What petrol you use for your Euro?

[tony1234]

Re: petrol brands(95 and 98) it appears all bar Shell get the Does that sound right?

[80057]

hopefully i pick up my car before xmas, i can either get a BP or Caltex fuel card, which do you guys recommned out of those 2,

also how long do u think i should drive it in, my dad said 1000k but what do u guys think

[EuroDude]

BP Ultimate and Caltex 98RON are both great for me Euro. Take ur pick

When you break-in a new car in, just drive it normally. Dont be too gentle but dont thrash it. You want the engine to get used to normal driving as soon as possible and you want to give it a good rev now and then so the piston rings seal properly.

Have a read of this article: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

[tony1234]

Yep.As per eurodudes post.

[industrie]

what about mobil 1????

[tony1234]

what about mobil 1????

Mobil is good.gets the from nearly all on this site.

[industrie]

Mobil is good.gets the from nearly all on this site.

thats great then, i just couldnt be bothered reading every page, but most of you guys had given BP and vortex was the go, as mobil 1 station is close to me...sweet!!

[sendok]

mobil 1 is good.. even tho i use shell :0...

for new car, drivin normally until 500km am i right?

[EuroDude]

Here's my preference in terms of performance vs economy (all 98RON)

BP Ultimate
Caltex
Mobil
Shell
Ampol (bad economy)
United and the other noname dodgy watered down places.

[tony1234]

Here's my preference in terms of performance vs economy (all 98RON)

BP Ultimate
Caltex
Mobil
Shell
Ampol (bad economy)
United and the other noname dodgy watered down places.

Yeah.sounds about right.What lead you to this conclusion?

[80057]

BP Ultimate and Caltex 98RON are both great for me Euro. Take ur pick

When you break-in a new car in, just drive it normally. Dont be too gentle but dont thrash it. You want the engine to get used to normal driving as soon as possible and you want to give it a good rev now and then so the piston rings seal properly.

Have a read of this article: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

thanks Euro Dude, much appreciated and the rest of you guys thanks.

i read the mototune article and my old man says kinda the same thing about easy drive/idle till the engine is at normal operating temp then do some low flying, he said its about reaching the revs and speed and engine temp, not how fast u get there (which is thrashing) i guess i shoulda just listened, he is a mechanic after all. i asked him about the manuals saying to take it easy, and he laughed saying easy to tell everyone to take it easy then telling to drive it hard after a warm up and 1/2 the ppl just thrashing it.

[aaronng]

thats great then, i just couldnt be bothered reading every page, but most of you guys had given BP and vortex was the go, as mobil 1 station is close to me...sweet!!

Remember to go for Mobil 8000. The purple one.