What petrol do you use?????

[vc commodore]

I run BP 95, because I have a BP 2 kays away from me....Travelling I'll run 95 or 98 if they don't have 95. Tried 91 once out in the middle of know where and the car ran like crap....So never again

 

[commodore665]

Mobil 98 in both

 

[rucxy]

Allied 95 and from No Frills Self Service stations as is around 10-12 cents cheaper, currently 203.9cents/litre.
No regional fuel tax here currently

 

[VS_Pete]

Mobile and Shell 95/98 got flex fuel and turned.

 

[1985VK]

An industry insider says 91 95 and 98 is basically 91 plus additive ie an octane booster ... and if true it is not a particularly sophisticated octane booster either ... and the quality differences between some brands is in our heads because it often comes from the same source ...

 

[losh1971]

Didn't think that a V6 had a distributor, or are they different over in NZ (LOL).

An industry insider says 91 95 and 98 is basically 91 plus additive ie an octane booster ... and if true it is not a particularly sophisticated octane booster either ... and the quality differences between some brands is in our heads because it often comes from the same source ...

I have heard the same thing. However that does not explain why I get far better economy from Vortex 95 and 98 then any other brand of fuel. I tested fuels over a number of tanks and i was getting 50 to 60km more from a tank of Vortex over any other fuel. Others have said the same thing and some of those were chicks.

 

[1985VK]

I have heard the same thing. However that does not explain why I get far better economy from Vortex 95 and 98 then any other brand of fuel. I tested fuels over a number of tanks and i was getting 50 to 60km more from a tank of Vortex over any other fuel. Others have said the same thing and some of those were chicks.

I got the impression there were two groups of fuels that brands went by.

 

[VS 5.0]

and the quality differences between some brands is in our heads because it often comes from the same source

WA has one refinery.....BP in Kwinana.....and I know that fuel from there goes to servos branded other than BP.

 

[commodore665]

Allied 95 and from No Frills Self Service stations as is around 10-12 cents cheaper, currently 203.9cents/litre.
No regional fuel tax here currently

I'm waiting with baited breath for the Gull up the road from me to be built , so I'll use their 98 eventually , Waitomo fuels up my way is cheaper than the big players , and is supplied by Mobil , so begs the question , why don't Mobil just lower their prices . Ah the fickle nature of the oil companies . No regional tax here either.

 

[rucxy]

I'm waiting with baited breath for the Gull up the road from me to be built , so I'll use their 98 eventually , Waitomo fuels up my way is cheaper than the big players , and is supplied by Mobil , so begs the question , why don't Mobil just lower their prices . Ah the fickle nature of the oil companies . No regional tax here either.

Gull 98 is E10 , fortified with ethanol. I was using it while it was under $2/litre. My local Gull's price for 98 octane(E10) is around $2.05/litre, and for the lowers km's/litre is not justifiable in the V8 anymore..
Mobil,BP, Z all are "service" stations where you are paying extra to pump the fuel yourself ( whereas someone should be on the forecourt doing it for you to justify the extra cost)