shell 100 octane

[jayjay]

i thought there was a mandatory 2% ethanol in australian fuels? with like a cap at 10%, ie. e10.

[blutopless2]

no... not meant to have ethanol in the fuel at all unless they stipulate on the pump what the percentage is.
The 10% cap was about the limit the engines could handle without damage - and that depended upon the manufacturer anyway. some said not to use it at all.

[The_Hawk]

Well actually... there is a mandated 2% in all 91RON unleaded fuel. BP are a bit different and list all their 91 as "up to 10% ethanol" becauase it depends on what they feel like mixing in today (and what they have available). Which of course means you could be anywhere between 2% and 10% at any servo on any day. Being that I use the 98 I have never bothered to ask if they actually know what they have at any given point in time.

There is no mandate of the premium 98 RON fuel. When it comes to 95RON... I'm not 100% but I don't think the 2% is mandated there either.

[IBN]

As far as I know, the 2% ethanol mandate only applies in NSW, courtesy of your State government.
Mind you, could be wrong. Often am.
http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/NR/rd...2007278d09.pdf

[ang3lsholocaust]

As my partner works at a shell site which sells V-power racing we have started to use it both in our Beetle and our commodore. I know foul language around here.
To be honest it has given my 2.0 manual beetle far better performance then the v-power 98 and we seem to be actually getting better K's out of it too.
My partner seems to notice it more in the V6 commodore. He says although it doesn't seem as responsive straight off the bat like the 98 if you give the pedal a nice easy push of the pedal you do notice the car getting up to top speed alot quicker then with the 98.
We both are happy with it and will be continuing to use it unless we start seeing changes