Which petrol station do you use?

[CookMySock]

Any station where the currymuncher doesn't insist on not letting me fill my own tank. I've had a few tank washes and a couple of paint chips due to monkeys filling my bike.

Wow I've never had any attendant even ASK to touch my bike, let alone insist on it.

Generally I use shell but don't really know why. Ideal consumer?

[StoneY]

Yeah we use shell where possible - I avoid BP at all costs.

[Whynot]

BP have the best pies.
Mobil ones are ok, but a bit overpriced.
Shell/Caltex etc. not too good, but Mrs. Macs Chilli Beef and Cheese is always worth getting.

[sunhuntin]

i use shell as much as possible, only using other brands if thats the only option and i need gas. i find the v power lasts quite a while. my local station is always busy, so the fuel must be quite fresh.

used to work at bp, and used their 91/95 and didnt get as much mileage as i do with v power. i tested bp while down south and i got an average of 200k before hitting reserve.
im thinking vpower lasts longer. i can top up in levin, do a day in welly and not have to fill up til i get back to levin, though i will be on reserve by then. i normally stop at kapiti for a top up though, and then again at levin.

[pzkpfw]

Only have two choices in Tawa now. Shell is a risk because it's often full and I hate waiting, so it means I have to turn around and go to B.P., so often just go there anyway. Basically it's random. Don't care.

I often hate the B.P. though. All I want is to pay my $20, but I have to wait while the servo guy makes a soy latte double mocha something for the hipster who got in in front of me. (Sell the damn petrol first, bastards, then the coffee.)


Filled up on Ethanol mix from Gull in Napier or Hastings a few Months back.

The bike sang. Loved it. Everything was "crisp". Dunno how to say it, just really liked it.

[superman]

V Power gives you the best mileage out of any gas stations gas. Don't know how good it is for the engine though... someone told me it's filled with crap. But if it's got the most mileage, I expect that means it has the most ooomph.

I always consider gull (they have a station in Botany that is self service only with no store and no staff, so charge 10c per litre cheaper off the bat! They should do this in more places, especially a shell!). But the ethanol sounds... ouchy.

[CookMySock]

V Power gives you the best mileage out of any gas stations gas.

Any fuel with higher octane rating gives better endurance/range/mileage. I don't think this is a brand thing.

I'll use 91 blipping around locally, but touring I'll get the highest octane fuel I can get so I don't have to dick with refuelling as much.

[oneofsix]

Any fuel with higher octane rating gives better endurance/range/mileage. I don't think this is a brand thing.

I'll use 91 blipping around locally, but touring I'll get the highest octane fuel I can get so I don't have to dick with refuelling as much.

Got any stats to back that up. I've been told often that the higher octane should give more ks per litre but everytime I try to keep records of usage it works out I'm just paying more for the same mileage. Never tried the touring comparison though, figure 50ks per commute should have shown a difference if there was one.

[superman]

Any fuel with higher octane rating gives better endurance/range/mileage. I don't think this is a brand thing.

I'll use 91 blipping around locally, but touring I'll get the highest octane fuel I can get so I don't have to dick with refuelling as much.

I don't understand why though, the octane rating is about how easily it is detonated. So the higher number means it's easier to detonate, so more of the fuel detonates and therefore you get more out of it? Yep that sounds good I'll stick with that till someone tells me otherwise or I can bother researching it.

[marie_speeds]

Any fuel with higher octane rating gives better endurance/range/mileage. I don't think this is a brand thing.

I'll use 91 blipping around locally, but touring I'll get the highest octane fuel I can get so I don't have to dick with refuelling as much.

Excuse my ignorance....but is it ok on your engine to swap gas octanes. Or do I need to double check with manufacturers first?

[oneofsix]

Excuse my ignorance....but is it ok on your engine to swap gas octanes. Or do I need to double check with manufacturers first?

check your handbook. Manufacturers usually give you an octane range or at least a minimum octane to use. Mine will run both 91 and 96, think the minimum is something like 89 but as its not one I use i just remember that 91 works.
Also when switching octanes you haven't really switched until your 2nd or third tank, your first tank will be a bit of a mixture.

[bogan]

Excuse my ignorance....but is it ok on your engine to swap gas octanes. Or do I need to double check with manufacturers first?

not ideal unless your bike is EFI with an exhaust sensor I think, different octanes fuck with the mix, so you'll run slightly lean, or slightly rich depending on what you change to. Not sure whether this slight change is enough to be a bad thing long term, but the cost difference is so minimal on a bike anyway that I won't be risking it.

[marie_speeds]

check your handbook. Manufacturers usually give you an octane range or at least a minimum octane to use. Mine will run both 91 and 96, think the minimum is something like 89 but as its not one I use i just remember that 91 works.
Also when switching octanes you haven't really switched until your 2nd or third tank, your first tank will be a bit of a mixture.

not ideal unless your bike is EFI with an exhaust sensor I think, different octanes fuck with the mix, so you'll run slightly lean, or slightly rich depending on what you change to. Not sure whether this slight change is enough to be a bad thing long term, but the cost difference is so minimal on a bike anyway that I won't be risking it.

Thank you....

[Timmeh:P]

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I use what ever is closest. It all comes from Marsden point anyway, so all basically the same thing.

[C.Linnell]

BP (very) often have/has V drinks on special.


P.S. Is it "BP has" or "BP have"??

Definitely "BP has". BP is one company. You wouldn't say "John have", so you wouldn't say "BP have".