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Originally Posted by Idle
Gas is higher in California because of the Rocky Mts. There are no pipelines running form the west to the east.
There is a line running from Houston that ends in California that goes through Arizona. Most of the product delivered to this line is for the AZ market as well as New Mexico.
All the gasoline out there is refined out there. Mostly in south LA or Long Beach.
But the diesel thing.... California has long wanted older diesel trucks to move to another state due to how badly they pollute. So if you don't have a new truck with the latest pollution equipment on it they try to hit you with a built in 'fine'.
I'm not sure what the solution is. But gas has been higher there than Texas and Oklahoma for about fifty years.
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Speaking as someone who was almost stranded in the Yukon, -52* the DEF tank froze, got the dreaded "You have 10 starts remaining" message. Nearest Sprinter service is either Anchorage or Edmonton, 1,000 miles either way.
I understand why professional drivers prefer non-computerized engines, change the oil and filters regularly and they're good for 500k miles.