Wtd: The new Shell fuel results (yr 06)

[Flyingpony]

Okay guys & girls, some of you by now must have burnt a full tank of Shell's new fuel.

Shell is advertising this new fuel as improving your fuel economy so has it noticeably improved, is there any other behavioural changes or suffered any fuel related problems?

My bike is still running Shell/BP fuel bought back in early April and it’ll be another month before it’ll get its next fill (I’m cycling much more for exercise ). Even then, it’ll be quite sometime before any results are known

I’m quite sure a number of us are interested in finding out what we’ve all collectively experienced based upon the original thread, which somehow I can't find back.

[vifferman]

I'm halfway through a tank (although I can't guarantee that the service station didn't have a mix of new/old in its tanks).
Can't notice any difference, although my first impression was it was worse.

[DemonWolf]

I've had 4 fills.. and the first fill, I thought I gained 30kms out of a 17ltr Tank to get 260ks.

But other fill's, I've had 230k's from a 17ltr tank. (So I'm guessing my Air Filter is filled with oil again - which I'll be checking tomorrow afternoon).

So nope.. no noticeable improvements from using Shell's new fuel.

[Postie]

put a tank of it in the Primera and have got less K's then normal. They did say that you need to try a few tanks before you notice the difference, but I'm not too convinced.
has anyone noticed that the advert at the stations state that the mixture thats available commercially is not the same mixture that was used for the world record.

[MrMelon]

I believe shell's new advertising campaign is based on the idea that if you bullshit people, they'll be too lazy to actually follow it up and prove you wrong.

[MikeyG]

Isn't that what all advertising campaigns are based on?

[The Pastor]

I Fill up with it, and no differance at all. I must of had 3 tanks by now. As soon as I saw that add on tv, I thought bullshit - just like techron.

[vifferman]

I Fill up with it, and no differance at all. I must of had 3 tanks by now. As soon as I saw that add on tv, I thought bullshit - just like techron.

The techron is a reputable fuel system cleaner. However, all the fuels have stuff like that in.

Shell's propaganda actually says:
"Through a combination of vehicle maintenance, improved driving styles and choosing the right fuel, we’ve shown customers can make a real difference to their own mileage figures."

Now that's an out, if ever there was one. No guarantees.

[Paul in NZ]

I believe shell's new advertising campaign is based on the idea that if you bullshit people, they'll be too lazy to actually follow it up and prove you wrong.

and in the meanwhile, they have all purchased at least 3 or 5 tanks of your fuel and forgotten why....

[imdying]

I never go to a particular chain of stations, and never look at the price. I need petrol, they sell it. I just assume all their marketing crap is either lies, or damned lies. Equally, I've never noticed any change in the running of my vehicles from using other brands... even running Challenge back in the day when everyone reckoned (you know, heard it from a mate of a mate) it was better for V8s. I just keep everything tuned right, no problems.

[Swoop]

...is there any other behavioural changes or suffered any fuel related problems?

Yes. Less money in wallet for beer and Rum because of the rip-off price of petrol...

[Motu]

I did a thread a couple of weeks back about how I improved my fuel ecconomy by 25%!! - for small fee I'll do the same for you....

[Jantar]

Last year on a number of long rides i did notice a slight increase in fuel mileage when using Caltex of around 1 km/l. It wasn't enough of a difference to make up for the price difference from using Shell, but over 2 or 3 tanks full it was evident.

The diffence was only really noticeable on long rides where I would be using at least two tanks of fuel in a single day. Shell would take me 280 - 300 kms before the fuel warning light would come on and Caltex would take me 300 - 320 kms. I expect that the new Shell product will produce similar figures to Caltex.

I should have more data when I get back into long rides at the end of winter.

[sAsLEX]

even running Challenge back in the day when everyone reckoned (you know, heard it from a mate of a mate) it was better for V8s.

Challenge imported all your fuel so it actually was different to the other big 4!

[Lou Girardin]

I tend to use Caltex and Gull.
BP is out because they always start each round of price rises, there are no Shell stations on my route and Mobil made my cage run shitty.
There's scientific reasoning for you.