Mexican Gas

tequilatodd

tequilatodd

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Ladyjeeper said:
Mexican gas is the same as American gas and has been for over 20 years. Trust me, I would NEVER put that gas in my Jeep if it weren't. Green is fine for everything unless your car requires high test, red is high test but I don't use it.
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Cherie.. I haven't heard the term high test used in years. LOL.
 
tequilatodd

tequilatodd

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Ladyjeeper said:
Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I get better gas mileage on Mexican gas. I can't even make it down on one tank but I can make it home and then some on Mexican gas. I stuff her full in Sonoyta on the way home and it only takes half a tank to get home.
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same here. I seem to always use less gas on the way home. But I contribute that to driving slower. Never in a hurry to leave Mexico :)
 
Ladyjeeper

Ladyjeeper

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Me either. I can't get them open after they tighten 'em! Todd, I am just old and my dad had a Gulf station in Indiana when I was a kid. I heard lots of stuff hanging around...LOL! What do they call it now? Premium? High octane?
 
tequilatodd

tequilatodd

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Most of the time I just hear it by number..... 87, 89, 92
My grandfather worked for some fuel company when I was a kid I remember him referring to it as "High Test"
We used to call it AvGas. (Aviation Fuel) that was the sh!+ we would race on at Firebird Raceway........wed night "Run what you brung"
 
Stuart

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High test... funny! Growing up in PA, my dad worked part-time at a Sunoco station. They used to have a dial on the pump that you could turn to set the blend you wanted. Sunoco 260 used to be the high-test bomb! When you wanted to go out cruising on Sat. night, you always put the 260 in the tank. Vrrooooom, vrroooom!!
 
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Encanto

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tequilatodd said:
Most of the time I just hear it by number..... 87, 89, 92
My grandfather worked for some fuel company when I was a kid I remember him referring to it as "High Test"
We used to call it AvGas. (Aviation Fuel) that was the sh!+ we would race on at Firebird Raceway........wed night "Run what you brung"
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We used to call it Ethyl, kept our engines from pre-detonating. Smelled Great !

Not sure why, but about half the time I fill-up at Pemex, the gas cap is only screwed on about half way. (and I alway tip !)

I remember the 'Run what you brung' races at Beeline and Firebird, too much fun. My friend had a Pinto with a 455, taken out of an Olds 442, we would take to the track. So stoopid, but fun. Never made a straight run.
 
GV Jack

GV Jack

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Ethyl...I remember that.. They charged to put it in and then they charged to take it out.. Such a deal.
 
tequilatodd

tequilatodd

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Encanto said:
We used to call it Ethyl, kept our engines from pre-detonating. Smelled Great !

Not sure why, but about half the time I fill-up at Pemex, the gas cap is only screwed on about half way. (and I alway tip !)

I remember the 'Run what you brung' races at Beeline and Firebird, too much fun. My friend had a Pinto with a 455, taken out of an Olds 442, we would take to the track. So stoopid, but fun. Never made a straight run.
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Beeline closed before you were born :p
 
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HILL BOY

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Encanto said:
Maybe this was discussed previously, but why do the attendants not tighten the gas caps ?
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Well if they don't tighten the cap on your Rino and you go back and they just happen to have a used one it will cost you $20.00 lesson learned!!! I check and tighten my own.
 
mondone

mondone

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Now they'll get my drift. Any way to make a buck, they will try. I never leave without making sure my gas cap is on AND tight! Loose gas cap will give you a check engine light, it happened to me once heading back to Sonoyta. I never leave a Pemex without making sure the gas cap is on. I call it the Pemex daabble check.

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Hobie Vern

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Stuart said:
High test... funny! Growing up in PA, my dad worked part-time at a Sunoco station. They used to have a dial on the pump that you could turn to set the blend you wanted. Sunoco 260 used to be the high-test bomb! When you wanted to go out cruising on Sat. night, you always put the 260 in the tank. Vrrooooom, vrroooom!!
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Stuart, What part of PA are you from ? I was born in Allentown.
 
Stuart

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Hobie Vern said:
Stuart, What part of PA are you from ? I was born in Allentown.
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Lived in Warminster, Bucks County most of my life, moved over to Ambler, Montgomery County for a few years before going in the Navy. Only one good thing ever came out of Allentown, Vern - Mack Trucks! (kidding, of course!)
 
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