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Cyber-punk Forums Junkie Location: Brisbane, QLD Registered: February 2003	Re: Fuel Usage... Wed, 29 December 2004 09:32 oldcorollas wrote on Tue, 28 December 2004 19:17 i find both BP ultimate and Mobil 8000 work just as well, but shell optimax goes 'off' too quickly. most octane boosters are not very good. i very much doubt you would notice the difference between 98 and 100 octane petrol in a totally stock car. just do what Mr Shin said i've learnt some interesting facts about fuel lately from people who work in the fuel industry(not servo attendants...) apparently each state has one type of base fuel(each of the companies trade for it with fuel of their own in other states as a giant tax dodge...eg if bp has the base shit in vic they might trade with it for shell's stuff in NSW and mobils stuff in Qld) the only difference in fuels is the additives that each company adds in. shell optimax has some sort of solvents as a part of their mix(try leave it sitting in your car for a month and then check your fuel lines ) also try covering your hand in it, leaves a nice white powdery film behind, where as the other premiums dont anyways, not sure if its fact or not. just what i've heard from several different people over the past year. [Updated on: Wed, 29 December 2004 09:32] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Fuel Usage...	Willow	Mon, 27 December 2004 23:20
	Re: Fuel Usage...	bathurst-91	Mon, 27 December 2004 23:30
	Re: Fuel Usage...	mrshin	Tue, 28 December 2004 07:57
	Re: Fuel Usage...	Teddy_Csx	Tue, 28 December 2004 09:13
	Re: Fuel Usage...	oldcorollas	Tue, 28 December 2004 09:17
	Re: Fuel Usage...	Cyber-punk	Wed, 29 December 2004 09:32
	Re: Fuel Usage...	IRA11Y	Wed, 29 December 2004 10:25
	Re: Fuel Usage...	fade-e	Tue, 28 December 2004 09:26
	Re: Fuel Usage...	Hunty	Wed, 29 December 2004 02:53
	Re: Fuel Usage...	HighRolla	Wed, 29 December 2004 04:01
	Re: Fuel Usage...	dingaling	Wed, 29 December 2004 05:06
	Re: Fuel Usage...	FKN16V	Thu, 30 December 2004 10:41
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	Re: Fuel Usage...	lilcrash	Sat, 01 January 2005 20:44
	Re: Fuel Usage...	mrshin	Sun, 02 January 2005 07:44
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	Re: Fuel Usage...	DTrain	Sun, 02 January 2005 15:46
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