Price Difference Between 98 And 91

[Iconic Bionic]

You must have one hell of a fiesta to run it on 98.

I.B.

[RHR]

So does it actually cost more to refine??

[South]

Why do people think that 98 is only for performance cars?

It has cleaning properties that the other fuels don't compare to, it gives better milage and ofcourse the most noticeable is performance gains.

I see people drive into the petrol stations and fill their premium only cars with plain jane fuel... Why buy an expensive car and feed it sh!t?

[Iconic Bionic]

  South said:

I see people drive into the petrol stations and fill their premium only cars with plain jane fuel... Why buy an expensive car and feed it sh!t?

Bought for the look at me w@ank factor instead of performance.

I.B.

[tab]

lol

I don't bother looking anymore...too depressing. Just fill the bitch up, load up the credit card, and get back out there

[wiresquire]

Some of this is related to the regular/E10 switch. I initially noticed an increase in price between 98 and the 'low' advertised price out the front when they switched over to ethanol 91 (E10). The ethanol 91/E10 was cheaper than the non-ethanol 91. Happened locally around Dec 08.

Before Regular E10 came in around here, BP Ultimate had always been +16c over the 'regular' price. Caltex was always +10c. Some data:

31/12/07 BP regular 1.379, 95 1.479 (+10c), 98 1.539 (+16c)

9/12/08: BP regular (E10) 98.9, 95 113.9 (+15c), 98 119.9 (+21c). This was the first time I bought at BP when E10 came in.

27/5/09: BP regular (E10) 114.9, 95 129.9 (+15c), 98 135.9 (+21c)

So, if the E10 is really 5c cheaper than the old regular, this is consistent.

17/6/08: Caltex Regular 1.549, 95 1.609 (+6c), 98 1.649(+10c)

10/6/09: Caltex Regular(E10) 1.145, 95 1.285 (+14c), 98 1.325 (+19c)

Now if E10 is 5c cheaper than the old regular, as per the BP above, this last one should only be +15c.

Now, whether the the real difference between the ethanol 91 and non-ethanol was truly 5c, that is another story. I never use the stuff, but I always had in my mind it was only a couple of cents a litre difference. I could be wrong. Either way, the switchover to E10 was definitely used at least by Caltex as an opportunity to jack up prices on their 95 & 98 blends.

As far as I'm concerned, it's just less of a reason to use Caltex 98 over BP Ultimate, because there's only 2c/L difference where it used to be 6c/L. Dunno about Mobil/Shell or others - never use the stuff.

ws

Edited 14/06/09 12:02 AM by wiresquire

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

off topic, but what do people find is the best 98 octane fuel?

I've always used BP ultimate and found it to be fine. Is there a better fuel?

[Iconic Bionic]

Another long thread on this somewhere. Optimax was an issue and most avoided it. I think BP was the winner and still is, followed by Caltex.

I.B.

[RHR]

Been using the Mobil 98 for a far while now and the car runs well on it

[ms700]

  South said:

Work hard, Play hard... Life is too short to give a toss about $10 a tank extra.

Still the cheapest form of entertainment ive ever found.......