**Good petrol news for import owners**

[Ryan D]

I been noticing alot of places now offering the higher octane rated fuels, must be the trend with all the youngn's fillin up their "Mugen/Honda" '83 Civic "type R" with 98 Octane fuel

But seriously its great more places are stocking it, my car runs like a complete dog on regular, unfortunately had to put some in one day, due to lack of premium in the middle of nowhere!

[WazR32GTSt]

why is it that optimax seems to be at least 5c mroe expensive per litre than 8000 or ultimate? everyone i speak to swears by optimax but if they're all 98RON then i don't see how optimax could be that much better. must be good advertising techniques...

i use 8000 because it is 300m away, and also because the BP near me only has 96RON stuff but next to uni has BP ultimate and after recently trying it i give it two thumbs up.

Waz.

[Dragon18]

i herd that optixmax goes off much more quicker than other high octain fuels i mean every fuel has a due by date but i herd that optimax only has about 4 to 6 days so that could be it i guess =)

i read it some where here

well ihave tried s8000 and iam happy would like to still go with ultimate if its around my area

[Ash]

so which is normally cheaper? BP or Shell?

[GT-Rmgedon]

With the exception of Shell, I know of only one BP (that's within 20km of my house) that stocks ULTIMATE.....

Ozzy where do you normally get ur ULTIMATE from? The BP in Phillip or Civic? Man its good to hear more place are poppin up in the ACT/QBYN area sellin the stuff!

[Ozzy]

GT-Rmgeddon....I get it at Kingston mostly (near the Kingo)...that's the closest to home. I forgot about the one at Phillip....I have filled up there a couple of times.....anyway, in a couple of weeks closer to home eh!

[Cubes]

I'm running on the limit of detonation with 16psi and just over 20degree's timing.

I find with BP 98 here is SA that I get a slight hessitation and it doesn't seem to hit as hard when boost comes on.

Mobil S8000 however seems to be a lot punchier.

BP 98 when reving out second and clicking third doesn't punch you in the seat where as when I run S8000 it does.

Not sure why but it does.

[WazR32GTSt]

Originally posted by a5h

so which is normally cheaper? BP or Shell?

BP is usually 5ish cents cheaper where i get fuel (that's for 98RON not 96RON)

[Cubes]

Vary's with different servo's.

We have a BP down here that is always 6 cents more expensive than ULP. The one around the corner is 9 cents more expensive.

I found that Mobil is generally always around 9-12cents more expensive than ULP.

[MM2death]

BP Ultimate up here is usually only 6-8 cents more than the regular unleaded.

Scott.