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Last night a taxi taking me home from the DR needed to stop for gas. (I swear these guys put in 2-3000 at a time) Well he pulls in behind an SUV that just started filling up. As we are sitting there waiting for our turn we look at the pump. The final tally was 35,500 colones. That's $71 U.S. I don't know how much gas was involved but WOW. Boy am I glad I choose to use taxis instead of driving.

That makes that 1,000 colones for a late-night taxi ride between the Prez & HDR seem like a steal.... :shock::shock:

Wait..that's why I pay it... so nothing gets stolen .......
Igualmente...

VB;
The advantage of a small car like my elantra is that I put in 10,000.00 colones every two weeks. That works out to about $40.00 a month which ain't too bad. (IMHO).
LVSteve

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My guess is that he had at least a quarter of tank left when he pulled in to gas up. I say that because he was driving a SUV which normally uses super gas in CR. Last week when I filled up my car, with regular gas, when it was almost empty it cost 19000 colones. That was for just under 10 gallons.

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My truck takes 160$ CDN to fill up. Canada gets owned on gas

Just paid $68 here in N.C. to fill up my Durango. Whats the price for gas in CR now?

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regular is about $3.80 per gallon, super a bit more.

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I agree that a lot of these cabbies probably work on razor thin margins. Forgetting about the gas they use to take you between the Prez and the HDR, they have to pay for all the gas they burn just driving around looking and waiting for passengers, upkeep on their vehicles that probably get really torn up on the often pitholed streets of SJ, the capital cost of the vehicle itself and the various licensing/medallion fees that they need to operate legally.

That said Iwouldn't put that much stock into the analysis above. As has been pointed out SUV's have bigger tanks and use more expensive gas than most cabs. And the reason they usually have bigger tanks is because they also get a lot worse mileage per gallon than most cabs.

Using ID's numbers of 19000 colones for just under 10 gals that comes out at 1900 colones per gal or $3.80. Let's call it 2000 colones or $4 per gallon. Let's also assume cabbies only get 5 miles per gallon. My guess is they probably do much better than that even with all the stop and start city driving they do. Finally, let's estimate the driving distance between the Prez and the HDR at 400 meters. Thats about 1/4 of a mile. Again, I think that estimate is overly generous. City blocks in SJ are normally estimated at 100 meters on a side and those blocks in the Gulch are, if anything, smaller than most. Even taking all these exaggerated numbers and putting them together, this would mean at MOST they use .05 gallons for the trip or about 20 cents or 100 colones. That is less than excess change we leave with them as a tip by itself.

I don't do this analysis to imply that paying 1000 colones for a quarter mile cab ride isn't a good deal only that what it potentially saves us is far more significant than what it really costs the cab driver even with the high cost of gas in CR.

"That said Iwouldn't put that much stock into the analysis above. As has been pointed out SUV's have bigger tanks and use more expensive gas than most cabs. And the reason they usually have bigger tanks is because they also get a lot worse mileage per gallon than most cabs. "

I love pulling up to the pumps with an SUV owner crying about the price of gas. I don't hear them crying when there lease payment comes out of the bank account each month.

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I'm not sure what you guys are complaining about just filled up my truck took over 150 gallons so at just under $3.00 bucks a gallon works out to be about $450.00 US now that will last me almost a week I guess the US has finally caught up to the rest of the world man this sucks just have to cut back on my trips to Rio Ya right now that’s funny

Paco Loco just filled up his moped for $3.00, so quit your bitchin'

My wifes car in Caracas takes about $1.80 to fill up.

Why smuggle drugs, I'm trying to figure out a way to get Venezuelan gas over here

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Almost legally single again! Voy a Colombia otra vece!!

Ya'all quit complaining. Last weekend, I had to fill up my boat, over in the Bahama's. 600 Gallons of diesel @ $3.78 per gallon. You can do the math. And I had to do this TWICE !!! It's ugly out there!

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We somehow accomplished it, then taxed it by 5000%, damn

What do you think "CITGO" (one of, if not the largest retailer of gasoline in the U.S) is?

CITGO is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

PDVSA is among the leading corporations in the refining business, with a petroleum processing capacity of 3,285,000 barrels a day (1,285,000 barrels a day in Venezuela and 2 million barrels a day outside the country) through 24 refineries: six complexes in Venezuela, one in the Caribbean, eight in the United States and nine in Europe.

History of CITGO in case you are interested:

The story of CITGO Petroleum Corporation as an enduring American success story began back in 1910 when pioneer oilman, Henry L. Dougherty, created the Cities Service Company.
When Cities Service determined that it needed to change its marketing brand, it introduced the name CITGO in 1965, retaining the first syllable of its long-standing name and ending with "GO" to imply power, energy and progressiveness. The now familiar and enduring CITGO "trimark" logo was born.

Occidental Petroleum bought Cities Service in 1982, and CITGO was incorporated as a wholly owned refining, marketing and transportation subsidiary in the spring of the following year. Then, in August, 1983, CITGO was sold to The Southland Corporation to provide an assured supply of gasoline to Southland's 7-Eleven convenience store chain.

In September, 1986, Southland sold a 50 percent interest in CITGO to Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. PDVSA acquired the remaining half of CITGO in January, 1990. With a secure and ample supply of crude oil, CITGO quickly became a major force in the energy arena.

For those interested:

What we (in the US) pay for in a gallon of gasoline (U.S Dept. of Energy) -

Let's say (for this purpose) the current cost of gas at the pump is $ 3.00/gallon:

$ 1.47 or 49% is for crude oil.
$ 0.27 or 9% is for refining of that crude oil.
$ 0.54 or 18% is for distribution and marketing of the finished product (gasoline).
$ 0.72 or 24% is for taxes. Ouch!!!

Taxes are $ 11.52 for each typical sedan fill-up (16 gallons).

This is where SparkChaser69's smuggling venture can help us!


Stinky

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Mucho Gusto, we need to gut your boat or get a much larger one.

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Get in line to ride the lightning!!!


Almost legally single again! Voy a Colombia otra vece!!