you SD peeps can do this...go to mexico for gas and diesel

foo29er · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:02 pm

Jun 15, 8:44 AM EDT
San Diego drivers appreciate Mexico's cheap gas

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- If there's pain at the pump in the U.S., Mexico may just have a remedy. A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in San Diego retails for an average price of $4.61 a gallon. A few miles south, in Tijuana, it's about $2.54 - even less if you pay in pesos.

More and more people appear to be taking advantage of the lower price.

"I used to buy exclusively in the U.S. before gas started really going up," said Patrick Garcia, a drama teacher at an elementary school in San Diego who lives in Tijuana. "Since then, I've been buying all my gas in Tijuana."

The lower prices mean a U.S. motorist could save almost $54 filling up a two-year-old Ford F150 pickup with a 26-gallon fuel tank in Mexico.

The differential in diesel is even greater, selling at $5.04 a gallon in San Diego County and $2.20 in Tijuana.

Paul Covarrubias, 26, who lives in Chula Vista and works in construction in San Diego, crosses the border each week just to refuel his dual-cab Ford F-250 pickup.

"I fill it up with diesel in Tijuana for $60," he said. "It would be almost twice that in San Diego."

Gas is cheaper in Mexico because of a government subsidy intended to keep inflationary forces in check.

Still, international gas-buying trips don't make sense for everyone. The wait getting back into the U.S. at the border in Tijuana frequently takes longer than two hours and cars can burn about a gallon of gas for each hour they idle.

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bajamtnbkr · **Posted:** Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:29 pm

With such a low gas quality and the long waiting to come back I'm not sure if is worth it but the way is being I might have to look in to it.

foo29er · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:38 am

is there gas quality that much worse than ours? i bet they have 93 octane over there

Red Hot Sloth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:44 am

foo29er wrote:

is there gas quality that much worse than ours? i bet they have 93 octane over there

Yeah, its pretty bad. I've heard some bad stories of warranties not being covered on new cars that run their fuel.

foo29er · **Posted:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:32 am

good to know

you SD peeps can do this...go to mexico for gas and diesel

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