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No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 09:32
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Was this the case for most of you Sydney-siders yesterday and maybe Saturday ?
I passed 6 servos before I manaved to get some hi-octane petrol ... fark @ 115c per litre GODDAM !!!
<pissedoff>
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I supported Toymods
Location:
sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 09:43
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i go past 4 BP's on my way to work
all with ultimate
so nah i dont have that issue
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 09:44
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yeh it sucks...apparently optimax is guaranteed to not be more than 10c/litre than regular unleaded, so far it's been the case. Was $1.15 the other day when regular unleaded was about $1.10/litre 
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Location:
Gold Coast
Registered:
October 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 09:58
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ouch
i got some ultimate 97 point something c/l earlier this week
go QLD
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Location:
Hobart
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:00
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don't even bother asking.. down here in old tasmaniawe only jsut got LRP! na hi-octane is about $1.18
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Location:
Melbourne, South East
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:16
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dont know price in melbourne
but im sure its gay
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:21
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| bathurst-91 wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 21:20 |
Apparently some ESSO factory exploded early last week or something
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HUH !??!?!?!?! 
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:29
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lol ok, ignore that It was the late news and I only caught half the story.. Was some payout to workers last week of an explosion ages ago or something
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:30
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| Choony_AE86 wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 21:16 |
dont know price in melbourne
but im sure its gay
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I paid $1.20 a litre for Optimax and that was bad enough when it was empty to full... At the time I was only getting 100kms to the full tank (5M-E). Not now ... May be 250kms 
Cheers.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 10:51
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| ZZT231 wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 21:30 |
| Choony_AE86 wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 21:16 |
dont know price in melbourne
but im sure its gay
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I paid $1.20 a litre for Optimax and that was bad enough when it was empty to full... At the time I was only getting 100kms to the full tank (5M-E). Not now ... May be 250kms
Cheers.
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Yes, gay to the max. Gotta drive religiously like a grandma. Even overtaking u gotta do the grandma shortshift and not let the turbos spool. Ahhh... the life of a uni student. Save up for ages to do a conversion; do it... then spend the rest of ur days trying to save on petrol.
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 11:44
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lol
yeah I just put $57 bucks in my car yesterday ($1.15 Synergy 8000).. it is the most I have ever put in my car I think.. price wise
I was sick of having my fuel light on for about 4 weeks and I went the big spend.. damm it hurt
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Location:
Hobart
Registered:
August 2004
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 11:56
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I just changed to a spare ECU and AFM (Thanks JAZE), and the engine isn't burning as much as it was...
Cheers.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
July 2003
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 12:01
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weve been paying 1.10-1.15 for regular here in newcatsle for weeks, most ive payed for premium was 1.26, *erk* glad i dont drive a pushrod fuel guzzler
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 12:06
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| Yian wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 21:51 |
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Yes, gay to the max. Gotta drive religiously like a grandma. Even overtaking u gotta do the grandma shortshift and not let the turbos spool. Ahhh... the life of a uni student. Save up for ages to do a conversion; do it... then spend the rest of ur days trying to save on petrol.
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I drive slow anyway and yet it still drinks like a fish...
But Hey! It beats walking 100kms.
Cheers.
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Location:
Melbourne, South East
Registered:
May 2004
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Location:
Melbourne - NthSubs
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 13:02
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unleaded $1.01 at safeway (melb)
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
September 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 14:41
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I filled up the Supra on Ultimate yesterday, and the MR2 today. 99cpl + 8cpl please-dont-give-me-shit-petrol tax. Total of nearly 100L. *ouches*
At least I won't need to fill up again for a month or two. 
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Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 15:04
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Ever since I got my car back on the road it's been 100% of the time on 98-RON fuel, which really hurts the pocket. The way I work it now is I put in about $40 per fill and it usually gives me about 2/3rd's of a tank. Because the ECU is still running on limp-mode (missing sensors and some other shit that the standard GT-Four uses but a RAV4 doesn't), peak hour traffic really bites down hard, especially when you travel 35km each way to and from work.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 17:40
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my car seems to run better on premium 95 ron compared to ultimate 98 ron after cam conversion.
Maybe i save $$ by doing cams 
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Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 21:37
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Filled up this morning and it's the first time I've not been able to get Premium Unleaded fuel at any major servo. Dropped into a Shell on the way to work, all the "Out Of Service" bullshit signs were out on the Optimax pumps, some even on the standard unleaded pumps too. Had no choice but to grab unleaded (what's shell unleaded octane value?) and dumped in a bottle of octane booster instead. No adverse effects so far, maybe further into the tank....
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 22:21
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just organise yourselves ppl's, in Sydney you buy petrol on a monday or tuesday is always like ten cents less than the rest of the week. Last time I filled up I got ULTIMATE FOR 111.9, on a sunday on friday unleaded was more than this. The servos often drop prices on sunday's now but generally the moday and tuesday are the cheapest
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Location:
Northwestern Sydney
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Sun, 14 November 2004 22:56
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I was in need of fuel on Saturday Night driving fron Windsor there is a shell on Windsor rd out near Windsor that was out of Optimax, Shell at Baulkam Hills, Castle Hill, The Shell Near the Maccas on Windsor rd Baulko, The Big Shell at Northmead and the Shell on Kissing point rd all out of Optimax.
I ended up getting to a Mobil that had 8000 and filled up. $89 later the tank was full. 76 litres of fuel in a tank that is supposed to be 72 litres. Me thinks I wouldn't get to the next servo down the road. 
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Location:
Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 00:25
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Actually the best time to fill up is on Wednesday evening because the tankers come through on Wednesday night and the price skyrockets between 10 and 15c/L when they leave.
Victoria's petrol/price trend seems to be reversed to this. Apparently the tankers fill up the servo's on the same night and the price drops on Thursday. 
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Location:
Ballarat
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 01:19
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dunno about sydney, but in melbourne optimax is 8.5 cents more expensive, bp ulimate is about 9 and mobil is about 10
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Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 01:24
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Time to buy an echo that runs 6.x litres per 100 kms !!
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Rydalmere, NSW
Registered:
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 02:06
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Or a Prius hybrid.
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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 03:07
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| RAV-GT4 wrote on Mon, 15 November 2004 11:25 |
Actually the best time to fill up is on Wednesday evening because the tankers come through on Wednesday night and the price skyrockets between 10 and 15c/L when they leave.
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I don't know where you pulled this info from, but it's hardly the truth. If petrol stations only filled up on Wednesdays, there would be no petrol from Fri-Tues (most places only have the capacity to store a few days worth of fuel).
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Rydalmere, NSW
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 03:22
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Ummm, I've gotten this info from a number of different servo's who all tell remarkably the same tale. Prices in Sydney always jump on Wednesday nights, and sometimes on the weekends too.
If it's hardly the truth then all petrol stations are full of shit.
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Location:
Wollongong
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 04:38
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Well then, can someone please enlighten me as to why the fuel prices *constantly* magically jump up on Wednesday night/Thursday morning?
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 04:47
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It coincides with payday for a large slab of the population. That's the explanation I was given anyway.
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Location:
sydney
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 04:53
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one of the reasons told to me during a induction program for a certain petrol company was that people tend to get paid at the end of the week and spend like hell thursday friday and saterday but by the time monday rolls around they have little money left over
so in order to try and coax some more money out of the public they drop the price by a few cents to make them continue spending
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
Registered:
December 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 04:57
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Prices do seem to be higher on thursday than on Sunday through Tuesday... I always assumed it was because more people bought petrol on thursday (payday)
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Rydalmere, NSW
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 05:29
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Fair call, but that's old thinking now. Not everyone's on a weekly pay packet anymore, most companies prefering to either pay fortnightly or (more popularly) monthly, which means they get paid any day (usually in the middle of the month) and that could be ANY day of the week.
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Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 07:25
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Yes an no. More often what I've seen is companies that pay fortnightly will pay on say every second Wednesday, and the money usually comes through late Wednesday afternoon or early Thursday morning.
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 09:53
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| munki wrote on Sun, 14 November 2004 19:58 |
ouch
i got some ultimate 97 point something c/l earlier this week
go QLD
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where was that?
cheapest i've seen it recently was at BP nerang and ultimate was about 99c\l
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: No Optimax, no BP Ultimate and no Mobil 8000
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Mon, 15 November 2004 14:59
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ok optimax is always 8.7 cents more per litre than reg ULP.
I know I work at Shell. Im pretty sure its the same at BP aswell.
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