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Most of the petrols come from the same refiner. Just blended to different specs for each brand. Does he go from station to station or does he go back to the refinery everytime after refilling one station? If he goes back, he might be getting a different load each time.
Not unusual for the servo to take all the compartments of the tanker. In terms of the servo - banana - they don't add anything to the fuel. You are talking about individual tanks that can hold large amounts (eg 40,000 litres for one product). You will appreciate that the servo can't mix anything given those quantities.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
With the standard fuel - eg unleaded it doesn't surprise me that the smaller distributors use the same fuel. They used to do the same when my family ran a servo (until the late 1990s). It just depends on which area you are in and which distributor can offer the best gate price. We mostly ran BP fuel but sometimes Shell if it was cheaper. It came in the same tanker by the same driver. The customer never knew the difference. (This was totally legal by the way)
I don't know enough about how the 98 rons are distributed as we never stocked it back then.
bp ultimate are the best here in wa, i heard vortex98 are the best in eastern state right ?
I've been using optimax since the euro was bought. Yesterday, I decided to try the shell ultra (95ron) and see how much difference it makes. Will see if the mileage is affected much. I do mostly start/stop driving even though the average trip would be about 30 mins for 10 km. Ultra is 4c cheaper than optimax. If the ECU is not able to advance timing to take advantage of 98... then the $ may be wasted?
Even with the $2 saving per tank.. it's probably worthwhile spending it to err on the higher ron side.
But I'll see how this goes...
(i pumped in 55L so there's about 10L of of optimax to dilute)
EDIT: Does anyone else here use 95RON fuel regularly (instead of 98) on their euro?
I prolly use 95RON 1/2 the time and 98 RON the other half. Depends where I am and what bowser is free. I never go 3 tanks though without filling up with 98RON (usually BP).
I notice an economy difference, get about 50km's more on 98RON but no real power difference.
The euro appears to be able to take advantage of the 98 over the 95 based on what you've experienced.
But what type of driving though to get that 50km difference?
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Originally Posted by BiLL|z0r
I do mostly city driving, avg 38km's/hr (according to another car doing the same job).
My god, i had no idea that there was a difference in fuel types depending on the petrol station. I always just went to the one with the lowest cost/L. Thanks for the insight.
Also, Optimax, Ultimate and Synergy 8000 are 10 cents more expensive than regular 91 octane. Vortex 98 on the other hand is 11 cents more!
I've made the switch to Optimax from BP now, thanks to the rising prices and well, I have heaps of COLES docket to use up :D...
Would prefer to use Ultimate because it's cleaner but at this time.. Optimax is the go for me.... Sadly....
A little off my topic here, but here is another reason I go to Shell, when I filled up there last on Monday the guy behind the counter asked which bowser I was using, when I told him he said "Oh the Euro owner, damn nice car dude, is that this years model?". I said yeah it is this years luxury model with the bigger rims etc then he said "What would you give her out of 10, I reckon it deserves a 10, I love Euro's and yours looks damn nice in red"!
Ok so now that he inflated my ego I am going to this particular Shell every time :D Anyone else have this sorta thing happen? (The Milano Red Euro looks damn nice clean and under those Servo lights btw, gotta take some happy snaps!) :)
I notice Vortex is normally 6-7 cents more in Melbourne which I already think is too much. 11 cents is a lot more. :thumbdwn:Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng