What's your preferred fuel?

[Big Dog]

Look like the death of Techron in NZ may be nigh.

From the related links: http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/new...ectid=11458369


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[jonnyk5614]

My GSX250 used to run better gas mileage and was much smoother on 91.

The GSXR hates 91 and runs equally fine on 95/98 (but gets slightly better gas mileage on 98).


My old Triumph Stag used to barely work on 91, loved 98 and wasn't over the moon on 95. The best it ever ran was with 20l of AVGAS is the tank though


I haven't tried Gull Force 10 yet (my cars have always been way too old for ethanol) but the bike can probably take it. Will check.....

[Flip]

This is interesting.

Shell (Z) has just brought Caltex.

Caltex does not have access to the Wiri and Christchurch pipelines so they have a increased cost to service those markets. They do now.

I see comments in the media that this reduces competion, well in my opinion it will allow Z to service the Caltex customers at a reduced cost and help to keep profits up for Z and hopefully price down. If I was BP/Mobil I would be shitting bricks.

[Big Dog]

This is interesting.

Shell (Z) has just brought Caltex.

Caltex does not have access to the Wiri and Christchurch pipelines so they have a increased cost to service those markets. They do now.

I see comments in the media that this reduces competion, well in my opinion it will allow Z to service the Caltex customers at a reduced cost and help to keep profits up for Z and hopefully price down. If I was BP/Mobil I would be shitting bricks.

I wonder why they don't have access to Wiri any more?
In 03 or 04 they told me they had a stake in the terminal and had been operating on site since the terminal opened when I applied to transfer to the distributions division from retail.

At that time all of the big 4 sold their refined but unmixed fuel to the consortium (owned by the big 4) who pumped it all into common tanks and then purchased the mixed fuel to their spec (Caltex with their techron plus other aromatics, bp with the aromatics plus their detergent etc.). They also sold to any of the smaller chains that paid. Including challenge and gas sometimes Gull. I say sometimes because it was only when there were shortages or delays getting gull up from Tauranga.


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[Flip]

Caltex were not party to the original Wiri pipeline, never have been. It has placed them at a small disadvantage for as long as I have known.

[Big Dog]

Is the pipeline different to the terminal?


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