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My 93 Toyota Pickup V6 had 150,000 miles on it when I wrecked it in Dec. About 50,000 was in Baja using magna sin, no problems with the cat converter.
My 91 chevy Pickup had 200,000 (50,000-75,000 in Baja on magna sin) when it first failed a smog test and it was a cat converter. Cost $250 to replace
non GM. Funny thing with it was I had to replace the fuel filter every 25,000. Changed the fuel filter on the Toy at 100,000 just for the heck of it.
04 GMC Z71 has 60,000 with about 20,000 in Baja without cat or filter problems. I have had the charcoal cannister replaced twiced for some unknown
reason. I use magna sin in it too.
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Woooosh
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So the answer is... undetermined? No one really knows what is in the gasoline at PemEx or what the Octane is, and PeMex ins't going to release that
info on a station-to-station basis. When they admit there are supply and pipeline breaches (the stealin gof fuel in residential areas sounds like
something from Somalia- no?) they admit the potential for contamination anyway.
When I buy in Mexico- I go to the newest PeMex station and hope they didn't install recycled holding tanks.
We did recently get "taken" at a sucker pump at the PeMex in North Rosarito. We put $20 in one car at the pump and watched as the meter ran and was
zeroed out. Our gas gauge didn't move and we complained. The next day we came back to the station and the pumps from the previous days were closed
off "because the underground tank was empty."
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Udo
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FYI
Last November we drove the entire length of the peninsula and back, plus another 800 or so miles off-road.
Additionally, we have driven another 5000+ miles in other trips all over Baja.
The vehicle?
A 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser. We averaged a little over 20 mpg using magna sin.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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bajaguy
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May 28, 2008, 7:26 PM
"Let's Take A Ride"
Posted by Seth Doane
Seth Doane is a CBS News correspondent based in New York.
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(CBS)“It’s a no-win situation right now,” says Sharon Romano, “I don’t see anyone winning except the oil companies.”
Sharon Romano and her husband, Angelo, certainly aren’t winning these days; in fact they’re dangerously close to losing everything they’ve worked to
build. As the owners of “Romano & Son Trucking,” a business that has been in the family for nearly 40 years, they’ve been squeezed by the high
price of fuel.
They have to pay a daily diesel bill that runs in the thousands of dollars in order to keep their 12 trucks on the road hauling asphalt for their
clients. In the Phoenix area, where the Romanos live, diesel prices have jumped nearly 60 percent in just a year. It has wiped out their profits.
Sharon remembers, “It seemed like overnight for me… I woke up one day and thought ‘oh my God, how can we do this?’”
A friend told them that the cost of diesel fuel was about half the price in Mexico. Angelo thought, “Let’s take a ride.”
That ride, though, is roughly 180 miles and almost three hours to the border of Arizona and Mexico. That said, Angelo and Sharon say that purchasing
less expensive fuel in Mexico may be the only way that they can hold on to their business. They worry that if they raise their prices there customers
will go elsewhere. All of this is taking a toll on the family.
“I’m 40 years old and I’m just feeling miserable from the stress. Everything I worked for… could be taken away in months,” Angelo said.
Family comes first for Angelo and Sharon, and they have an incredible spirit. Their determination comes though in everything they do. It’s inspiring
to see their positive attitude … but it’s also heartbreaking knowing they’re so close to the edge.
The Romanos desperately want to save their business and want make sure that what they’re doing is legal. They’re hired brokers, talked with
consultants, and read as much as they can about brining fuel into the United States. They’ve worked to comply with regulations but have been
frustrated with hours of questioning at the border and different concerns every time they do it.
When we were with them, they declared the fuel, paid their taxes and went through the channels as instructed at the border. Angelo says its nerve
wracking, “It actually make(s) me feel like I’m doing something wrong… that’s how bad they’re making us feel to go across the border.”
Through it all, the Romanos display incredible resolve. Angelo declares, “We will survive. We will. I worked this hard and I’m not going to let this
go away.”
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daveB
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crossing the border to buy gas?
Canadians have been doing that for years, when going to the USA, that is. If one is living near the border its almost a way of life. (I don't live
near the border, too bad...)
I have used close to 3,500 gallons of gas bought in Mexico during the past few years, and have found it performs its fuction perfectly. Have yet to
change a cat, but maybe its coming? What I like about Mexican gas is mostly its price, but they pump it for you, too, just like in Oregon. How could
you go wrong?
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CasaManzana
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My 2 pesos worth-
Fulltime Baja resident...eight years....no gas problems (if we are speaking of gasoline)....not even a filter change
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TonyC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
You burn your savings waiting 2 hours in line at the border to get back.
It works financially if you have a gas/electic hybrid. Under 30mph the electric engine is running- so you don't burn much gas while waiting in line to
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You must have went to a California public school, or you suck at math. Maybe both.
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Ken Cooke
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I mentioned this 2 yrs. ago while on the Rubicon Owners listserve. It was called, "UnAmerican" that I would mention the benefits of traveling in Baja
for my 4WD fun and paying less money at the pump. Pemex? Yes, I guess it is UnAmerican.Hahaha
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