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BajaBlanca
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GAS STATION IN PUNTA ABREOJOS AFTER ALL ???
we had indeed heard that the local fishing co-op in Punta Abreojos had bought out the problematical gas station that was started years ago and then
sat suspended in time for years
this is what we saw yesterday:
so, it looks like the gas station will really open up one of these days .... finally !
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surfer jim
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That one guy is going to get it ready himself? It looks like it may take some time.
May need to wait a while before buying gas so the storage tanks flush out.
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BajaBlanca
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hey surfer Jim, this is manana land !! naw, there may in fact, and probably are, more guys working but i didn't catch them on camera
it was, after all, saturday lunchtime
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rts551
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last year the coop bought a 1/2 interest in the gas station which had run out of money during construction. The other 1/2 is owned by the same guy
who just opened the nice new BIG station in Vizcaino (and also owns the gasoline distribution business). Construction was held up while PEMEX, etc
OK'd the new partnership. Hopefully one of the days they will get a full crew in to finish the construction. Tanks, pumps, store etc are in so it
won't take too much to finish. Then there is the big expense of filling all the tanks.
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rts551
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The new gas station in Vizcaino is large.I didn't take pictures but did check the accuracy of the diesel pumps with a 5 gal fuel jug and they were
right on. Paved parking in rear for big rigs/RV's, store (not open yet), bathrooms and showers (clean), premium gas, and lots of pumps (4 diesel
pumps). I will check the accuracy of the premium pumps next time in.
Nice to have it, but hope it does not take to much business form the Ibarra's at the old station.
Oh, yes. Its in the middle of town on the East side.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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I've followed a lot of stations as they go up and I would have to guess this station will be operational December unless someone pits a rush on
things.
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Bajahowodd
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Interesting about Vizcaino, since that station just South of town has been something of a ghost since it opened. There have been reports on this forum
about rigging of the pumps there.
We stopped in last October for the restrooms. The "store" was virtually empty except for the four guys sitting in the middle playing cards.
I don't really know if there is a web site where one can go to determine the franchise ownership, but given the costs involved, I always sorta thought
that especially in the smaller towns, multiple sttations would be owned by the same people.
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Interesting about Vizcaino, since that station just South of town has been something of a ghost since it opened. There have been reports on this forum
about rigging of the pumps there.
We stopped in last October for the restrooms. The "store" was virtually empty except for the four guys sitting in the middle playing cards.
I don't really know if there is a web site where one can go to determine the franchise ownership, but given the costs involved, I always sorta thought
that especially in the smaller towns, multiple sttations would be owned by the same people. |
I believe that Ralph is talking about the NEW station on the East side of the highway----between the one on the north end of town and the one to which
you are referring on the south end of town on the west side of the highway.
Vizcaino had gone from one to three stations.
[Edited on 3-19-2012 by DianaT]
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Fuel In Vizciano!!!!!
Be careful of Diesel in the old Pemex in vizciano It was loaded with S--T.
It cost me 2800.00 for new injectors in Mulege.
Jerryjust
BE WHO YOU ARE:SAY WHAT YOU FEEL:THOSE THAT MIND DON\'T MATTER: AND THOSE THAT MATTER DON\'T MIND;;;;
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rts551
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been getting fuel there forever. so do the big rigs. never had a problem. I do change my filters as required.
| Quote: | Originally posted by jerryjust
Be careful of Diesel in the old Pemex in vizciano It was loaded with S--T.
It cost me 2800.00 for new injectors in Mulege.
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[Edited on 3-19-2012 by rts551]
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rts551
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The locals tell me there is a reason it is open and empty....something to do with laundry...but that is their rumor not mine.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Interesting about Vizcaino, since that station just South of town has been something of a ghost since it opened. There have been reports on this forum
about rigging of the pumps there.
We stopped in last October for the restrooms. The "store" was virtually empty except for the four guys sitting in the middle playing cards.
I don't really know if there is a web site where one can go to determine the franchise ownership, but given the costs involved, I always sorta thought
that especially in the smaller towns, multiple sttations would be owned by the same people. |
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Hook
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Heard a rumor that a Costco is going in at Abreojos....................
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msteve1014
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Heard a rumor that a Costco is going in at Abreojos.................... |
No, no, thats La Bocana. They got the Pemex (maybe), we get the Costco.
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jerryjust
check out a Ra-cor fuel filter with the 1-micron S type element. It filters out everything including water. The worst rusty crap goes in and clean
diesel comes out until it plugs. I carried several spares and it saved my bacon lots of times,
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rts551
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| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Heard a rumor that a Costco is going in at Abreojos.................... |
No, no, thats La Bocana. They got the Pemex (maybe), we get the Costco. |
will the Costco have gas pumps?
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pointdog
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
The locals tell me there is a reason it is open and empty....something to do with laundry...but that is their rumor not mine.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Interesting about Vizcaino, since that station just South of town has been something of a ghost since it opened. There have been reports on this forum
about rigging of the pumps there.
We stopped in last October for the restrooms. The "store" was virtually empty except for the four guys sitting in the middle playing cards.
I don't really know if there is a web site where one can go to determine the franchise ownership, but given the costs involved, I always sorta thought
that especially in the smaller towns, multiple sttations would be owned by the same people. |
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Always figured that. That station is down right strange.
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paco at the coop said " the station will open maybe around easter"
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surfer jim
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...if you get a chance drive by and see if the guy in blue shirt is still working
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
| Quote: | Originally posted by msteve1014
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Heard a rumor that a Costco is going in at Abreojos.................... |
No, no, thats La Bocana. They got the Pemex (maybe), we get the Costco. |
will the Costco have gas pumps? |
until Blanca chimes in with some recent facts, if i remember right, the Bocana store is stocked from Costco in Ensenada or somewhere like that. the
co-op sends its truck with fish north and it returns with Costco stuff.
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rts551
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I think all the coops do that.Each coop has their own store and most have their own gas pumps. Abreojos and La Bocana coops let you buy gas when they
are open.
Since the painting is done and the tanks have been cleaned out, I believe they need to pave the area surrounding the pumps islands, fill the tanks,
and get the electricity turned on. All quiet a bit for Easter.
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