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I bet the fuel economy wasn't good though??? I ran a VT1 Exec on Optimax to Adelaide and barely got there from Melbourne on a full tank, I ran Std unleaded on another and used 58ltrs!! Go Figure!!DeanoVT said:well you obviously havent done your research.
98 fuel is not a waste of money. that is only what people that cant afford it OR dont need it say OR just not car buffs
i worked at BP Kwinana for a while and saw a experiment where they got two engines and ran one on 98 and one on normal 91 for over 100,000km.
the results were pretty interesting.
the 98 had way less carbon build up.
the emmission were mininmal on the 98
the power output was slightly increased
.....etc
All of the VTonward shaped commodores have a 75ltr tank, Can I suggest you use straight Std Unleaded next time you go to Ipswich, I bet it'll be better economy again!BerlinaBen said:On a highway trip using cruise control most of the way I can get close to 1000km on one tank. (Newcastle to Ipswich on one tank and a little left.). I'm not sure if the Berlina has a bigger tank than normal. Trip computer shows this at about 7.3L per 100km I think from memory. With normal driving around town it used to be about 13L per 100km, but lately it is more like 14L per 100km. I always use premium of some description.
I'm with ya Wombat!!!! United E10 all the way!!! Optimax, Ultimate and Vortex98 is crap!!! The best 98 is United's Boost98. My Clubby R8 runs very smoooooth on this stuff!! and more economically too (but I still don't recommend N/A V6 ECOTECs to use it).webwombat said:Approx (driving around the city and suburbs) 480 KMs to tank with 20-30 kms left in fuel tank before refueling. Add that together - approx 500 Kms a tank. I have been trialing E10 fuel ( ethanol 10 with 94 octane) - best fuel so far in terms of Kms per tank. I have used various premium type fuels - nothing beats it
Deano, running 98 in a N/A ECOTEC doesn't necessarily mean better economy, go search some of my posts and you'll soon see how I know this. By the time you have finished reading them you might just be considering either Reg Unleaded or E10.DeanoVT said:the kays you boys are saying must all be one highways/freeways.
coz if you getting more that 550km per tank it has to be highway.
my VT 6 as well as mates VX 6 get roughly 500km per fuel tank around town if treated very nicely and i mean very nicely. usually 450km which includes a bit of fun.
thats running Ultimate 98 fuel as well