gas prices in Costa Rica
Sep 2nd, 2006, 08:52 AM
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gas prices in Costa Rica
Between converting litres to gallons and colones to dollars, I have no idea what the price of gas is, but it's much higher than here in the US. Luckily, a friend let me use his car for 10 days, so I didn't have to rent. It was an Isuzu jeep-like thing, and it cost $100 to fill the tank! I drove it from San Jose to Londres, which is a small town outside of Quepos. I only drove the 20 minutes from Londres to Quepos and back about 6 or 7 times, then back to San Jose, and I spent about $240 on gas. Now I understand why private transportation is so expensive!
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Sep 2nd, 2006, 11:08 AM
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The price for a liter of regular gas in Costa Rica is about 520 colons (about $1) per liter.
There are 3.79 liters in a U.S. gallon so a gallon of gas is about $3.79.
That Izuzu you were driving probably needs a tune up or has a fuel leak. I drove 1500 km around Costa Rica this past month in a similar vehicle and only spent $140 on gas
There are 3.79 liters in a U.S. gallon so a gallon of gas is about $3.79.
That Izuzu you were driving probably needs a tune up or has a fuel leak. I drove 1500 km around Costa Rica this past month in a similar vehicle and only spent $140 on gas
Sep 2nd, 2006, 11:28 AM
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That's what I was thinking, Sandy. We drove for a month in July and probably spent about $150, if that much. You can drive a LOT in CR, but not be using much gas since you are generally going fairly slow and taking a long time to go short distances. . .is it possible someone was stealing your gasoline?
Sep 2nd, 2006, 06:48 PM
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Stealing my gas? This did cross my mind. Everything seemed fine w/ the first tank, but I was really surprised how fast the second tank disappeared. The road to Londres is in horrible shape -- just like the road from Quepos to Dominical -- so it could be possible that I knocked something loose while going back and forth over that road every day. Or maybe someone helped themselves to my gas tank...
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