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chippy - 10-5-2016 at 06:01 PM

http://litroscompletos.eluniversal.com.mx/

Interesting! 10 years ago you could get a proper black list of bad pemex stations in Mexico. This seems to be the best you can get nowadays?

[Edited on 10-6-2016 by chippy]

El Jefe - 10-7-2016 at 10:09 AM

I just think it is wonderful how they can get 22+ liters in my 20 liter gas can. What a bonus!

"just some more than others" so true.

Udo - 10-7-2016 at 10:27 AM

Since we are mostly talking about Baja Pemex, check out the FACEBOOK page:

Gasolineras Ratas- Valle De San Quintin. They have listings for most of Baja.

tunaeater - 10-11-2016 at 10:39 AM

Soon Pemex will no longer be the only option in Mexico.
With private-sector competition now allowed, Pemex gas stations will yield to private companies, including Hidrosina, Gulf, The Gas and Oxxo. The Gas opened in Mérida last June.

David K - 10-11-2016 at 11:18 AM

Last month, I was pleasantly surprised that I found no "obvious" or "gross" gas pump cheats using my recordings. The only one that seemed a little off was the Gonzaga Bay station, but I only pumped 32 liters to top off my 80-liter tank, so not conclusive. Heck, if you need gas, and there is no competition, it is just a thing.

[note: mileages shown are total driven between stations, including side trips, not direct miles between towns]

Got gas at:
El Centro top off, then
128. 3 miles to:
San Felipe (El Dorado station north of town), 47 liters (includes 19 liter can)

117.7 miles to:
Gonzaga Bay, 32 liters

164.3 miles to:
L.A. Bay (the first station entering town, on the right), 43 liters

170.6 miles to:
Vizcaíno (the first station, north end), 43 liters

134.4 miles to:
Mulegé (the station along the highway, south of town), 24 liters &

129.2 miles back to:
Mulegé, 45 liters

87.4 miles to:
San Ignacio, 20 liters

161.5 miles to:
Bahía Asunción, 38 liters

140.3 miles to:
Villa Jesús María, 30 liters

252 miles to:
El Rosario, 51 liters

247.7 miles to:
Tecate (on the right between toll road and RR Tracks, Hwy. 3), 52 liters

Phil C - 10-11-2016 at 02:52 PM

Senora Gringa arrives at the Pemex at a small town in Baja. Francisco greets her and takes her 15 liter gas can. 18 liters is put in it. While paying, Senora Gringa asks "Francisco, how can you get 18 liters in a 15 liter gas can?" Francisco replies, "Senora, today is your lucky day!"

DENNIS - 10-11-2016 at 03:24 PM

Quote: Originally posted by tunaeater  
Soon Pemex will no longer be the only option in Mexico.
With private-sector competition now allowed, Pemex gas stations will yield to private companies, including Hidrosina, Gulf, The Gas and Oxxo. The Gas opened in Mérida last June.


It's all PEMEX... with another name. PEMEX isn't just a gas supplier...it's the largest and most important money supplier for the government. PEMEX is the life blood of Mexico.
It's a Plus-Plus for Mexico, since they've sat and watched their fuel industry deteriorate to an archaic point, and they won't be dependent on their production inabilities any more. They just send their crude north for refinement, and license other names to import the product with heavy import taxation.
The same dynamic is evident here in Mexico on the streets. The price of gas is high. It doesn't balance with the average wage.
Why? Because PEMEX has all but quit operating gas stations. Now they are franchised, and the profit margin must be bloated to satisfy franchisees with good profit as well as enticing future investors.
Make no mistake about it. PEMEX isn't just a bunch of gas stations. PEMEX is Mexico


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[Edited on 10-11-2016 by DENNIS]

movinguy - 10-11-2016 at 04:19 PM

There are some billboards around TJ/Otay touting the honesty and integrity of a particular franchisee (don't remember the name). Kinda surreal - honesty is almost a foreign concept . . .

willardguy - 10-11-2016 at 04:38 PM

Quote: Originally posted by movinguy  
There are some billboards around TJ/Otay touting the honesty and integrity of a particular franchisee (don't remember the name). Kinda surreal - honesty is almost a foreign concept . . .


just look for the taxi's filling up :yes:

for those of you gassing up in gonzaga.....Roman has sold the station, seems the workload was just too much for him! :lol:

SFandH - 10-11-2016 at 04:45 PM

Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  

Make no mistake about it. PEMEX isn't just a bunch of gas stations. PEMEX is Mexico



"In 1980 oil exports accounted for 61.6% of total exports; by 2000 it was only 7.3%.[40]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Mexico#Oil

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"Oil's importance to Mexico's economic growth is also declining. Oil and gas extraction represented only about 5.3 percent of its gross domestic product last year, about half the level from two decades ago"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-24/why-lower-...



[Edited on 10-11-2016 by SFandH]