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51. Do You Mean "The Red Top"?
Fri Sep 18, 2015, 05:05 AM
Sep 2015

I drive from southern Yosemite to the Bay Area quite often, and usually The Red Top Truck Stop and Fish Museum, outside of Los Banos has the lowest price on diesel fuel along the entire route. Only problem is, I drive a 1.9L TDI with a 14.5 gal fuel tank. Now that it is broken in (157K miles), it gets 50 MPG (HWY), so I can usually drive the entire round trip using a little less than one half tank of fuel. I usually drive from start to finish in each direction without stopping; so unless I gauge it right, it often times isn't worthwhile from a time wasted standpoint, for me to stop and refuel every time I drive past The Red Top. But I have seen the trucker magazine rack there on many occasions when I have stopped. The fish museum is also entertaining, but its nothing to write home about.

The TDI Jetta Wagon is great on my wallet, but hell on my bladder. I've been driving it for 13 years, and because of the way that I take care of it, I know that it will easily be around for another 13. Only problem is, I won't.

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Thanks for the post. I learned a few things. BlueJazz Sep 2015 #1
134k and 98k? - love to have one packman Sep 2015 #2
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Friend of mine runs the shop at a exotic/customer car dealership here in Dallas, they bought 10 snooper2 Sep 2015 #3
To resell? n/t A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #5
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Nice, be years till I get something, My wife wants something bigger snooper2 Sep 2015 #10
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I had a c5 with a manual ryan_cats Sep 2015 #46
Saw my first one on the road last weekend.....LOVED IT. And I want one now. a kennedy Sep 2015 #6
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At the Santa Cruz Earth Day... RexDart Sep 2015 #50
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The icon is for "DEF" A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #17
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Do You Mean "The Red Top"? left on green only Sep 2015 #51
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Neither truck is close to statutory height. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #55
Better invest in some more stock before it goes over $300.00 lonestarnot Sep 2015 #15
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Was that you who posted that time of unloading cars? Glassunion Sep 2015 #41
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That's the one. That was pretty cool. Glassunion Sep 2015 #57
Got one last winter. Silver S85 Zorro Sep 2015 #47
Tesla opened a dealership not from from where I live. unhappycamper Sep 2015 #52
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Great. Now price them so us normal folk can afford them. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #59
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