Gasoline in Mexico

I read an article last night that said the stations have fuel but are sitting on it until the prices go up so they can profit from the increase. Sorry - I can't find that article this morning.

shortages around chapala today, but I was able to get diesel. I saw some stations closed near lagos de Morena, but most had gas. I topped up again with diesel.

It's getting serious folks.

Fresh produce and meats vary depending on season and seasonal conditions.

Predial/Property tax hovers at .06% (you can't beat that)
Car Tags and Taxes
Our vehicles:
travel trailer 409 pesos
VW Pointer 1461 pesos tags and tenencia (annual downward adjustment tax)
SUV 877 pesos
Full coverage insurance for all three vehicles including U.S. 17,000 pesos
Electric max allowed usage 765 pesos per month
4/45 kilo cylinders of LP per year 2200 pesos
Groceries (including liquor/wine) 800 pesos per week average for 2017
Telephone/Internet/Dish 540 pesos per month

With the exception of gasoline, we have seen little to no increase in prices. Most of what we hear every year at this time is the same old socialist line about how the government is out to screw everyone. Believe what you will.

Things are definitely changing and it all looks for the better in the long run. I mean really, what other country gives you a 20% discount on all your taxes if you pay them by the end of February?

You want to talk bad, think about Venezuela. We could have gone down that road but Mexico made a turn over 20 years ago. Amen to that.

P.S. Airline prices are still cheaper in Mexico than the U.S. I flew three weeks ago to Houston from Monterrey for $169 r/t including open bar and snacks. Best price from McAllen was $362. MTY to LAX $209. All the American airlines have extremely high prices and are not passing on the fuel savings to customers.

Fuel shortages are not new to Mexico, the event is called a "gasolinazo" they hide the fuel in order to raise the price, around September we could hardly find canned cat food, I had to go to at least 4 different stores to be able to get some cans, this is normal procedure for doing business in Mexico, once they raise the price there will be plenty of fuel, same as the cat food the cans were 0.50 centavos more per can, the only thing is that when fuel prices go down in the world, Mexican fuel does and will not go down, prices in Mexico never go down, people just accept the BS as is and live with it.

Que podemos hacer? pues nada!....what can we do? well nothing!

Happy new expensive gas year, nimodo!

navegator

Slightly off topic but along the gas lines at gas stations theme. A couple times a week we pass the Costco in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs area) . There is typically a 20 to 30 minute lineup to get gas. Over the holiday season that has stretched to at least a 45 minute line up, cars two lanes wide back out onto the street essentially blocking traffic. I've never understood this, how much cheaper is costco gas for someone to wait in line 45 minutes.



Glad we drive electric vehicles. :)

We're north of PV in Lo de Marcos, up and down hwy 200 people are weaving in and out of Pemex's to look for gas. Road is almost empty, would be nice to go somewhere, but no gas for our Jeep. 1/1/17

From Linares to Laredo on Hwy 85 there are no issues whatsoever. Like Russ says, what can you do about the price?

My take is simple. We are now joining the world markets. Out of over 200 revolutions that have taken place in the last 300 years, only three actually did anything to improve the human condition in the respective country. Mexico was not one of the three.

We are now paying the price for the results of the revolution, nationalization of companies including Pemex, and their over zealous unions.

Change is here and it has a price. In a year, all this will level out and we will see price fluctuations like any other country.

So far no shortages in Ciudad Satelite, North of Mexico City no lines at the gas stations, we have a lot of politicos that live here, we have more Police and "Guarulas" black dressed characters with AK 47's and dark tinted window SUV's, just around the corner, so no shortage of fuel.

navegator

P.S. Happy expensive new year, lo que sera sera! nimodo

Russ, what is going on in PP. We will come down full but that won't do it for the month we will be there