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    did a trip to tassie a few years ago with our forester - runs on 98. even small towns between strahan and hobart had 95 available. so i used 95 where i had to then used 98 when it was available. the car ran fine.
    would probably be pretty rare these days to not find at least 95 at a servo.

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    I actually filled up on V-Power on Monday. Let me tell you, the car is running really sheethouse today...... I'll bring up the stats on km/l when I get in the car in the morning.
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    I put the shell stuff in my yamaha bike and all the hoses went soft and started leeking so i drained the the tank and had mower fuel for the next 2 years and the hoses all went back to normal in an hour

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    Am I the only person that likes shell lol?

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    i think i saw a shell station that sells 100 ron fuel which was a mix with ethanol??? ne1 else know about it?

    i only have 2 stations near me a new big bp and a small local united. i read in the newspaper that the united put diesel in the premium tanks by accident.. ive never gone back.. bp ultimate all the way..

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    they used to sell it everywhere, it failed pretty badly, it was formulated with 5% ethanol... Well, around my area it did, it was like an 21c per liter premium when 98 was 8-10c more I hardly ever saw people buying it, only a few boy racers and drug dealers in porshces and benzes.

    Worked well though I must say, my mate ran his tuned GTi on it a few times, better pull before the turbo spooled up below 3000. It'd be used to best effect if you had a tuned car with a few fuel settings, some of the MK5 boys have that.

    But yeah Mr loon said they still sell it in Bonnyrigg in Sydney's west. either that or just mix a few litres of ethanol in with each tank to boost the octane rating!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Golf Houso View Post
    Am I the only person that likes shell lol?
    Nope, I use it all the time. I think my one eyed Ferrari supporterismness causes me to use it. Although looking at the other posts here I wouldn't mind trying BP Ultimate.

    Quote Originally Posted by Golf Houso View Post
    they used to sell it everywhere, it failed pretty badly, it was formulated with 5% ethanol... Well, around my area it did, it was like an 21c per liter premium when 98 was 8-10c more I hardly ever saw people buying it, only a few boy racers and drug dealers in porshces and benzes.
    They still sell it here at my local Shell. They have it instead of the ethanol blended fuel. There's quite a few people with quite a bit of money around the place so I guess they must be using it. Too expensive for me though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Treza360 View Post
    Nope, I use it all the time. I think my one eyed Ferrari supporterismness causes me to use it. Although looking at the other posts here I wouldn't mind trying BP Ultimate.


    They still sell it here at my local Shell. They have it instead of the ethanol blended fuel. There's quite a few people with quite a bit of money around the place so I guess they must be using it. Too expensive for me though.

    Well yeah fair enough, where I live has the lowest life expectancy in Sydney as well as one of the highest unemployment rates (16%) as well as an average income of $38,750 per year.

    Its not wonder it didn't do to well, although that doesn't mean everyone in my suburb is in that degree of a situation, or it is like that where I live of course.
    I think 98 is good enough for me and my golf as well

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    hmnn just put some BP ultimate in, pity its just diluted the shell 98. I'll run the tank to red and then refill the bugger with a full tank. I'll keep you updated if theres any difference.

    Also it costs the same as shell 98, only on the basis that shell has a higher average price: i.e 140.00 vs 133.39, ended up being 149.50. Pretty much the same, but we'll see.

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