Stupid oil companies...

[madandy]

For those who think the benefits are placebo crap.I use 98 in all 3 of my vehicles(2 turbo cars and a bike) and not only does it improve torque I also get a 15% better economy rate.On a product that cost around 4% more I call this a great savings.Later model vehicles probable don't get the same benefit because the ECU automatically adjusts timing etc. for our normal piss juice.

By the same token, a modern engine management system will advance ignition timing to take advantage of higher RON and realise improvments in performance and economy.
My GT-R, now sold sadly, was tuned for 98. It would make less power on lower octanes but still run on them if tuned accordingly.
Our BMW 328i gives better economy on 98 - its made that way.
Our 2001 Nissan Stagea has a 3L direct injection engine and it too gives superior performance and economy using 95RON rather than 91 - I have not tried a tank of 98RON.
The Gixxer on the other hand needs a bloody good tune up and seems to run best on 95 but I've no evidence to back that up.

[sunhuntin]

Sounds pretty bad!
I'll never understand why people think that it's ok to treat the people who provide a service for them like shit...

Your boss sure sounds like a wanker.

exactly... the way some customers act and treat us, id be damn ashamed to try. id also expect a crack around the head if i did.

hes not too bad... we dont see him much. its the lack of a break that kills most of us. but, in order to have a break, one would have to do sole charge for 15 mins, and then vice versa. in a site where every second is a customer, it would be impossible to cope.

[Ixion]

i work the bp by the splash center. we go prepay at 6pm, and i go home at 7, meaning sole charge. if it wasnt for all the cunts driving off without paying, we wouldnt have had to do this. -

But ---

in 2 years, ive had one drive off during my shift. it was for $70-odd dollars.

One in two years is hardly a trend ?

[Swoop]

It is nice to note that oil has broken the US$100-per-barrel, barrier today.

[sunhuntin]

ixion... thats the only one ive had when ive been on shift. there were two others that happened when i was on site, one right before i started and one right when i finished [and i then chased but lost]
there have been MANY others when i havent been on site. contrary to popular belief, we dont stay on site 24/7
multiply that by 4 sites and there ya go. i hated prepay to start with, but honestly, its just a fact of life really. now, it makes it easier for me to get things stocked and tidy for the next day.

[Finn]

It is nice to note that oil has broken the US$100-per-barrel, barrier today.

Countered by the exchange rate hitting .80

[Swoop]

Countered by the exchange rate hitting .80

Tell that to the petrol companies...

[Boob Johnson]

Countered by the exchange rate hitting .80

Which it's not expected to stay at for long

[Headbanger]

, just so you know, dont direct your anger at me behind the counter....

.....for a while i was being called a fuckin something on a daily basis...

Never fear, I lack the capacity to be so queer in the head as to abuse a petrol station attendant for anything less then getting fuel on me or damage to my mode of transportation on the day.

You should be allowed to shoot assholes on the spot who vent at you over fuel prices.

If it were me, I'd put the price up, so they would go elsewhere, Of course, Without the customers you may not have much of a job.

[Mr Triple]

So what do they charge for this new 98 anyway?

[MIXONE]

05c per litre more then 95.Well worth it.

[sunhuntin]

Never fear, I lack the capacity to be so queer in the head as to abuse a petrol station attendant for anything less then getting fuel on me or damage to my mode of transportation on the day.

You should be allowed to shoot assholes on the spot who vent at you over fuel prices.

If it were me, I'd put the price up, so they would go elsewhere, Of course, Without the customers you may not have much of a job.

id love the ability to shoot such customers... might give me a chance to sit down now and then! LOL. as i stands right now, none of us sit down except going to the loo, lol.
yeh... if i put the prices up without bps say so, id be fired anyways, lmfao.

[Swoop]

Countered by the exchange rate hitting .80

Tell that to the petrol companies...

Oh, what a difference a day makes.
Typical of the oil conglomerates in NZ.

[dipshit]

The difference between 95 and 98 is purely psychosomatic.

Tell that to a modern high compression engine running a lean mix on a hot day!

The 95 we get in NZ is rather crappy. The 98 is imported from Australia and is overall a better quality.

[Zuki Bandit]

damn them...DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!!!