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View Poll Results: Where to get petrol?
BP 102 42.50%
SHELL 42 17.50%
CALTEX 45 18.75%
MOBILE 21 8.75%
SAFEWAY 12 5.00%
OTHER 18 7.50%
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Old 17-02-2007, 10:36 PM   #31
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I usually go to BP for their ultimate fuel.
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Old 18-02-2007, 01:22 AM   #32
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If we're heading East or North = Caltex
West or South = Shell

Don't know which fuel , the Mrs fills up the ED , : Whatever she buys , it gets us there & back .

(Note to self = Experiment with XB , I haven't driven it much in the last 18 months , maybe 120 k's .)
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Old 18-02-2007, 01:51 AM   #33
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Only BP for me. Unless I'm down the coast where the alternative is Caltex. BP Ultimate rocks! I can boost it hard and can still return quite good economy.
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Old 18-02-2007, 04:38 AM   #34
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How silly would you feel if you found out that the BP refinery in Kwinana actually supplies Shell with their fuel?
Same in sydney , just the other way around .
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Old 18-02-2007, 04:57 AM   #35
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Same in sydney , just the other way around .
Shell supplies petrol to BP?
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Old 18-02-2007, 03:43 PM   #36
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I dont care. As long as they have petrol, , ( BASIC UNLEADED CAUSE WHO CARES) and Coke in a glass bottle for sale.

I also dont care about saving 4c per litre, , cause this means on average about $2 per tank.

I cant believe people with stock standard cars think that they can feel a difference between normal unleaded and the better stuff.......

Its like saying that their home made airbox, and HICLONE really makes a difference.

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Old 18-02-2007, 04:27 PM   #37
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Shell supplies petrol to BP?
91 unleaded yes , for several years .
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Old 18-02-2007, 04:30 PM   #38
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woolworths servo's.

cause my parents keep giving me discount dockets.
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Old 18-02-2007, 05:39 PM   #39
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I like to use BP ultimate, never had any dramas, and everyone else seems to like it, but i voted for mobil, its just around the corner from my house and praticly on the way to work, and thats when i usually discover that i need petrol, plus its got the eftpos thingy so i dont have to go inside and line up...
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Old 18-02-2007, 06:21 PM   #40
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Don’t believe half of the garbage you read. All fuel sold in Australia has to comply with the fuel standards act. Regardless of what servo it is, fuel in Victoria is generally made by Mobil or Shell. It’s as simple as that.

Actually mate, there is a certain supermarket chain, who is currently pursuing legal action against a fuel supplier for supplying petrol that was full of seawater...


Don't ask me to go into specifics, as I could be fired for saying what I have already, it borders on priveleged information...
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Old 18-02-2007, 07:24 PM   #41
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If you provided a 'Couldn't care less' option I would have picked that.

Although it has to be 98 octane.
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Old 18-02-2007, 07:29 PM   #42
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Shell for me. The VL loves V-Power.;)
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Old 18-02-2007, 07:38 PM   #43
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That's where I used to buy my LPG, queued up with the taxis, lol
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Old 18-02-2007, 09:52 PM   #44
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I go to Shell because its the closest and I get the Coles dockets.
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Old 18-02-2007, 09:56 PM   #45
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Old 19-02-2007, 01:53 AM   #46
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I find Caltex Fuel pretty krap that Vortex sucks
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Old 19-02-2007, 01:57 AM   #47
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It's gotta be the car, mate.







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Old 19-02-2007, 09:17 AM   #48
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I fill up at United ... it's cheaper than the others ... and LPG is 100% Propane ... even better.
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Old 29-03-2007, 01:40 PM   #49
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I find Vortex98 Runs my car the best. (AU3 XR6). Get the most K's and a much smoother engine.
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Old 29-03-2007, 05:30 PM   #50
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Territory - Caltex Fuel Card, with a Regular Unleaded only Clause. Boy did I have egg on my face the day I tried to charge $80 worth of Vortex 98 on the Fuel Card, only having to pull out the AMEX.

Mazda6 - Shell Optimax (or whatever its called). The Mrs. Shops at Coles, and the Mazda requires Premium.
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Old 29-03-2007, 07:45 PM   #51
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BP or Mobil for both my cars, depending which one is cheaper.

And one day C16 or alcohol for the XY :
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Old 29-03-2007, 08:06 PM   #52
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Hate to be spoil sport, BUT, If you are buying Ultimate,Vortex or mobil down south, then your are all most likely using Mobil98. It all comes from the same plant.
If you are using the same up north, then it's most likely ulimate.
It's a deal done with all the oil companies.
The only one that differs (I think ) is shell.
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Old 27-05-2007, 05:52 PM   #53
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I got to BP if i can, always like the service there, that and there are more of them around it seems lol!
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Old 27-05-2007, 07:20 PM   #54
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Shell in the Mazda cause that is the name on the fuel card.
Mobil in the ambo (LPG) cause it is close to home.
and I have no idea what the missus puts in the AU
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Old 27-05-2007, 07:40 PM   #55
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Old 28-05-2007, 05:04 PM   #56
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For me, it's BP. And that's only because it's usually the cheapest. Damn country fuel stations...

The BP on Main North Rd at Smithfield, on the right hand side heading north for those of you on the northern side of Adelaide. Must be just outside the metro area so it might get some subsidies for being so. Normally a few cents per litre cheaper than the BP's less than 1km away.
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Old 28-05-2007, 05:07 PM   #57
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BP mainly because thats where we have our fuel cards
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Old 28-05-2007, 05:34 PM   #58
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Mobil. definately the best PULP on the market, especially for the old Musclecar classics.



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Old 28-05-2007, 05:44 PM   #59
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BP Ultimate or Shell V-Power, 99% of my cars diet is BP Ultimate.
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Old 30-05-2007, 12:37 AM   #60
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would rahter give the profit to shell than BP
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