98 Ron

[WPN-O33]

haha ill post up my reply from the companies last week, when i got a little upset about searching for 45mins or so last week fro 98 Octane

bp: Dear Billy Thank you for your feedback, unfortunately there has been a supply issueof BP Ultimate in NSW, this should be solved within the few week. Regards Customer Service Team @ BP

Dear Billy,

Thank you for contacting Tell Shell Australia.

In relation to your inquiry, we are grateful for feedback of this nature.

As a fuels and oil wholesaler, we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Stocking out of products from time to time at service stations is an unfortunate reality in our industry. Shell always does its best to ensure a full product range is available to customers at all service stations all the time but factors such as unexpected customer demand, and the complexity of the supply chain can mean that at times we do stock out. We are working hard to ensure this happens as infrequently as possible. Also, Shell is currently experiencing supply disruptions of V-Power due to the unplanned shutdown of part of our Sydney refinery.

Our apologies once again and thank you for bringing this matter to our attention.

Kind regards,

Tell Shell Australia

www.shell.com.au

[Primordial]

I tried to get some toluene a while ago. I found a company who supplied it, but they only sold 60L drums of the stuff! Way too much for what i needed.

Plus you've gotta make sure you mix the toluene/fuel properly... and its carcinogenic (gives you cancer) so its not the kind of stuff you want to muck around with. I eventually gave up on the whole idea

[R33TOM]

i just drove around the northern beaches for 2 hours last night, visited every single petrol station that was open, in the end ran out of petrol and had to settle for 95 octane from bp....

just isnt the same as 98...

[Xmetal]

Couldn't find any 98RON in Newcastle this morning....Shell have not had V-power for at least 6-8 weeks up here...BP are now all out...Some servos up here don't even stock 98RON at all...

Anyone know anyone who has access to toluene???

I relented and put 95RON in with some Octane booster, Want Toluene? get friendly with a vehicle spray painter or paint shop owner.

[-= SKiZO =-]

Sif I'd tell you where the stash is! No issues here! Except for the rapeage every time I go to pay...

[Guest Joeyz]

I just wish all the servo's would advertise for what they are selling. Like on the large signs out the front, if they are out of 98 or 95 or not selling petrol at all let us know of take down the signs so we don't have to waist our time driving in and out of every god dam servo

[Primordial]

So you're expecting them to be logical... that's against the law isnt it?

[callan]

For those in Newcastle - as far as I'm aware the only BP Ultimate around is in Heatherbrae.

BP Newcastle West (Parry St) has 98RON fuel; they are claiming its Synergy8000 but a mate that works there says its not Mobil fuel

[FATAZZ]

BP on the GRT WSTRN HWY has BP Ultimate 98 everytime i go there.

The 1 near Mt Druitt just before Bunnings.

[Sl!m]

BP on the GRT WSTRN HWY has BP Ultimate 98 everytime i go there.

The 1 near Mt Druitt just before Bunnings.

when was the last time you went there?

[Sheng]

Ohh yeah at Minchos

cbf drive that far..

[Edge]

You can find a number of 98 octane rated fuels around

BP Ultimate is 98

Mobil 8000 is 98

Caltex "Vortex98" is 98

Woolworth sometimes sell the Vortex98 as well as standard Vortex96 and you can use the discount vouchers.

The caltex stuff seems to make the engine run more power, consistently and doesn't seem to go off as quick so its good for buying on Tuesday low prices.

Ultimate I seem to get a bad batch every now and again but when I get a good one its really good. (also exhaust smells nice)

Mobil 8000 seems to be a reliable fuel in terms of batch quality but makes exhaust pipe sooty.

I used to use the Shell Optimax 98 but now go out of my way to avoid it.

If you were tuning with lean mix I used to think Mobil 8000, but seat of my pants feel I now think Vortex 98 is better.

Getting a good batch of BP Ultimate after using Mobil 8000 cleans out the exhaust pipe soot, so ultimate is a good choice if you are forced to buy after the refills on Wednesday at the higher price.

[lingeringsoul]

hmmm it think thats the reason why the car was pinging its head off last time on the dyno. So only good for a couple of weeks huh?

perhaps I should go back to trying Vortex again, i've been avoiding them every since then.

[Sl!m]

You can find a number of 98 octane rated fuels around

BP Ultimate is 98

Mobil 8000 is 98

Caltex "Vortex98" is 98

Woolworth sometimes sell the Vortex98 as well as standard Vortex96 and you can use the discount vouchers.

The caltex stuff seems to make the engine run more power, consistently and doesn't seem to go off as quick so its good for buying on Tuesday low prices.

Ultimate I seem to get a bad batch every now and again but when I get a good one its really good. (also exhaust smells nice)

Mobil 8000 seems to be a reliable fuel in terms of batch quality but makes exhaust pipe sooty.

I used to use the Shell Optimax 98 but now go out of my way to avoid it.

If you were tuning with lean mix I used to think Mobil 8000, but seat of my pants feel I now think Vortex 98 is better.

Getting a good batch of BP Ultimate after using Mobil 8000 cleans out the exhaust pipe soot, so ultimate is a good choice if you are forced to buy after the refills on Wednesday at the higher price.

[Cassbo]

Woolworths/Caltex Glenrose

Glenn St, Belrose

Vortex 98 = $1.419/L without discount as of 19/03/2008 at 17:03

I've only been there once when they had no premium, but that was about November last year. On a Tuesday there is usually a sizable queue, but if you don't want to wait you aren't desperate/tight enough

[Bonkers]

It appears that the fuel companies have developed a habit of putting the 'out of order' tags on their premium pumps on Tuesdays (lower price days).

There has been a fair bit of press about this and I heard an interview on the way home describing how the fuel companies order the outlets to do this and cut off supply if they go against the order.

It will be interesting to see if the supply of 98 comes good now the price is up.

Post up your observations!!

[Red7 Racing]

Now that's classic. I love it.

[Sl!m]

It appears that the fuel companies have developed a habit of putting the 'out of order' tags on their premium pumps on Tuesdays (lower price days).

There has been a fair bit of press about this and I heard an interview on the way home describing how the fuel companies order the outlets to do this and cut off supply if they go against the order.

It will be interesting to see if the supply of 98 comes good now the price is up.

Post up your observations!!

it's been out for over a week around me so yeah.. doubt thats what is happening this time.

[MrStabby]

I've bought at the Mobil on Victoria Rd Rydelmere, and the Mobil on the corner of Parramatta and Pyrmont Bridge roads recently. All the Shell's i've tried are out...

[GoldZilla]

What you could also do is fill up before it gets too low, so that even if you have to use a lower grade fuel, the concentration of 98RON fuel to the lower grade fuel in your tank still balances out. Maybe add some octane booster if you're really worried about it.

I've been using United 98 for ages and my car runs fine. Not sure if my local has any at the moment, because I haven't had to fuel up for a few days now.