Just heard an add for Shell Optimax on MMM (Sydney)
At the end of the add, a guy says "Good for the Torana"
Made me smile..
Shell Optimax Add
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, Jul 06 2006 12:19 PM
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 12:25 PM
The obviously know they've got most of you guys bluffed.
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 01:06 PM
Hehe, nice one yella.
Although I've seen around melbourne the 100octane optimax, it has ethanol in it though :(
Although I've seen around melbourne the 100octane optimax, it has ethanol in it though :(
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 02:18 PM
And thats bad because?
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 02:38 PM
Because Ethanol should make the fuel alot cheaper and Shell has the hide to up the price
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 03:01 PM
And thats bad because?
Just the way it is, I can't say why it has the ethanol in it.
EDIT: misread the response, its bad cos it eats fuel lines from the inside out doesn't it...?
Edited by Shevster, 06 July 2006 - 03:02 PM.
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 05:24 PM
If it is over 10% it can have problems like that...but I think you will find after the great ethanol scare of a few years back they legislated what fuel actually is and capped ethanol at 10 %..my local "united" servo has a thing going with CSR...they have 10 % ethanol in a few of different blends (91. 95 and 100..I think..will have to check) but the gist of it is the cheapy 91 octane is always a good 10 cents cheaper than anyone else price on any given day. My VT always says it intends to do about 610 km on a tank of it....it claimes about 650-670 km on premium.
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 06:00 PM
its a shame how this has panned out the fuel prices sadly now that the fuel companies have realised that they can charge us this much and get away with it even if fuel supplies is topped up again i doubt prices will drop
but you never know ....
cheers chevy
but you never know ....
cheers chevy
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 07:09 PM
Now the Nth Koreans have fired a missile, watch the price of fuel go through the roof..any bets?
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 07:36 PM
Its already happened.
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 07:58 PM
Quite right there FastEH, 10% ethanol causes minimal harm to car components. It's not till you get up to 85% that it causes severe degradation of the soft alloys in your fuel pumps and carburettor bodies that it becomes a problem. Ethanol is a solvent (word found). This is actually a good mix with unleaded fuel, as it eats away all the gummy deposits etc and keeps your fuel lines clean.If it is over 10% it can have problems like that...but I think you will find after the great ethanol scare of a few years back they legislated what fuel actually is and capped ethanol at 10 %..my local "united" servo has a thing going with CSR...they have 10 % ethanol in a few of different blends (91. 95 and 100..I think..will have to check) but the gist of it is the cheapy 91 octane is always a good 10 cents cheaper than anyone else price on any given day. My VT always says it intends to do about 610 km on a tank of it....it claimes about 650-670 km on premium.
Yella runs 10% Ethanol Premium, Super E10 I think they call it.
Here is a link to previous Ethanol Discussion: http://www.gmh-toran...5353&hl=ethanol
Edited by Yella SLuR, 06 July 2006 - 08:04 PM.
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