New Gas Stations Are Opening

Fabulous!

There is a new "service plaza" just south of Santa Ana. About 1 km. It is built in the median of the toll road. 2 or 3 restaurants, huge c-store. lots of accessible pumps. Paved lot with lots of parking. There are many spots where you can park a rig and stay overnight. Friendly people. Signage is not all Pemex but the pumps say Pemex.

Moisheh

I don't know much about Mexico. So...

What is the big deal about gas stations? What was bad about the old ones?

Tvov wrote:
I don't know much about Mexico. So...

What is the big deal about gas stations? What was bad about the old ones?

Mexico´s oil industry was nationalized after the revolution. We are now in a period of energy reform and privatization. Before, there was only one oil company, one logo, franchises existed but they were heavily controlled by the Pemex oil company.

You should read up on Mexico. It´s a wonderful country and lots of people come here with their rvs. Great culture, people, food, music, etc.

Mexico does $580 billion dollars a year in trade with the U.S. and Canada. We´re neighbors!

hope your rv fits threw the hole in the wall.

Where is this wall you speak of?

Wall is not problem. Everyone just flies over or tunnels under or goes around. Wall means nothing.

As we say in Spanish, "pongan muchas trabas en el camino" (they put lots of obstacles in the way) but Mexicans are very creative and inventive people.

To the point where they now use cannons to shoot things across the border. I'm waiting for the first illegal human cannonball.

Will these new gas station brands get their products thru the same distribution system as the Pemex brand. In other words will Pemex still control the wholesale end?

qtla9111 wrote:
As we say in Spanish, "pongan muchas trabas en el camino" (they put lots of obstacles in the way) but Mexicans are very creative and inventive people.

To the point where they now use cannons to shoot things across the border. I'm waiting for the first illegal human cannonball.

This one even has the destination of the "projectile" painted on the cannon barrel!