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BooJumMan
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Wow. I have always brought gas containers (full up to 20 gallons) in Baja and have never had anyone say a word. I often get the red light, and if I
get the green light, they still wave me over, but never had said anything about the gas.
I also have remembered several times when El Rosario was out of gas, and since the Catavina station closed, there isn't any until Jesus Maria. I bring
gas from the US because I like running 91 octane in my tank as well....and I always use it because I drive offroad a lot when im in Baja!
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David K
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El Rosario out of gas? Not since 2004 or earlier... once it was reported that they only had Premium for a short time... Antonio is pretty good
managing that station.
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BillP
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From the mid '70s to the mid '90s we always carried 4 jerry cans plus two six gallon outboard tanks filled with premium for the outboard in addition
to keeping one of the saddle tanks full of premium for the outboard. Never got checked. Back then, real low octane Nova was plentiful, high octane
Extra was iffy. We had an MSD timing master on the dash and could dial back the timing to run the Nova in the truck.
Edit: I wouldn't attempt that today.
[Edited on 3-6-2010 by BillP]
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BooJumMan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
El Rosario out of gas? Not since 2004 or earlier... once it was reported that they only had Premium for a short time... Antonio is pretty good
managing that station. |
Yes I mean in the 80's-90's era. I remember a few times. One in particular during the winter storms of '91. Plus my father has told me of times
before. I know its different now, but I always feel safer with extra gas. My 4runner likes to drink gas as a hobby! 
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BooJumMan
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
El Rosario out of gas? Not since 2004 or earlier... once it was reported that they only had Premium for a short time... Antonio is pretty good
managing that station. |
Yes I mean in the 80's-90's era. I remember a few times. One in particular during the winter storms of '91. Plus my father has told me of times
before. I know its different now, but I always feel safer with extra gas. My 4runner likes to drink gas as a hobby! |
Okay, thanks for that... dates are important when relating conditions on Nomad!
Yes, 20-30 years ago there were gas problems... Heck there was even stuff they called 'NOVA' (regular leaded gas) that was about 79 octane and we
either had to add octane booster or retard the timing to keep our cars from pinging (pre-ignition). Not all stations had 'EXTRA' (unleaded 87 octane
gas)... both replaced by MAGNA SIN and PREMIUM.
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