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Lack of OPTIMAX and unleaded at Shell servo's

wilch

By wilch,
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wilch Grand Master

wilch

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What the hell is up with Shell at the moment?

Went to Dural Shell yesterday to fill up with optimax and there was no optimax or unleaded. "Ok" I thought, "I'll just get some tomorrow."

Anyway, went there again today. They have unleaded but no optimax? WTF?!?

So anyway, I decided to drive to Castle Hill Shell. NO bloody optimax there either!!!!!! Ended up putting $25 worth of BP Ultimate in at 116.9!!!!! (I wanted Shell because I had a voucher).

But GRRR!!! What's going on?!?

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Sl!m Grand Master

Sl!m

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I'm looking out the window, and can see the sold out things on 3 of the pumps in Pennat Hills so doesnt look to good out this way at all!

baha posted in the wrong thread again!

I just tried calling and they arnt answering so dont know :D

silver gts-t Grand Master

silver gts-t

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yeah i find BP ultimate lasts longer.. i get about another 30kms outta my tank

this is true i think

been using optimax for months, getting round 400km a tank

wacked so ultimate in there and i hit 400km with just under a 1/4 tank left

niiiiiiiiiiice

wilch Grand Master

wilch

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Any word on the Shell situation?

Has anyone been to a shell in the northwest area since Friday? I still need fuel (only put in $25 on the friday). I might check this arvo after work at dural again.

geno8r Grand Master

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Some people complain about petrol prices being 10c more expensive here or there. But like it really affects us... It might make a few dollars difference, you might be able to save $5 a week lol. We all put large amounts of money into our cars, I dont think it's going to affect our pocket very much.

I only use BP Ultimate so if it's $1.20, then its $1.20.. I'd prefer quality over price. The truth is whatever the petrol prices are, we gota pay it. I top my tank once a week & costs me usually $50 to $55. It was $1.16 last time, like I'm gona go put in Optimax coz it might have been $1.05.

GRUNTN Community Regular

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dont care about the price of bang juice (cheeper than a v8) 4 the daily driver and have never used anything but senergy8000 a mobil fuel that can only b brought at top mobil servo's (WARNERS BAY) and thats 15 klms from home; BUT PEOPLE WILL use the fuel they think makes it go but (i would ask any 1 about the 8000' whats optimax 4000-6000ps always use the same number pump and same servo they way if u get the shit fuel ,u know who not to use but 1nce again ask about the mobil 8000 as it has been proven the best ( pump fuel)

wilch Grand Master

wilch

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cool... one thing though. This thread isn't about the quality of the fuel.

It's about the fact that there doesn't appear to be any optimax anywhere. You may not care about the price of fuel but I do. I have shopping vouchers which gets me 4c off per litre of optimax. Over the long run this is a lot of money!

Anyway, does anyone know whether Shell have Optimax again yet?

Downforce Grand Master

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I've seen the same situation here in Melbourne over the weekend - pulled into a Shell station to get some optimax, but the pumps for Optimax were "not in use".

Ah well, in the past I only used Optimax... because the other fuel franchises hadn't started to offer a high octane (98+ RON) fuel yet. These days I've found I've had better performance with BP Ultimate which I use exclusively now, unless there's nothing else...

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