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Perth, Western Australia
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October 2004
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Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 13:22
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Just recieved an email saying that BP had an accident of some form yesterday and the Perth's supply of BP Ultimate 98 RON may not be available untill december.
Dont know how true this is, or whether other states supply may be affected as well?
Has anyone heard anything about this?
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Location:
Perth Western Australia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 13:24
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*FILLS UP TANK TOMORROW*
thank fuck i got paid yesterday 
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Location:
Newcastle, NSW
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 13:35
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bp ultimate sux anyway...vortex 98 is the shiznit...i dunno my four just pings off its head on ultimate and runs without a problem on vortex 98.....so im not to worried about this ultimate shortage
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 15:17
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DV, BP Ultimate is the only 98 octane fuel sold here in WA.
On my way to the WRC today, I filled up. While I was there I saw two people (both in WRX's...) attemping to fill up with Ultimate, both pulling about $3 from the pump before giving up.
Looks like it's a good time to invest in octane-booster stocks 
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Location:
Bayside Melbourne.
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 16:06
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I happened to stop at a BP tonight and noticed that all the Ultimate pumps were out of order/stock. I wonder if it's because of this alleged accident or if it's just a coincidence. 
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Registered:
July 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 17:49
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i have 3 BP's all with ultimate within 5KM of my house
theres also Optimax, Vortex, Synergy8000 all within 10km of where i live.
and i live on the border of the metroplitian area too...
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 12 November 2005 23:19
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Thank you for sharing, now what does that have to do with the fact that in Perth, stations that usually have Ultimate98...dont?
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Registered:
July 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 00:30
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it all gets used up in adelaide b4 it reaches wa?
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 00:45
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Man thats gotta suck, gonna cost a bit in the meantime for you guys to buy some octane boosters every tank or just putter around on 95 ron fuel. As for the argument that BP ultimate is crap, i'd beg to differ of the three 98 ron fuels i have used it's by far the best in terms of economy and the car just seems a little more respnosive using it.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 01:12
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Dude, we have our own refinery.
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Registered:
July 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 01:21
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Sun, 13 November 2005 11:15 |
Man thats gotta suck, gonna cost a bit in the meantime for you guys to buy some octane boosters every tank or just putter around on 95 ron fuel. As for the argument that BP ultimate is crap, i'd beg to differ of the three 98 ron fuels i have used it's by far the best in terms of economy and the car just seems a little more respnosive using it.
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agree on economy.
i get the worst mileage from shell fuels (around 400km a tank). mobil is only a small amount better, and caltex is almost as good as the BP stuff (over 600km a tank) 
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Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 01:33
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what does that have to do with the shortage of BP Ultimate in WA?
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Registered:
July 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 03:58
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| Matt-itude wrote on Sun, 13 November 2005 12:03 |
what does that have to do with the shortage of BP Ultimate in WA?
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| Matt-itude wrote on Sat, 12 November 2005 23:52 |
or whether other states supply may be affected as well?
Has anyone heard anything about this?
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nothing. we were just merely pointing out whats happening in our own states.
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Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 04:10
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i was talking about the talk of fuel economy of different 98 octane fuels.
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Location:
Perth, WA
Registered:
December 2004
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Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 04:50
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update... just received this email:
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stolen form perth streetbikes forum:
"not trying to give the servo i work out business but,
the truckstop on 549 abernathy rd kewdale gets the fuel pumped directly from next door (tank farm). we had over 20,000 liters last night when i dipped it and we dont sell much ultimate.
if/when we do run out we will be the last to run out and the first to get it back again. "
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Location:
Perth, Western Australia
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sun, 13 November 2005 04:55
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http://www.bp.com.au/sms/
from bp website
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 03:06
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BP Employees (I work at BP Bulwer Island in Brisbane) got a "Confidential" e-mail last week saying that supply in Perth and Adelaide may be affected due to an unplanned outage of some equipment. (Seems like public domain knowledge now...) This will affect 95 and 98RON. We make Ultimate here in Brisbane so I don't give a toss what happens in Perth  Not sure when the equipment is coming back online (although their Reformer seems to be working as of yesterday, so will take a little while for the good stuff to start flowing again.)
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Location:
Perth Western Australia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 04:12
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yep confirmed , i gave the guy 20 questions the other day at the BP Karrinyup
he didnt wanna say much but said it was a problem with electrical equipment and it will be at least a month with no 95 or 98 also at my work (im a senior call center agent) we do BP refinery emergency calls , and a call came through the otherday regarding an electrical malfunction and spill at the refinery.
oh well, Shell can take my next $200 worth of fuel ...
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Location:
Perth, WA
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 05:19
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BP Kewdale has no Ultimate either - ran out this morning.
This whole situation is f*cked. Somebody senior at BP Kwinana needs to lose their job over this.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 05:25
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| coFF33 wrote on Tue, 15 November 2005 12:12 |
oh well, Shell can take my next $200 worth of fuel ...
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Most Shell petrol stations I rock up at don't even have premium.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
April 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 10:43
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shell premium?
caltex vortex seems to work better for me, by far.
shell premium makes my car run like its on 92ron 
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Location:
Perth Western Australia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 15 November 2005 11:42
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| mithy wrote on Tue, 15 November 2005 18:43 |
shell premium?
caltex vortex seems to work better for me, by far.
shell premium makes my car run like its on 92ron
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that could be why shell is normally 2 - 4c cheaper than all other stations Excluding Woolworths because we all know what they sell isnt even really petrol 
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
February 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Thu, 17 November 2005 11:46
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oh man, ever since i got this rebuilt motor i was using ultimate. but tonite there was none at my bp. and i couldbt be farked driving around looking for some so i had to get premium. 
so its not only for perth i guess?
coz i asked teh guy and he said there was a production problem.
oh wells. hopefuly we will get it back soon.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Lwr Templestowe, Melbourne
Registered:
August 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Thu, 17 November 2005 14:04
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| BlackGT4 wrote on Thu, 17 November 2005 22:46 |
oh man, ever since i got this rebuilt motor i was using ultimate. but tonite there was none at my bp. and i couldbt be farked driving around looking for some so i had to get premium.
so its not only for perth i guess?
coz i asked teh guy and he said there was a production problem.
oh wells. hopefuly we will get it back soon.
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Yer. BP in Templestowe ran out of Ultimate too. Asked to dude when we might be looking at getting some back. He reckons early December. *sigh*
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
September 2005
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Thu, 17 November 2005 21:11
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Canberra's fresh out aswell 
So i grabbed some ampol gold instead, good stuff but bout 8c more
in price
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Fri, 18 November 2005 02:14
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BP's Kwinana refinery is back up and running their Reformer now so supply should start back up to Perth by this weekend. May take a bit longer to get to Adel, Mel, Syd etc.
I think Syd gets premium from Brisbane (and our alky was shut down for quite a while last month) so Syd should be getting restocked soon.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Fri, 18 November 2005 02:39
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Yeah I noticed all the pumps at BP where out too.
Something else too. The other day when I went in to BP to find they had no ultimate. I then went down to Shell that is about 1km up the road and noticed an interesting price difference.
BP 91: $1.23/ltr
Shell 91: $1.12/ltr
Shell 98: $1.22/ltr
I was getting Shell 98 at less than BP 91! Has the high octane fuel shortage at BP forced their regular petrol price up?
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Fri, 18 November 2005 02:43
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I noticed this too the other day, Woolworths (Caltex) fuel 109.9 before discount for 91 ron fuel, thrn drive past BP about 2kms where I normally fill up and its still 123.9 for 91 ron fuel.
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Location:
Perth Western Australia
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Sat, 19 November 2005 07:12
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just recieved a sms
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GREAT NEWS ! We're Delivering BP Ultimate to WA sites over this weekend. Thanks for your patience. BP Ultimate - Clean engines work better.
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My GZ20 fuel tank says yay !
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 04:53
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| -=DV=- wrote on Sun, 13 November 2005 00:35 |
bp ultimate sux anyway...vortex 98 is the shiznit...i dunno my four just pings off its head on ultimate and runs without a problem on vortex 98.....so im not to worried about this ultimate shortage
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Where can you get vortex 98 in Newcastle?
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 06:05
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we have had a shortage of the ultimate 98 for two weeks in adelaide...
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 06:15
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same haven't had ultimate in NSW again for two weeks , after the original shortage I filled up then none once again WTF is going on.
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Location:
Newcastle, NSW
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 14:53
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| cycleofabuse wrote on Mon, 12 December 2005 15:53 |
| -=DV=- wrote on Sun, 13 November 2005 00:35 |
bp ultimate sux anyway...vortex 98 is the shiznit...i dunno my four just pings off its head on ultimate and runs without a problem on vortex 98.....so im not to worried about this ultimate shortage
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Where can you get vortex 98 in Newcastle?
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most caltex's ive been to have it....i think the one at belmont has it, u can get it at the one on griffith/newcastle road waratah, maitland road mayfield ect, its prettymuch only the woolworth/caltex stations that dont have it man
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 17:04
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| cycleofabuse wrote on Mon, 12 December 2005 15:53 |
| -=DV=- wrote on Sun, 13 November 2005 00:35 |
bp ultimate sux anyway...vortex 98 is the shiznit...i dunno my four just pings off its head on ultimate and runs without a problem on vortex 98.....so im not to worried about this ultimate shortage
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Where can you get vortex 98 in Newcastle?
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Belmont (high school side of Pacific Highway only)
Charlestown (Near the BP)
Mayfield (Near AMF bowling alley)
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Mon, 12 December 2005 22:52
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Cool, i'll check it out.
I put some normal vortex in my car the other day and man did that suck! It felt laggy and didn't pull much when on full boost. It feels better now, maybe the ecu had to adjust to the new fuel or something. I might make vortex 98 my new fuel since bp ultimate seems to be non existent and you can get those 4c off per litre things with caltex.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 13 December 2005 00:31
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We haven't had BP ultimate at work for weeks, Refinery issues apparently. As for Vortex98, it's a mythical, imaginary product that exists only in T.V. adverts.
I've never seen it for sale ANYWHERE, EVER. I checked Caltex's website and it's not for sale ANYWHERE within 150km of Melbourne. Pfft,,, Caltex . . .
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 13 December 2005 00:34
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| st184 sillycar wrote on Tue, 13 December 2005 11:31 |
We haven't had BP ultimate at work for weeks, Refinery issues apparently. As for Vortex98, it's a mythical, imaginary product that exists only in T.V. adverts.
I've never seen it for sale ANYWHERE, EVER. I checked Caltex's website and it's not for sale ANYWHERE within 150km of Melbourne. Pfft,,, Caltex . . .
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I have been using it since there is no ultimate I know of three caltex servos within 10-15mins from my house with it
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Accident at BP? Perths Supply of Ultimate Affected?
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Tue, 13 December 2005 01:39
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| Shraka wrote on Tue, 13 December 2005 12:24 |
I don't BELEIVE that BP is STILL out of Ultimate.
This has got to be seriously effecting their future sales.
I wonder if it's had an impact on their regular sales?
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its a new problem dude the other one was solved as I managed to get a tank of ultimate between the shortages. It shits me as the supra needs ultimate or Mobil and there is only one mobil within about 20mins of my house that I know of and it doesn't have synergy 8000.
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