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Catavina Pemex

Stewwalker - 3-9-2019 at 07:19 PM

Is the Pemex pumping gas in Catavina yet, or is it still out of the jug?

MulegeAL - 3-9-2019 at 07:24 PM

Jug.

ElCap - 3-9-2019 at 09:11 PM

I was through there a few weeks ago, pumps still wrapped in plastic and not any work being done. I asked the guy selling jerry can gas when the station was going to open - his reply . . .quien sabe. I thought that was a pretty good answer :?:

David K - 3-9-2019 at 10:39 PM

The other acceptable answer is "mañana"!

thebajarunner - 3-10-2019 at 03:20 PM

They were wrapped and ready a year ago when we were there.
That plastic must be getting pretty brittle by now.

willardguy - 3-10-2019 at 03:27 PM

look how long it took Gbay to get open!

David K - 3-10-2019 at 03:51 PM

Do you know what year it opened... ?
I remember the building in place in mid-1999 but it was all wrapped up.
I think one bought gas from Rancho Grande's private pump if you needed some then. In the 60s and 70s, gas was sold from cans at Alfonsina's (and Papa's too, I bet?).

Was it open before 2005...? I drove by but don't recall without looking at my trip notes

StuckSucks - 3-10-2019 at 05:02 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Do you know what year it opened... ?


Do I remember buying gas at the then Presidente Hotel, circa late 70s? Didn't they have a Pemex pump at the north end of the parking lot for a short period?

TMW - 3-10-2019 at 05:10 PM

They had one in the late 80s early 90s. I don't remember completely but I think the PEMEX in Catavina closed and the La Pinta put in a pump and started selling gas. Then the PEMEX started again and the hotel stopped but I don't remember when. I could be wrong about the PEMEX starting a second time.

Stewwalker - 3-10-2019 at 05:46 PM

Quote: Originally posted by MulegeAL  
Jug.


Jug gas still reliable, or hit and miss depending on the day?

MulegeAL - 3-10-2019 at 06:45 PM

Day: easy. Worst case walk up the street and he'll come down to the truck.

Night: can't say, never did that. Just went to the bar in the hotel then got gas the next morning.

David K - 3-10-2019 at 09:06 PM

Quote: Originally posted by StuckSucks  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Do you know what year it opened... ?


Do I remember buying gas at the then Presidente Hotel, circa late 70s? Didn't they have a Pemex pump at the north end of the parking lot for a short period?


I was responding to Willardguy's reply about the Gonzaga Pemex.

The Cataviña hotel got a Pemex pump in the mid 00s and it didn't last long. Gas from cans was sold before and after.

Warf - 3-12-2019 at 08:11 AM

Gas out of cans but no diesel.