Ok, so there has been a bit of chatter regarding fuel consumption, etc.
I thought I'd put up a poll as to what fuel different people use.
Ok, so there has been a bit of chatter regarding fuel consumption, etc.
I thought I'd put up a poll as to what fuel different people use.
BP Ultimate, Shell V-Power at a pinch if I'm not near a BP.
Used to like the Shell V-Power Racing 100 octane (RIP), car was a beast on that stuff!
BP!
If not BP then Vortex98
Vpower y0
V-Power, because I don't pass any BPs in my travels to/from work.
As for Caltex, It was suggested recently, when my car was being tuned, that Caltex uses a rather "crap" blend of 98 octane, so, no Caltex for me. It was suggested the V-Power was good, but, BP was slightly better, although, was a very personal opinion.
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Use V-Power, but some ppl are suggesting BP Ultimate :s
BP ultimate for me...have tried caltex,mobil and vpower and bp gave me the highest economy so ive just stuck with bp ever since. dont really like mixing different petrols together although not too sure if that actually does anything lol
I drive out of my way just to fill up with BP Ultimate. Look Shell VPower is ok ( If I have too ).....
Hmmm...I use vortex because thats through my lease...
Theres a thread on the darkside that states it dosent matter which brand you use ie.bp, caltex because it will all come from the closest refinery to the petrol station ....
Anyone think thats true?
At the end of the day we do not know what petrol stations do, a mate of my owned a BP station at rothwell near Redcliffe and up at Caloundra and some of the stories he used to tell me where some stations mixed std unleaded with 98 fuel. If you haven't used BP Ultimate try it once and see if you get extra miles out of it.
BP for me, and Caltex only if I'm not near a BP. We don't get Shell V-Power in WA!
Read somewhere that the BP fuels are probably the best grade in Australia as they are predominantly from local supplies, others like Shell use more imported fuels in their mix and apparently not as good
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I have two fuel cards on my lease the primary card is Caltex with the secondary BP..
I use to alternate between the two but since I have a BP98 around the corner and BP corporate colour is green and I live in Greenfield Park and the is green I use BP98...
since I have been using BP the 2 has been returning better fuel economy....
from Orange NSW
In Qld the BP Ultimate is Caltex Lytton (Port of Brisbane) refined 98 with extra BP bits added later, the Shell V-Power is Indian or Singapore refined and shipped over.
The catalytic cracker that did make V-Power for Shell in Australia is broken (Geelong refinery) and has been out of commission for a while...unsure if Kurnell (Sydney) now has a 98 octane catalytic cracker online to replace this.
No idea on west coast, would make economic sense for most of your fuel to come from Singapore.
I'll find out more detail today and post back later if anyone is interested exactly where their fuel comes from for different markets
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Never mind, this says it better than I can. From Feb 09. Will update tonight with new details.
Im much rather BP ultimate. But i dont treat my car badly or thrash it so Vpower will do.
The actaul only reason i use Vpower is because of my FLYBUYS card.
BP
Use to have VPower for the car all the time for about a year, but changed preference recently to BP Ultimate as it gives slightly better fuel economy....
my car has always from new been run on Vortex98 except for 4 tanks -1X BP needed fuel there and then , 1x shell V power (poor fuel economy), 1x caltex 95 (very 1st tank) and 1x normal ulp (penny pinching dad filled it up and car ran like crap).
I get up to 750km hwy driving and 620 city driving so im pretty happy add this to a caltex fuel card and im happy to keep buying caltex.
even though i havent gone my mps yet, apparently i'm only allowed bp ulitmate lol