13.21 liter Pemex MAGNA
$3.63 gallon, Chevron station San Ysidro CA.
Noticeable and annoying decrease in fuel mileage with the US gasoline, because of the alcohol. I refueled just a few hours ago to get the effect of Techron. Baja California the northern peninsula state has refined in USA Magna regular gasoline with zero alcohol. Mexico prohibits alcohol but instead still allows MTBE in high smog areas. Cities.
When I cross into Baja California Sur I switch to made in USA premium, which all premium in Mexico is made in USA Baja California MAGNA is refined in Mexico.
With the 13% decrease in fuel mileage I don't know if the lower USA prices are worth the gas mileage decrease I experience. Outside of Baja California, the price jump from non California prices (always lower elsewhere) to made in Mexico PREMIUM makes the decision more difficult.
Need a freakin' computer to keep all this straight. I am cursed with a V6 Mitsubishi engine which HATES made in Mexico MAGNA. Many cars drink it without a hiccup. Mine throws a hissy fit after a few hundred miles. This does not happen with the premium.
Like in Mexico, gasoline has become a cash cow (both for speculators and for government revenue in the USA). How is a person supposed to change that?
I loved it Labastida finally knew he was going to lose to Vicente Fox and came on TV and declared "If I Am Elected I Will Slash Gasoline Prices Thirty Percent". Of course he and the PRI lost.
There are more hoglets sucking on the PEMEX teat than a person can shake a stick at. IMHO it isn't going to change.
Mexico (DF) is as disconnected from reality as is Washington DC.
Yes this is a sore point with me. The fats cats on both sides of the line are sucking the blood of the poor.
And woowee, the USA is exporting crude to China like there is no tomorrow. Love it. Greed. What a role model for drug addled youth who don't care how many times they are arrested. Enough.