AM

Just curious, why do you buy premium instead of regular? One of my motorcycle manuals directs me to use premium which I do. But I don't notice any difference if it has regular.

durrelllrobert - 4-24-2014 at 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by Ateo
Waiting a half hour for gas to save maybe $1.00-$2.00?

That's seems like a waste of time and gas while idling.


How about a 2 hour wait crossing into the US? Not to mention the pollution caused.

DavidE - 4-24-2014 at 11:12 AM

One of the main points of made in USA premium Pemex gasoline is that it is virtually free of sulfur. Sulfur may be desirable in diesel but it's pure poison in gasoline. With made in Mexico Magna my car runs like crap after a ha;d dozen tankful's of Mexican Magna. Mileage drops, the car stalls repeatedly when cold. I am forced to add Chevron Techron. It's just cheaper for me to use premium. But it's a waste IMHO if it does not make a difference. The car can use Baja California Magna but not Baja California Sur Magna.

David K - 4-24-2014 at 11:17 AM

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Originally posted by bajalearner
Just curious, why do you buy premium instead of regular? One of my motorcycle manuals directs me to use premium which I do. But I don't notice any difference if it has regular.


For most it is a waste of money and does little more than regular. However, for the few with higher compression engines, turbo charges, or hauling heavy loads up grades in desert heat, premium has a lower ignition point and is less likely to 'pre-ignite' ("ping"). Pinging is the rattling of your pistons as they try to move up against a flame front caused by gas that ignites before the spark plug does.

Low octane gas (for the conditions) can also 'diesel' or keep igniting after you turn your motor off.

Never allow either to happen, add octane booster or run higher octane gas if available. Ignition timing may also be off.

bajalearner - 4-24-2014 at 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by DavidE
One of the main points of made in USA premium Pemex gasoline is that it is virtually free of sulfur. Sulfur may be desirable in diesel but it's pure poison in gasoline. With made in Mexico Magna my car runs like crap after a ha;d dozen tankful's of Mexican Magna. Mileage drops, the car stalls repeatedly when cold. I am forced to add Chevron Techron. It's just cheaper for me to use premium. But it's a waste IMHO if it does not make a difference. The car can use Baja California Magna but not Baja California Sur Magna.


I read in an RV forum that it is a good idea to use an engine oil, made for diesel truck engines, in a motor home gas/454 engine.

Does this make any sense to you being that the truck oil may contain sulfur and you say it's poison? (I assume you meant poison to the engine vs. air pollution poison). Maybe you or others have some knowledge of engine oil.

MitchMan - 4-24-2014 at 03:22 PM

Using 'verde' gas in my 2000 Toyota Echo and 1998 Tacoma has not shown any signs of any problems, i.e. no pinging, no stalling, no lack of power or pickup...ever. I wonder if other Toyota owners have the same experience as I have with the low octane verde(?)

DENNIS - 4-24-2014 at 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by MitchMan

low octane verde(?)



Speaking of low octane...Remember NOVA?

SlyOnce - 4-29-2014 at 12:02 PM

Filled up yesterday 4/29/14 in Playas de TJ. Using a $ peso rate of 12.6 it came out to $3.75 a gallon for verde. Here in San Diego side its hard to find gas much less than 4.25 so it saves you about $US 10 per tank.

Plus of course in TJ its full service, windows washed, $MX 5 P tip, girls trying to sell you cookies, and then head to the beach.

bufeo - 4-29-2014 at 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by willardguy
un-effin believable! the question was the price of premium gasoline in baja.:rolleyes:


That'll teach Wilbur4s. :yes:

Wilbur, I think Dennis, SlyOnce, and durrellrobert gave you some good information. The rest...meh, but this tread is the primary reason I rarely participate on this forum. It takes almost nothing for someone to throw in a political comment on anything.

Allen R.

[Edited on 4-29-2014 by bufeo]

DENNIS - 4-29-2014 at 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by bufeo
It takes almost nothing for someone to throw in a political comment on anything.






Yeah....even when it's all commie propaganda. :lol::lol:

I do however agree wholeheartedly.

Price vs what you get.

baconjr - 4-29-2014 at 07:44 PM

Here is a Facebook site that rats out the Pemex stations that short you in the Ensenada area https://www.facebook.com/gasolinerasratasensenada It is a problem all over Mexico.
Quote:
Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Last Update (prices change 1x month) Mar_18_14
Magna per liter $12.50
Premium per liter $13.12
Diesel per liter $12.95
Magna - Gal. in USD $3.64
Magna Base /ex Can $1.05
Premium - Gal. in USD $3.82
Premium Base /ex Can $1.10
Diesel - Gal. in USD $3.77
Diesel Base /ex Can $1.09
Exchange Rate - USD $13.00
Exchange Rate - CAD $11.93
Liters per gallon 3.79