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View Poll Results: What Petrol Do You Use?
Shell V Power (Optimax) 98 RON 37 16.16%
Caltex Vortex 98 RON 31 13.54%
BP Ultimate 98 RON 74 32.31%
Mobil 8000 98 RON 16 6.99%
United E10 95 RON 10 4.37%
Independant Servo E10 95 RON 6 2.62%
Shell/BP/Mobil Etc 95 RON (Non-Ethanol) 14 6.11%
Shell/BP/Mobil Standard Unleaded 91 RON 21 9.17%
E5/E10 Standard 91 RON Unleaded 7 3.06%
Shell V Racing or United 100 RON 1 0.44%
Other Unleaded 12 5.24%
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Old 16-12-2008, 09:50 PM   #1
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With all the talk about ethanol and different fuels I thought we should put it to vote.......

What does everyone use??

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Old 16-12-2008, 09:59 PM   #2
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Whatever's handy as long as it's 98
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Old 16-12-2008, 09:59 PM   #3
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See Similar Thread In Which Discussion Was Raised

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11243642
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Old 16-12-2008, 10:04 PM   #4
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anything 98 usually. i wont put that other crap in to saves a few cents.

on a happier note. filled the commodore from bone dry to full for $49.80 today!
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Old 16-12-2008, 10:10 PM   #5
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BP Ultimate, it works so I'll stick with it.
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Old 16-12-2008, 10:12 PM   #6
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Vortex 98, cause i sell it so why go else where to buy fuel
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Old 16-12-2008, 10:57 PM   #7
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Caltex Vortex 95
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Old 16-12-2008, 11:04 PM   #8
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BP ultimate. Used it for years in the MR2 GT and found it to be the best. So ill stick with it.
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Old 16-12-2008, 11:21 PM   #9
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BP Unleaded 95 for the Falcon. My EF doesn't like 98 octane, but runs nicely on 95. I wouldn't put 91/Ethanol in the Lawn Mower, such is my disdain for the quality of the lower grades of fuel.

My X5 gets whatever 98 octane is closest to it when it needs filling. Usually, its Shell Optimax (whatever it's called now), but it seems to like and run better on BP Ultimate.
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Old 16-12-2008, 11:27 PM   #10
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Only ever use 98 octane. Either Shell or Caltex, sometimes BP. Depends whats convenient.
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Old 17-12-2008, 01:46 AM   #11
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The silly thing is for people who don't want to run any ethanol in their cars is that BP ultimate has ethanol in it, as do the vast majority's of premium petrols. Judging off my experience with reading's taken off the wideband o2 permanently in my car, Mobile synergy has the least amount of ethanol in it. Yet most find it doesn't perform as good as the others, why? No/less ethanol of course.

I believe BP ultimate to have 4 % ethanol in it.
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Old 17-12-2008, 04:27 AM   #12
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The silly thing is for people who don't want to run any ethanol in their cars is that BP ultimate has ethanol in it, as do the vast majority's of premium petrols. Judging off my experience with reading's taken off the wideband o2 permanently in my car, Mobile synergy has the least amount of ethanol in it. Yet most find it doesn't perform as good as the others, why? No/less ethanol of course.

I believe BP ultimate to have 4 % ethanol in it.
Nope BPU has no ethanol content.

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BP Ultimate is the highest octane retail fuel that BP has on the market. It has an octane rating between 98 and 100 and does not contain ethanol. It is suitable for all cars but older pre 1986 vehicles designed for leaded fuel may need to add an additive to prevent valve seat recession. BP Ultimate also contains a high dose of additive to protect the fuel system and to remove deposits that foul intake valves and the combustion chamber causing poor combustion and knock.
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Old 17-12-2008, 07:39 AM   #13
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Where's the diesel and LPG options? I don't use unleaded except for a small amount in my LPG Falcon.
Pug = Diesel
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XE = 98 Ron, but as it's not driven, it doesn't get much fuel.
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Old 17-12-2008, 09:15 AM   #14
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Anything 98RON... but mostly I use BP Ultimate just because the BP servo I go to is conveniently placed.
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Old 17-12-2008, 10:03 AM   #15
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I'm with sgt doofy wheres the LPG option? I use Mobil LPG and will use BP or Caltex if necessary.

Apart from that I just run Mobil 91 in my 3V. I stay clear of anything Shell! Shell LPG is garbage and I have also had pinging issues with Shell 91.

I have run Optimax, Mobil 8000 (I think thats their 98) and Shell 95 and get no better performace or decernable fuel economy benefits so I just run 91. My 3V is drinking LPG most of the time anyway.
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Old 17-12-2008, 10:51 AM   #16
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I generally run Caltex Vortex 98 as the Caltex servo is right near my work, however I have run BP Ultimate and Shell V-Power as well from time to time. I only run premium though and have done since I got the car.
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Old 17-12-2008, 11:49 AM   #17
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5.4 GT - Interesting apparently it is a new improved bp ultimate recipe, I mate of mine had a servo about 2-3 years ago and had a doco from bp stating that bp ultimate had a very low percentage of ethanol in it, so I assume they must have removed it now, either way i would like to see some independant testing on all the different fuels to see exactly how much ethanol is in them these days.

I have noticed that fuel varies a lot from servo to servo, i lost approx 100km's to a tank when i started filling up at a different caltex servo from the normal one i goto, i then went back to the normal caltex servo i was going to and got my 100km's back.
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Old 17-12-2008, 12:09 PM   #18
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we found we got less k's per tank in our CRV when we tried the E10 stuff which wasn't justified by the couple of cents price difference,so wont use it, and definatly WONT feed the Sprint or my 440 with it.
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Old 17-12-2008, 12:24 PM   #19
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Old 17-12-2008, 12:58 PM   #20
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Our account is with shell, so no choice really.
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found running E10, my average fuel consumption was 11.8L/100km

95 octane, 11L/100km

98 octane, 11.3L/100km
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Old 17-12-2008, 02:44 PM   #22
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was using Caltex 91 but have started using BP Ultimate in the AU, well worth the extra 10 cents
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Old 17-12-2008, 02:56 PM   #23
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Both FG and XY run on Mobil 98 or BP ultimate..... No difference in my cars between the 2.
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Old 17-12-2008, 04:33 PM   #25
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always gone for caltex 95/98
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i use united E10 98 ron, as this is what i had my car tuned on and when i change between other 98 rons i dont notice any different between them at all.
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:16 PM   #27
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I use the normal unleaded from my local United servo up the road which works fine for me.
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Old 17-12-2008, 05:58 PM   #28
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BP ultimate, only because i save 5% on it using the citibank BP mastercard, otherwise i swear mobil 98 feels better
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Old 17-12-2008, 06:12 PM   #29
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Mobil 6000(95RON)
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Old 17-12-2008, 06:43 PM   #30
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Either BP 95 or 98, depending on how wealthy i feel at the time lol!
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