Really Buen Ayre?!

[citygirl]

Very few people on here probably drive and even fewer take Buen Ayre. But this is just RIDICULOUS.

Camino Buen Ayre was 5 pesos forever. Then it went up to 6 about a year ago. Okay, no problem. A month ago, they raised it from 6 to 8 pesos with no warning. Big jump.

And this week - 8 pesos to 10 pesos overnight. No warning. WTH???

So in a month, it's gone from 6 to 10 pesos each way. And it is probably the worst maintained "highway" I've driven. They have been doing construction on it for over a year, nowhere close to finished, it's one lane in several parts and where it's not, potholes everywhere.

Btwn my insurance costs, the increase in NAFTA costs (7 pesos or so now), the tolls - 20 each way to Cap Fed, my license plate costs, my insurance increases, etc, etc - I shudder to think what my car is costing me each month.

 

[germanb68]

you can go for the 8 https://maps.google.com.ar/maps?q=Ruta+Provincial+8,+Campo+de+Mayo,+Buenos+Aires&hl=es&sll=-34.506238,-58.561699&sspn=0.011246,0.023217&oq=ruta+8&t=h&hnear=Ruta+Provincial+8,+Campo+de+Mayo,+Buenos+Aires&z=14

 

[mrporoto]

try one horse power,the one in yer pic.

 

[Crema Americana]

My husband will be happy to hear this. He takes Buen Ayre quite often and you're right, it's an awful road filled with potholes.
The most frustrating aspect about it is that there's little chance that extra toll money is going to go towards actually fixing the roads.

 

[Rich One]

Very few people on here probably drive and even fewer take Buen Ayre. But this is just RIDICULOUS.

Camino Buen Ayre was 5 pesos forever. Then it went up to 6 about a year ago. Okay, no problem. A month ago, they raised it from 6 to 8 pesos with no warning. Big jump.

And this week - 8 pesos to 10 pesos overnight. No warning. WTH???

So in a month, it's gone from 6 to 10 pesos each way. And it is probably the worst maintained "highway" I've driven. They have been doing construction on it for over a year, nowhere close to finished, it's one lane in several parts and where it's not, potholes everywhere.

Btwn my insurance costs, the increase in NAFTA costs (7 pesos or so now), the tolls - 20 each way to Cap Fed, my license plate costs, my insurance increases, etc, etc - I shudder to think what my car is costing me each month.

Add to that the $800 peso cochera rental per month... you figure it out...!

 

[citygirl]

you can go for the 8 https://maps.google....enos Aires&z=14

I have driven that - it's simply not a practical solution and traffic is usually quite bad plus you have traffic/lights/speed limit is quite low.

Crema Americana - at the rate they're doing the construction, by the time it is actually finished, it will all need to be redone. It's going on a year and they've done pretty much nothing. Tell your husband to be prepared for the toll hike next time - I certainly wasn't.

Venting does no good of course but just really makes me annoyed and I had to get it off my chest

 

[cbonanni]

All the tolls in and around Bs AS have gone up. The most recent one had something to do with funding the Subte. Not sure what Buen AYre has to do with the subte ! We finally got a pase ( windshield pre pay pass thing )that works on all toll roads . Saves a ton of time , and you do not have to listen to the idiots beep their horn hoping for a free pass. My do the roads suck.

The mighty Clio just passed 100K kilometers !!!