Optimax shortage??

[jlnewton]

Has anyone else noticed there is currently alot of Shell servos around Brisbane that have no Optimax at the moment? It has been like this for at least a week, maybe more. I talked to one of the attendants and he seemed to think there was some sort of shortage and that there wouldn't be any meaningful deliveries for a little while yet. A couple of servos were getting special deliveries from NSW but that was it. Can anyone shed any more light on this? Its BP Ultimate for me in the mean time.

[Guest Boxhead]

meh it should be bp ultimate for you all the time.

[Kimberley]

I'll second that

[SmoothLine]

Thirded by me.

[qikshift]

4th that, and i'm in VIC heheheh we have

[MotoX]

5th that

[locutus_of_bris]

6th that, certainly.

[4 Doorz]

man, should have been ultimate all along, I 7th that.

[Guest neoGT-25]

whys this? whats the difference?

[Genesis®]

how about Caltex Vortex? .. any of you guys tried that fuel before?

GenesisR32

[maximumrpm]

its the same on the goldcoast too...whats the deal...i had to use vortex with nulon

[blur]

nah optimax is better had no good luck with ultimate..

[2fardown]

Originally posted by GenesisR32

how about Caltex Vortex? .. any of you guys tried that fuel before?

GenesisR32

Its just premium fuel. Optimax and ultimate are a higher octane rating.

[hungry6]

i just fuel up about 2 hrs ago at shell opposit austral hondas past the valley there, they have optimax.

[Genesis®]

this is going to spark off a debate. Frankly speaking, is there anyone out there who had tried BOTH fuel and give a better assessment?

GenesisR32

[pimpspec]

optimax is no where as good as BP ultimate .... we only have optimax up here. BP fuels are a lot clean (according to a review i read once) and are not as "dry" (what ever the hell that means) as shell ....... I have only tried BP ultimate once and my car seem to run a lot better. i'm not sure why but it jsut felt to run better.

[nismoman18]

yeah its pissing me off cos yesterday shell was like the cheapest petrol and optimax was finished !!! i use ultimate and optimax but the cheaper the better hehe

[jlnewton]

I honestly can't tell the difference between Optimax or Ultimate, I just have a little thing against BP as I know a couple of Chem. Engineers who have worked for them and I will leave it at that. Nothing wrong with the fuel BP supplies just I don't agree with a few of there other activities, its probably the same for Shell but I don't know about it. I have used Caltex Vortex before as an emergency, running low on my way to Sydney in the middle of nowhere, but fuel economy noticeably went down and I would be concerned with detonation being only 95-96 RON, compared with 98 RON Optimax, Ultimate. Considering these cars would really like to be on 100 RON fuel, I will stick with Optimax, Ultimate.

Why so many against Optimax?

[pimpspec]

sorry to butt it but what about mobil? don't they have some fuel with 98 ron?

[Guest Boxhead]

even tho this thread has been covered many times, ill re write basically to my understanding what i have heard...

optimax apparently dies quicker then ultimate as in if you dont use it in a week then it will be crap... or something similar not sure exact time...

i have heard optimax is ultimate from bp but a couple of other added crap in it...

but the main reason why i use it is because i have heard many people tell you you will get better fuel economy, better power etc if you use one constant fuel. and we all know there different, but also you should try and get the same fuel from the same petrol station as they can differ station from station, and BP is closer to me so its easier.