f-wolf Member 897 Member For: 17y 8m 15d Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 27/05/10 09:11 AM Share Posted 27/05/10 09:11 AM 7-Eleven fuel takeover 'good for motorists' - ABC News 27 May 2010 7-Eleven is set to expand its presence in Australia's petrol station market by buying 295 Mobil petrol stations for an undisclosed amount.At : 7-Eleven fuel takeover 'good for motorists' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Member 92 Member For: 16y 8m 24d Gender: Male Posted 28/05/10 12:50 PM Share Posted 28/05/10 12:50 PM I'm not sure about elsewhere, but my local 7/11 doesn't even sell premium unleaded they got rid of the 95 for the ehanol. Don't go there anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 4m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 28/05/10 08:47 PM Share Posted 28/05/10 08:47 PM (edited) The only thing good about 7-11's are the slurpies.. I only fill up at BP and Mobil, if they change the Mobil near my house ima be pissed.. Edited 28/05/10 10:12 PM by ZAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy Massive Tool Donating Members 567 Member For: 16y 3m 27d Gender: Male Posted 28/05/10 09:11 PM Share Posted 28/05/10 09:11 PM (edited) I had to have a tank of 95 drained from my Honda cause it was no good, I will never buy from a 7/11 again. On the plus side though they paid for the damages! Edited 28/05/10 09:12 PM by timmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/05/10 10:06 PM Share Posted 28/05/10 10:06 PM The only thing good about 7-11's are the slurpies.. I only fill up at BP and Mobil, if they change the Mobil near my house ima be pissed..Should give BP a miss now after what they've done in the Gulf of Mexico. I always ran BP Ultimate, never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 28/05/10 11:25 PM Share Posted 28/05/10 11:25 PM I know that 7/11 in syd use shell fuels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 29/05/10 06:35 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 06:35 AM Yeah bad news for me as I only use Mobil. If they change the 2 servos I frequently use im not going to be happy. Also don't want to use BP because of their stuff up in mexico but there isn't much else out there. Shell - PovCaltex - PovUnited - ???Other independent servos - Stale fuelLooks like bp it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 15d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/05/10 08:20 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 08:20 AM Mobil are getting out of all consumer retail sales...if 7/11 aren't taking over your local then someone else is. From memory Caltex tried but was knocked on the head by ACCC.Depending on where you are they are all incestuous with their supplies in any case. I.e. when the Caltex refinery had issues up here BP ran out of fuel as well. Yet the funny thing is people still claim that BP is the best and Caltex is crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 29/05/10 09:31 AM Share Posted 29/05/10 09:31 AM So if Mobil are pulling out of retail who is Exxonmobil going to supply to?Or does it change so much there is no way of tracking who is supplying the fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicky Go Pies!!! Donating Members 2,852 Member For: 16y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 29/05/10 03:33 PM Share Posted 29/05/10 03:33 PM From memory its not just Exxon, Caltex, and Shell... I think I remember being told United had there own plant somewhere as well... But farked if I remember any of this anymore...Then you have CSR, Origin (GAS FKA BORAL) etc...A few of the station owners in and around Albury as mates with the olds, and (from memory), I believe Mobile and Caltex where all but one in the same now anyways... (Not meaning retail, but the plants)... Or they were sharing processes, I cant really remember, could have also been one was processing X Fuel, and XX Fuel, with the other process XXX and XXXX fuel...At the end of the day - who the fark knows anymore?Just like Ford Aust, Expensive Daewoo Aust... Tell me minus the badge and corporate ownership... End product is in a way 50% for bloody same anyways... All the fastener are from the same suppliers, same as Boing airlines, BaE etc... If you buy a iPhone its just a Samsung, Sony LCD - Samsung... So at the end of the day - I guess we are all really just muppets to big business, are we not??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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