New Gas Stations Are Opening

Good one Chris. maybe we should run for one of those positions! You remember when it was the 3 Amigos when NAFTA began. Now it would be the 3 Stooges!

Moisheh

moisheh wrote:
Good one Chris. maybe we should run for one of those positions! You remember when it was the 3 Amigos when NAFTA began. Now it would be the 3 Stooges!

Moisheh

Now that made for a happy hour guffaw! :B

And yes, I do remember those days. Geez, I'm already speaking in past tense.

midnightsadie wrote:
hope your rv fits threw the hole in the wall.

Everyone else can figure out how to get around under or over the wall but, But its known to keep all trump fans the feeling of security, Baffled and confused..

I do not belive that any of the new gas stations will be self serve.

1. No Mexican is going to be caught pumping gas in his, her vehicle, it is considered a status simbol, you drive a car instead of walking or using public transportation.

2. The personel that pump fuel and check under the hood have a job, a comodity in Mexico, go to Home Depot or Walmart or any supermarket, even the 7-11 corner store has more personel than what you find in the USA.

3. Labor in Mexico is paid a lot, lot lower than the US annd is affordable for the owners of the enterprice, if you live in Mexico you can afford to have a live in person to help do the house cleaning, laundry, cooking, Etc.

And last and most important those atendants are greatfull to have a job.

No Mexican is going to be caught pumping theire own gas, what a disgrace!

Go to the supermarket or Costco, they get to the checkout counter with a cart full of stuff and wait until an attendant places the items on the band to be rung up, then they have a baging person push the cart to the vehicle and have them load it in the car, now the tip is very generous one incredible coin of five pesos.

In anthropology this is called "upward mmobility" they drive a car, ofcourse the upper middle class an higher ups "will never" pump gas themselfs.

navegator

I am in Donna, TX 6 miles north of the Mexican border. The local TV news interviewed a number of Mexican nationals who crossed the border just to buy gas. They all said it was worth the time spent in the border line to save money, but they also had to pump the gas themselves. Gas here is around $2.05 to $2.15 a gal.

Persons that live on border towns and drive across to the US are used to pumping gas, further South that might be a very different animal, we shall wait and see the outcome of the gasolinazos.

navegator

It's a good thing. Mexico will be better off in the end. It will take time to change the mentality of people accustomed to government rhetoric and false promises of handouts.

After 90 years it will be hard to be responsible for ourselves and not relying on those false promises from the PRI.

Great movie to watch, "La Ley de Herodes". A parody about the PRI since its beginnings.

Gas may be cheap in the U.S. but it won't stay that way for long. Like always, it will go back up.

Took an Uber across all of Mexico City today. Interesting to see the price changes at the different gas stations. I know it is regional pricing right now, but when you've never seen different pricing it's a bit strange.

"It's a good thing. Mexico will be better off in the end. It will take time to change the mentality of people accustomed to government rhetoric and false promises of handouts."

Chris: You cannot be serious. It is one thing to post some political rhetoric. It is another to ignore facts. When you travel Mexico do you see all the citizens driving a vehicle that barely makes it down the road? Quite often they only use the car once a week. The whole family empties their pockets and manages to find enough coins to by 4 or 5 litres of fuel. All of their food staples have become more expensive. Everything from Tortillas to vegetables. Yesterday it was announced that medications are going up as well. Where are people supposed to get the money to buy these necessities? I don't see your Conservative business owners giving them a raise. Nor do I see Nieto giving them free food! Your comments would be correct if we were talking about Canada where the basic minimum wage allows you to buy 5 gallons of gas with 2 hours of wages. How long will it take an Albanil ( not a Maestro, just a grunt) to earn enough money for 20 litres of fuel? Many of these guys work for 250 to 300 pesos a day. And please don't give me that nonsense about these fellows lacking an education. Your post shows a lack of sensitivity for the plight of millions of Mexicans. Fuel is going up early next moth. The Government has said that as long as the Peso keeps dropping ( than you Trump) fuel will go up every month. Every time fuel goes up so do most consumer items. This is a serious problem. There is no simple solution but it needs more than comments blaming the poor for their problems. They need help not preaching! Between Mexico's trade problems, corrupt Governors and an inept Federal Government Mexico has some serious issues. You are an intelligent educated person. How about a little compassion?

Moisheh

In 1346 the area known as China to us today built the GREAT WALL. It's purpose was to stop migration of the Mongol Hordes who had a nasty habit of raping and pillaging.

It never worked. This one wont either.

Think about Big Bend National park. right on the Rio Grande and the border You can walk across the river into Mexico. Long a haven for RV'ers.

How will the wall affect our National Park? Much of the best scenery is on the Mexican side. Picture Santa Elena Canyon, hundreds of feet deep with the river running through it and only about 30 to 50 feet wide. Where will this wall go?

Think of the great wall, the Berlin Wall, the Maginot Line, None of them ever worked.

As an RV'er I will have to speak up to save Big Bend.