SHELL fuel

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Originally Posted by Limbo

That's why you always goto a fuel station that has a high turnover of fuel so you don't get fuel that's been lying there and the octane has mixed with the air around it.

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Right re exposure to air (fuel needs to be stored in a dry sealed container) - but you overstate the risk. Properly stored fuel lasts for ages (years in ideal storage)... If someone has credible information to show me that fuel can lose octane in less than 2 months please show me a source. It should last 6+ months minimum.

Don't worry about "high turnover" petrol stations unless perhaps you are in the outback. If you live in any city with more than 20,000 people they will be selling enough fuel that it does NOT lose octane sitting at the petrol station. Like I said - petrol stations sell more fuel than you might think. It doesn't sit in the tanks for months. More like days.

My friend works in a petrol station :) The station actually don't make money from selling petrol, they make it from selling whatever they sell in their mini supermarket, can u see the high prices for a can of coke now?

u serious???? has it always been like this?

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Originally Posted by EuroAccord13

My friend works in a petrol station :) The station actually don't make money from selling petrol, they make it from selling whatever they sell in their mini supermarket, can u see the high prices for a can of coke now?

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i currently use mobile synergy and due to an inconvinient circumstance i was forced to use sheel optimax and damn its SHIT in comparison.

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Originally Posted by |N|

u serious???? has it always been like this?

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No - back in the 80s and early 90s there was money for retailers selling fuel -
6cents + per litre. Have you noticed fewer petrol stations compared to 10 years ago? - many thousands have closed.

With the coles/safeway 4 cent discount - that discounted price is usually cheaper than the independent service stations pay for wholesale fuel. The ACCC has not taken action yet for predatory pricing because they say it is "overall" good for the public as it results in lower prices. BUT - what will happen when many independents or some large chains are forced out of businesss or decide Australia is not worth the trouble? You will only have Coles and Woolworths left. It is fairly common industry knowledge that Mobil has taken steps to pull out of Australia. It is no secret - eg see http://www.ssa.org.au/overview_admin/supermarket_ss.htm

Will the discounts stay when only the supermarkets have control of fuel prices? What if you have to drive 5km to the nearest petrol station? Lets wait and see - I think the public will eventually pay the price for all these petrol stations going out of business.