Where do you fill up?

so where is his expert opinion ?
would love to hear it

 

care to explain why some brands give better consumption that others ?

that all depends on who makes it and what the ingredients are and what
producats we
are talking about

couldnt give a **** about advertising

all i give a shit about is driving as far as i can on a tank of fuel so i
dont have to get fuel
so often

my personal experience has been that BP has given me just that , versus
the other brands hence YMMV

 

Not surprising. What did it taste like?

 

No, I asked you that.

Isn't that what I asked about above? ..and yes, I was referring to
petroleum and "proprietary brand labels" that manufacture for others as you
seemed to imply that they were different.

Get a bigger fuel tank.

YMMV where? Above was a discussion about how fuel is better because things
are mixed into cf those that aren't mixed into it. Also used was brand vs
no name brand to support this claim

Hammo

 

You filled a bike on its sidestand?

Boxer

 

fucked if i know, i listed my beliefs, they could be wrong of course,
if you know the answer then come forth with

ok if they are all the same then why get different fuel consumption with
different brands ?

not at all

in fact if they all stopped advertising then you might find cheaper prices ?

i dont pay for the car , i dont pay for the fuel , i'll be fucked if i am
going t
to pay a huge cost for a bigger tank

I used to drive a transit van which was great as it was 700+ per tank , but
for some reason those idiots at ford fitted a 80 litre tank when there was
ample
room to make it a 100 litre tank which woule have been much better for
everyone

so i missed YMMV on some posts

here you go YMMV , i know mine does when i dont use BP

 

No doubt he can answer for himself.
Working in the industry he would have a better knowledge of what fuels
come from what terminals and are delivererd to which locations than most
of us, knowing where fuel comes from gives a lot of clues about it quality.



Daryl

 

Jeez, then stop yer whining'! Just add base plus A B C and D.....

Hammo

ObMoto: Umm, I was wearing my helmet and the ATM ate my card!

 

This has been done to death in the UK already. Please just google and
everything you've already said and are going to say is already thought
about.

 

what has the UK got to do with Australia ?

 

So, Kev would know as much as say the industrial chemist who put this
shit together? - or is it a case of "I work at a particular place as a
lacky... but I still know what all the degree people know..?"

Johno

 

The conversations you're having about fuel have already been covered
here.

 

this conversation has been covered here in Australia before ?

 

It's the B (with the P)

 

Well, yes, but it didn't fall over until several kilometers later when I
stopped to take a photo. Well, it didn't fall over then, either, but it
was touch and go for a second. Damned Optimax.

-----sharks

 

Geez, how much time have you got?

Perhaps we should start time in the 1700's and progress from there?

Hammo

 

Do degree people operate the furnace?

Hammo

 

I bet it has. But that's not what I said.

 

g.6484$...

That would be ME

the above is wrong
the fuel delivered from one terminal is the same no matter who it goes to
there are no "Special Recipies"
there are however injector systems but, they are only on the PULP and
Kero/Jet(jet has the antifreeze added, blue kero dye is added later in
the truck) lines
Caltex have their own PULP called Vortex, this is normal PULP with an
additive injected, everyone one else gets normal PULP

so with regards to the "Mobil" terminal, Mobil have their own PULP
called "Synergy" this would be the same setup as the Caltex, but all(yes
ALL) the other fuels are the same

it is uneconomical to do otherwise

I would say the same would be true for grocery items as well, why would
they go for added cost on "special" orders when the company already
makes something

Kev

 

2004 was the last tender for supply.

you snipped that bit.

Personal experience. The oil companies have contracted out the "more than
a 12 hour day" jobs for years, the rates were cut to the bones in the mid
80s
and the only way the contractors can make a dollar is to backload a whole
range of liquids. In theory only diesel or ulp is allowed as a prior load,
in
practice anything goes including herbicides and agri chemicals, solvents
(which
are used by the seed crushers anyway). Ever hear about pink milk - happens
once in a while when a tanker carrying caustic soda crash loads milk turning
it a nice pink colour.

Since Mobil Stanvac was closed the great majority of fuel comes from the
refinery that Mobil owns at Altona in Victoria. The redesign of the
refinery in the mid to late 1990s meant the closure of Stanvac.

Visit the seed crushers in Narrabri and Moree, or just follow a fuel tanker
into those towns and see where they backload to Newcastle, Brisbane or
Sydney.