PEMEX station in Tijuana

[Soot4Life]

Can anyone tell me where the closest PEMEX station is to the San Ysidro border crossing? I want to start buying my diesel in Mexico but need directions to the most convenient station. A friend just returned from Mexico and he paid $2. 01 per gallon!!! Gotta love that! :-laf

 

[JDiepstra]

Can anyone tell me where the closest PEMEX station is to the San Ysidro border crossing? I want to start buying my diesel in Mexico but need directions to the most convenient station. A friend just returned from Mexico and he paid $2. 01 per gallon!!! Gotta love that! :-laf

Man I don't blame you for that. Not only is Mexico getting all our jobs and giving us all their illegals, now they are going to get our money at the pumps too! Pretty soon Americans will be forces to jump the border and become Mexicans if they want a job and want to be able to afford anything!

 

[Bob4x4]

Can anyone tell me where the closest PEMEX station is to the San Ysidro border crossing? I want to start buying my diesel in Mexico but need directions to the most convenient station. A friend just returned from Mexico and he paid $2. 01 per gallon!!! Gotta love that! :-laf

I have heard rumours that the prices are higher near the border,I have only bought fuel about 200 miles down so I couldn't say.

If you cross at Otay there is a station close to the aeropuerto



Bob

 

[Regcabguy]

Cheap fuel.

My neighbor crosses@ 3:00 am@Otay. Turn right and it's supposed to be within a short distance. No lineup at that time. He invested in a 100 gal. inbed tank with motorized nozzle and fills himself up. :-laf. Apparently CARB may be asking customs to enforce a law prohibiting importation of their fuel due to non-compliance of air standards. I don't want to tell him. He says its about two bucks a gallon. Bob4x4 is correct though in that the government down there authorizes them to adjust the price to compete with us. I would invest in at least liability insurance before going down. Discover Baja Travel Club - Mexican Auto Insurance for insurance and fuel price info.

 

[cArNiVaLwOrKeR]

With al the bandidos, myself being a Mexican, Im afraid of being kidnapped and held for ransom, if they can kidnap me @ 350#'s and 6'3"



Orgullo Mexicano, Cabrones!!!

 

[Regcabguy]

Baja Blues

My forum name is a misnomer as I rarely go anymore. TDR makes it tough to change your name. I'm going to let my subscription lapse and reinvent myself. My buddy was down at Punta Maria surfing and the spot had homeless guys hanging around so one person always had to be by the truck at all times. They've learned that the surfers will feed them. However,as with most street folks here,no asked to trade work for food. Sure has changed from not that long ago.

 

[cArNiVaLwOrKeR]

Bajabob, the problem is that people are being robbed on the carretera/tollroads, there are many americans missing especially on the texas mexico border areas, but there is no where safe anymore in the 3rd world country of Mexico Lindo

 

[cArNiVaLwOrKeR]

Oh and by the way, I get my fuel from a secret place that nobody other than my girlfriend knows about for 1. 25 a Gallon

and dont have to drive to Mexico or Baja to get it...

 

[Bob4x4]

I had Baja Mike (Carli suspension) build me a custom tube front bumper. If they try to jack my ride they will need to use more than a car blocking my path. #@$%!

 

[Regcabguy]

Traveling in a group in the daytime should eliminate the vast majority of bandido type incidents, then all you have to deal with is the uniformed cops that scared the crap out of the wife and me@Tecate three years ago in broad daylight. Ended up costing me $235. 00. When I hit the border,customs said we were the third party with the same story that day. I'm a veteran of 200+ trips as we practically lived there being twenty miles from the border. Some trips were one dayers,others one weeks. Baja's a very unique place with wonderful,resourcefull folks. It's just getting south of Ensenada without getting jacked around that's the hassle anymore.

 

[cArNiVaLwOrKeR]

If anyone wants to make a run down there in the late evening/morning lemme know, I have a few pals that will go to fill up their Jalopy PowerJokes with extra capacity under the bed tanks and in bed transfers...

 

[Slicks]

If anyone wants to make a run down there in the late evening/morning lemme know, I have a few pals that will go to fill up their Jalopy PowerJokes with extra capacity under the bed tanks and in bed transfers...

I'll be back in the area in late June/early July and I'll go, I planned on going down to Tecate when I go.

 

[Regcabguy]

Otay.

I'll be back in the area in late June/early July and I'll go, I planned on going down to Tecate when I go.

Otay would be quicker. Tecate only has two lanes to get back. My last trip through Tecate two years ago cost me $235. 00 in a shakedown by the cops. I would highly recommend Mexican insurance from Discover Baja travel Club before you cross. Hide the majority of your money until you get to the Pemex station. Non-factory tinted front windows are a no-no also and may result in a pullover w/citation and mandatory removal on the spot. They're looking for the bad guys.

 

[Slicks]

Otay would be quicker. Tecate only has two lanes to get back. My last trip through Tecate two years ago cost me $235. 00 in a shakedown by the cops. I would highly recommend Mexican insurance from Discover Baja travel Club before you cross. Hide the majority of your money until you get to the Pemex station. Non-factory tinted front windows are a no-no also and may result in a pullover w/citation and mandatory removal on the spot. They're looking for the bad guys.

Bob, what happened to you in Tecate? I thought it would be better to cross there, than around Tijuana. The insurance is always a good idea, I agree, but I also think my insurance should cover me for what they charge us already.

 

[DJW]

Yes I see we have many good Patriotic Red Blooded Americans, willing to Sell their Souls for cheap fuel, God Bless America, we certainly need His help with these Quisilings. (fire when ready)

 

[Slicks]

Yes I see we have many good Patriotic Red Blooded Americans, willing to Sell their Souls for cheap fuel, God Bless America, we certainly need His help with these Quisilings. (fire when ready)

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Hello Pot this is Kettle calling and was wondering where the computer you are using was made, or the phone you use, or the TV you have been watching, or the clothes you are wearing, or the glass you are drinking from, or the radio you listen too, or where the diesel you burn originated from, what year is your Dodge(was it made it Mexico)? That's what I thought, just like everyone on this site and in this country myself included not a leg to stand on in this department... ... Better try a different subject Mr. Patriotic!

 

[Regcabguy]

Bob, what happened to you in Tecate? I thought it would be better to cross there, than around Tijuana. The insurance is always a good idea, I agree, but I also think my insurance should cover me for what they charge us already.

We were pulled over and accused of running a stop sign "in front of police headquarters" by two officers coming from the opposite direction who could not have possibly seen us. We were informed that the fine would be $60. 00 and that I must follow them "to the judge". I then requested that a citation be issued. The officer responded,"I'm out of forms". My next request was specifically worded"I'm not trying to bribe you,but could I pay the fine directly to you and you pay"the judge". That's where the caca hit the fan. My wife was directed to return to the US with our truck and I was going to jail for bribe. He "had my bribery attempt recorded on his cell phone" Fine increased to $900 and nine months in jail. My wife was crying hysterically,at which time the officer turned his back on me and "spoke to the judge" on his turned off phone. I was informed that "the judge" would accept $900 and that I should pay the fine directly to the officer. I replied that I had maybe $200+ at which time a procedure was implimented whereby he came up to my open window and I was told to put the cash in the "citation book" minus "forms" of course. During this time a local Tecate resident called out the officers name from a frontage road and flashed the Hawaiian sign for "hang loose" and laughed. Anyway $235. 00 later we were on our way. At the border,customs informed us that that we were the third party to have experienced this extortion that day. If you must go and are pulled over,offer to accompany the officer to "the judge" whomever he may be. Normally that will remove the profit from the event. My wife will not return but I continue to support a landowner down by Colonet who rents me a small parcel. After 200+ trips beginning in 1967,I've called it quits to going down in the "mordida magnet"(my truck). P. S. It is a felony to drive in Mexico without Mexican insurance. My apologies for the lack of paragraphs as I'm not adept at Microsoft Word yet.

 

[Slicks]

We were pulled over and accused of running a stop sign "in front of police headquarters" by two officers coming from the opposite direction who could not have possibly seen us. We were informed that the fine would be $60. 00 and that I must follow them "to the judge". I then requested that a citation be issued. The officer responded,"I'm out of forms". My next request was specifically worded"I'm not trying to bribe you,but could I pay the fine directly to you and you pay"the judge". That's where the caca hit the fan. My wife was directed to return to the US with our truck and I was going to jail for bribe. He "had my bribery attempt recorded on his cell phone" Fine increased to $900 and nine months in jail. My wife was crying hysterically,at which time the officer turned his back on me and "spoke to the judge" on his turned off phone. I was informed that "the judge" would accept $900 and that I should pay the fine directly to the officer. I replied that I had maybe $200+ at which time a procedure was implimented whereby he came up to my open window and I was told to put the cash in the "citation book" minus "forms" of course. During this time a local Tecate resident called out the officers name from a frontage road and flashed the Hawaiian sign for "hang loose" and laughed. Anyway $235. 00 later we were on our way. At the border,customs informed us that that we were the third party to have experienced this extortion that day. If you must go and are pulled over,offer to accompany the officer to "the judge" whomever he may be. Normally that will remove the profit from the event. My wife will not return but I continue to support a landowner down by Colonet who rents me a small parcel. After 200+ trips beginning in 1967,I've called it quits to going down in the "mordida magnet"(my truck). P. S. It is a felony to drive in Mexico without Mexican insurance. My apologies for the lack of paragraphs as I'm not adept at Microsoft Word yet.

Yea, that really sucks. I usually only go with a friend of mine who has been going to Baja since the early fifties. It is funny too as his name is Bob and everyone calls him Baja Bob. My wife and I first went to Baja with Bob for the 500 back in 2005 and I fell in love with it down there, my wife on the other hand is sketchy on going down there. I know I am not real comfortable driving the Dually down there as it seems we get a lot of looks from the locals like we are loaded or something, it makes you feel like a target. It is too bad it has to be like that when you go to Baja, but I guess you can't blame people for wanting things they will never be able to afford. I wish I was older so I could have been going down there long ago. Bob has told us so many stories from his trips down there, it makes me wish I was born 35 years sooner

 

[DennyDay]

They're looking for the bad guys.

Seems to me they ARE the bad guys - - - Been down to Mexico many times, but will never go again!



Denny

 

[Simplysmn]

Hey bajabob here is a good question would it make a difference if we got a group of us together and went down there ?say like 10 of us with the price of fuel I am sure I could round up enough to make it worth while to get some fuel from Mexico ? Just a thought .