Fuel and Oil Are Cheaper in the US
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If you’re headed to Mexico this winter, be advised that both fuel and oil are much more expensive south of the border. In fact, in some instances diesel now costs twice as much in Mexico. On the one hand, you don’t want to weigh your boat down with liquids, but at half the price, you don’t want to go south with empty tanks.
Oil is also much cheaper in the States, and particularly at Costco. We use Delo 400 15-40 in our Yanmars, and Costco was selling three gallons for $33. Once again, that’s less than half of what you sometimes have to pay in Mexico, and much less expensive than at many other retailers in the States. Not all Costco stores carry it, but the one on Friars Road in San Diego had it.
In other financial news, the exchange rate is now at 16.55 to the dollar, making Mexico an incredible bargain — for most everything but fuel and marina slips.