Ken Cooke
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Truth or rumor: No 5 gal. gas cans allowed back into the US?
I'm going to Tecate for some rockcrawling with some guys in the 4WD club. One of the guys "heard" that you cannot bring back gasoline now? Is this
the case? If so, I'm baffled, because I never heard this. Anyone know for a fact if this is some new policy?
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Oso
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It's not new. It's been that way for years. In either direction. You may have just lucked out. I have had both American and Mexican customs check
jerry cans to be sure they are empty when crossing.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Ken Bondy
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Several years ago when crossing southbound at San Ysidro I had to empty several five-gallon cans of gasoline and diesel. Never happened northbound.
But that was back in the days when they wanted you to buy gas in Mexico.
++Ken++
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LarryK
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Our truck was checked at Tecate 10 days ago with a 7 gal tank in the back and nothing was said.
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bajalou
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It was posted somewhere within the last 3-4 days that US Customs is checking for gasoline. It isn't prohibited, but might be subject to customs
duties. By their rules, it is something you are bringing back from Mexico and should be declared.
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Cypress
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Going to Baja for cheap gas!
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MrBillM
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A whole lot of Gas
Subject to customs duty ? Considering the duty-free allowance, wouldn't that be a LOT of gasoline ? Especially at Mexican prices.
As far as 5 Gallon containers being looked at, the Fat Customs Gal Looked straight at my two and didn't say a word this afternoon.
[Edited on 7-4-2008 by MrBillM]
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bajalou
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I know it's pretty silly, but they also say if you filled your tank in Mex. you should declare it???????
Doesn't that make you feel really good about how I.C.E. is protecting our borders????
[Edited on 7-4-2008 by bajalou]
No Bad Days
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\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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dean miller
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Depending on our destination and expected time off the major roads we have always carried one some times two five gallon gas tanks strapped to the
back of our small Baja trailer. Nothing has never been said about the extra gasoline.
I would strongly suspect that Ken's statement is a recent rumor generated as a result of the escalating American gasoline prices
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dean miller
I would strongly suspect that Ken's statement is a recent rumor generated as a result of the escalating American gasoline prices
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Allegedly, this information surfaced on CNN yesterday. I haven't checked the United States Gov't websites, yet...
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Bob and Susan
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i'm comming up next week for a quick "run to the border"...
i'm interested about the weekly availability of diesel near the border...
have things "cooled" down???
i'll be carring a couple of cans of diesel "just in case"
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David K
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CNN ? There's your mistake Ken! 
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Oso
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Maybe because I had more than one? The '04 B1K- U.S. Customs at Tecate insisted they had to be empty but took my word that they were.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Bajajorge
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I thought you were allowed 200 gallons duty free?
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rts551
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Just crossed yesterday at Tecate with 4, 5 gal containers of diesel fully visible in the trailer with no comment.
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Oso
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Luck of the draw, I guess. Officials on both sides seem to decide at any given moment what they will enforce and how, depending I guess, on mood,
indigestion, if they got some last night, phases of the moon.....
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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MrBillM
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Diesel ?? Quien Sabe ??
Coming North yesterday afternoon into Mexicali on Hwy 5, the first station with Diesel on the West side south of the Toll road had a line of trucks
about 30 or so long waiting to get in.
In downtown Mexicali, however, I never saw a line at another station selling Diesel.
Better be safe than sorry, though.
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fulano
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It's all a big mystery
http://www.lacronica.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/04072...
"Police hunting diesel looters"
This article is from the Mexicali newspaper. The jist of it is that the local police say they have put a special watch on the Pemex plant and on the
border crossings for any illegal "leaks" of subsidized diesel into the US.
Gas station owners are saying that they have not received any increased diesel allocations, but Pemex insists it is sending out larger supplies of
diesel and that it is a "mystery" to them where all that extra subsidized diesel is going.
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Bajajack
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No big Mystery
When you have every mexican semi driver filling up before he crosses the border and then selling every drop at the first US terminal he comes to for
$3.50-4.00 a gallon, and most of the mex trucks carry 3-4 hundred gallons so it's no secret.
They sell everything except enough to get back across the border, they make much more at that than driving.
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