Bp Doing The Dodgey

[seul_avec]

999.2! where did u snap that?

so what i've learnt today: caltex, peak, shell etc take 95 octane fuels and use additives to achieve 98 octane, while BP uses 98 or closer to it..

i've considered using other than BP but yeah think i'd rather fork out the extra $5-$10

LOL .. thats the BP on Manning Road in Manning ... i'v filled up 98 octane most of the time and i can get around 500KM's depending on how i drive ... i also replaced my O2 Sensor which made a whole lot of difference ... i didn't know that caltex, peak, shell etc... uses 95 and add some magic potion in to get 98 !! that sounds reallly dodgy !!!!!

[Hotrod]

Hi All

Just got the dily email for Fuel Watch and they are advising that BP and hiking up there prices again.

From Fuel Watch email.

"ULP PRICE MOVEMENT ALERT

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A number of BP sites are hiking their ULP prices tomorrow by up to 13 cpl to 109.9 cpl. Tomorrow there will be over 230 sites selling below tomorrow's metropolitan average of 98.6 cpl. "

And for those that don't get the email

Fuel prices for Wednesday, 07 Jan 2009:

Type Price Outlet Address

98 RON 109.9 Caltex Woolworths Highgate Cnr Beaufort St & Bulwer St, Highgate

98 RON 110.1 Caltex Woolworths Rivervale 111 Great Eastern Hwy, Rivervale

98 RON 110.4 BP Connect Carlisle Cnr Archer and Orrong Rd, Carlisle

98 RON 110.5 Caltex Woolworths Cannington 25 Cecil Ave , Cannington

98 RON 110.5 BP 2go Bentley 1156 Albany Hwy, Bentley

98 RON 110.5 BP 2go Cannington 1443 Albany Hwy, Cannington

98 RON 110.9 BP Connect East Perth Cnr East Parade & Brown Street, East perth

98 RON 111.9 BP Langford 230 -234 Nicholson Rd, Langford

98 RON 122.9 BP Kewdale Truckstop 549 Abernethy Road, Kewdale

Might be time to fill up again in the next day or 2

[philsGTR]

l can garrantee caltex 98 is way better than bp 98, my gtr revs noticably slower with bp 98

[MLCrisis]

l can garrantee caltex 98 is way better than bp 98, my gtr revs noticably slower with bp 98

Wow. Thanks for that.

I can guarantee that your assessment is as scientifically valid as your spelling is accurate.

But if you're happy with Caltex 98, no-one else is going to persuade you otherwise. It remains, however, just your opinion.

Cheers.

[Haunter]

After that dreaded day where I had to use 91 my car has been running fairly worse for ware... I let the car go on with the fuel gauge for a bit and then filled up again with 98 and man can you feel the difference like straight away... Pretty amazing.

[bubba]

Wow. Thanks for that.

I can guarantee that your assessment is as scientifically valid as your spelling is accurate.

LOL!

I filled up at BP East Perth this morning @ 109.9/L, Regular ULP was 96.9..

[TAKUSHI]

i tell ya ive had it up to here with bp now, they did it again bout a week ago

i went to the bp in padbury and saw they had put the out of order tags out again

went inside and askt the guy behind the counter

"oh so have you guys run out of 98?"

he replies "oh yeah um i think so"

me "so where is the closest station with 98?"

him "oh um just get back on marmion and head north for about 5mins and you'll find one"

me knowing thats untrue guidance by mr wanabe nav man/servo attendant i get back in my car

and head down to scabs, what ya know, out of order tags out again

go to innaloo same thing again, went back caltex on scabby rd near the beach, by this time my gf's

tellin me to stop driving like a dick coz im %$#@ing pist off and wana punch the head manager of

bp in the face till he starts chuckin up free fuel grrrrrr

[ZXY]

is there a fair trading thing you can compain to so they launch a inquiry to this. it cant be coincidence that all the bp run out of fuel in the same night. Karrinyup BP as far as i know has done this a few times but not often.

[Dsturbd]

Reading the below on AL

" As you are aware we have recently been experiencing problems with inconsistent supply of Vortex 98. Unfortunately, BP have advised us again that due to refinery related issues that they are unlikely to be able to supply any further V98 until at least next Wednesday. Despite Caltex having received a small release of product ex Mobil today, Caltex and alternate supply points have now stocked out. "

" As a base U98 & V98 are exactly the same product with the exact same octane rating, the only variance is the cleaning agents that caltex add to make it a different product, this doesnt change the octane rating.So if you got a batch of low V98 then the same batch of U98 would be low as well "

[bubba]

That 2nd quote, are they trying to say that batches can come in under 98RON? Is there any recourse if there's an ultra shit batch of fuel that melts your engine?

[gazza750]

If you don't like BP jacking up the price the answer is very bloody simple

DO NOT BUY FROM BP

is that so hard for people to understand ??

[gazza750]

That 2nd quote, are they trying to say that batches can come in under 98RON? Is there any recourse if there's an ultra shit batch of fuel that melts your engine?

NO it says they use a different detergent in their fuel thats the difference between ultimate and vortex

[br3ndan]

meh

i dun bother to think about the price of petrol when it comes to filling up the sky.

i just fill her up.. ive been running b98 since import and usually from the same station and same pump! lol

i fill up at bp myaree... ive yet to see them have no b98 fuel b4. Tho i have seen out of order bp 91.

Come to think about it bp myaree always seems to b on the cheaper side of the avg prices .

im sure caltex is just as good. but since my car has use nothing else by bp98 here in aus, might as well continue with it

[wagts4]

bought some 91 for the falcon at bp forry and the sign said 105 but the fuel was 116 didnt notice till i was leaving tho grrr

[Tim Martin]

Not sure how far you guys are from Koondoola (crappy neighbourhood i know), but i live just down the road from them, and they usually have 98 Ultimate anywhere from 105-109... They always tend to be a little cheaper than most.

[Char]

bought some 91 for the falcon at bp forry and the sign said 105 but the fuel was 116 didnt notice till i was leaving tho grrr

this happened to me before.

the woman says "i just haven't changed the sign yet"

me "so what, its false advertising i want to speak to some big cheeses"

end result, got fuel at price advertised.

i've also filled up before gone in to pay and someone else accidently paid for my fuel! haha i paid for their fuel cost me $20 instead of $35--wish i had filled it right up.

[mickey]

hmm this 98 debate, I usually get about 400km out of BP98 but I recently filled up with caltex98 and it could only manage about 350km...not sure what happened there.

On another note mate has bought an F6 typhoon and flash tuned it. Just with tuning it is pushing 270rwkw, but importantly the tuner advised that the caltex98 currently in the tank was causing some issues with ping and he had to retard it a bit. He advised that with bp98 he could get about 5kw more.

Even more interesting is his advice to actually use Peak 98, as he said in his experience he could get even more out of it, and that it may in fact be about 100 octane fuel. No idea if he's talking outta his ass but he is the tuner, and I guess the engine doesn't lie when it starts complaining about fuel.

[Pattygtst]

i always found i got more kms out of the caltex 98. But i agree that i saw higher knock readings with V98. However my car was tuned with B98 so i shouldnt really have put it in there in the first place.

[turboedsloth]

This arguement is funny, i bet you's all complained BUT STILL bought fuel when it was over $1.60 a litre, now that its around $1 a litre some of you's are still whinging. wats gona happen when the prices rise again you's are just gona waste more time complaining. Either deal with it or stop buying fuel an ride a fricking push bike around

[bubba]

This arguement is funny, i bet you's all complained BUT STILL bought fuel when it was over $1.60 a litre, now that its around $1 a litre some of you's are still whinging. wats gona happen when the prices rise again you's are just gona waste more time complaining. Either deal with it or stop buying fuel an ride a fricking push bike around

I didn't buy the skyline to be economical, I then didn't put a 3L in for the same reason and I'm also not strapping a GT35R on there because I want to be frugal with fuel.