And back on topic to answer your original question, you can run your Z on 95, just don't drive it like a race car whilst you are running it. Trip to Cowra I will be using 95 and E10, although I have a special tune for the ethanol stuff
Buy shares in oil companies to offset your fuel usage The other thing is to stop driving to work and just use the 300 for fun This last 6 months I have been catching the train to my lab for uni, and mostly getting flown in/ flown out for my locum work. I think I have had to fill my tank up 3 times in the last 6 months maybe. Must be close to that anyway. It really opens your eyes to the benefit of public transport though and how much money you can save, especially at todays prices.
Yeah thats a good point....as much as i hate getting the bus Will probably start looking for a small 4cyl runaround, which i think will help dramatically, i have mates with like a getz who pay barely $40 a week, i just shut my mouth when that topic comes up though lol
$1.58:9 a lit yesterday ( small country town in west Vic ) I've accidently filled the 2+2 TT on a few occasions with std ULP..... lack of concerntration... well actually cause I was havin a perve In summer it went ok .... down a bit on power ( just noticable ) but Winter was a total waste .... lacked heaps of power, run roughly, didnt want to pull at all. I put it down to the amount of oxygen in the air.... obviously theres' more when its colder. Best time to fill is early mornings, the fuel has settled in the underground tank meaning less 'impurities', the fuel is also cooler having had the night to cool down. As for the pricing...... we have to get used to it, but unfortunately its making it very hard on families, so much of our budget is "fuel" these days. For example my fuel bill last week was just over $300, it will about the same this week too, perhaps slightly less but not much. $300 is a big chunk of a weeks wages.... Any wonder "drive offs" are getting so common. Atleast they are still making it
They are predicting oil to hit USD$200 a barrel at the end of the year. That could easily equate to close to $3/L for standard ULP. Thats over $200 for a fill. It's gonna sting.
I remember the oil crisis in the 1970s. Fuel thirsty cars, (especially V8 muscle cars) couldn't be given away at the time. Now you can name your price for the same cars.
Buy your fuel before midnight wednesday when the prices get hiked for the weekends and you'll save a bit.
Solution, move to the USA. They are paying around $3.40 a gallon. 1 gallon = 3.7 Litres. Thats equivalent to 91c per litre. Or orgainise a fuel smuggling operation from there or another cheap fuel country
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I've been running my NA on 91 RON for the past few weeks with little noticable problems. For some reason the servo's around Newcastle have stopped selling 95 and 98 due to problems at the refinery or something. For the record, fuel comes in both a summer and winter formulation, and when you get down to the chemistry of it, the stuff they can and do put in it is mind-boggling. This may account for some people having fuel problems intermittantly with lower RON fuel.
Most problems with lower RON fuel and my car is the fact that it tries to melt itself when it comes on boost.
In a TT application, 91 RON is a really bad idea... But passable for a NA it appears from my experience of necessity.
Mate, I honestly hope it does. All my shares are based on oilers. Higher price of oil = higher share price
Couple of points... because the tanks are underground there is very little change in the daily temperature of the fuel in the tank. Maybe there is a measurable difference between the 'end-of-summer' temps and the 'end-of-winter' temps, but overall no big deal. The only time there will be a significant difference in the temps is just after the tanks have been filled, and that's when all the sediments etc also get stirred up. Get to know when the tanks at your regular servo get filled and don't buy fuel until it has had a chance to settle (couple of days). Conversely, the more frequently a servo's tanks are filled (as in very high turnover servos) generally the cleaner the condition of the fuel in their tanks. MOST NA's will run fine on 95. If you want to run cheaper fuel (=lower RON), just back off your timing a couple of degrees (eg 15 to 13). Of course there will be a reduction in power, but not significant for day-to-day running. If you need the power (eg occasional track day) just throw in a half bottle of octane booster and move your timing back to where it should be. The cost of the octane booster is offset by the saving associated with regularly using lower RON fuel. The same applies to a large extent to TT's, but many have been playing with boost increases (boost jets, etc) which may make this practice a little dangerous. Power/performance = $$$ Buying shares in oil companies only counters the rising cost of fuel if the profit margin (and hence, the dividend paid per share) rises in parallel... the oil companies argue that this is not the case, that they are only covering increased costs (cough, cough).
