nist7
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http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/16258751/detail.html (via jalopnik)NBC news reporter Bob Hansen ventured south to Tijuana to find out just how much money could be saved to fill up a gas tank.
The price difference between the two countries was hard to ignore. Hansen found that while California drivers are paying nearly $4 a gallon for regular gas, in Tijuana it's $2.75 at Pemex gas stations.
The difference in diesel prices was even more significant, Hansen said. The average in California is $4.71. But in Mexico, truckers are filling up for $2.10 a gallon.
"Well, it's $100 to fill this up in Point Loma where I live and it's about $70 bucks to fill it up here," said one driver. "If you come late at night, when there's no line -- where you may have to wait only 20 minutes -- then it's worth it."
But even locals admit when it comes to sitting in traffic for two hours, the trip may not be worth your time.
What about the quality of the Mexican fuel?
Hansen spoke with a variety of San Diego mechanics who have shops by the border and they said they haven't seen any unique problems from cars that get their gas from Mexico.
For those of you who do live near the USA-Mexico border, I am jealous.
So here are two discussion questions:
1 - Would you cross the border to get really, really cheap gas in Mexico?
2 - Do you think it's "right" for Americans to do this? (Imagine if this situation were reversed. What if USA had cheap gas, and a bunch of Mexicans flooded into SoCal just to buy cheap gas? I bet not many Americans would be happy about that....)