Super unleaded

[ballcock]

I've heard there's a petrol station on the Naas rd that sell the stuff .. I can't remember where exactly though ... Anyone?


.. Also , if you know of any petrol stations elsewhere selling 97 , please post here.

[brady]

texaco near cranley cars on naas rd i think and esso in shankhill does it too

[j2dab]

esso shankill have stopped must try the naas road

[Irish]

would somebody please lobby shell.......

(although i doubt the protests would go down well )

[ballcock]

Right , here's the gen ...

I managed to get talking with Shell Ireland's products manager.

There's no super (97ron) available anywhere in Ireland anymore , it's been 'taxed out of existance' quote unquote.The last petrol supplier (Maxol) stopped supply during the Summer.

Shell continue to lobby the Government to reduce the excise duties on anything higher than 95.6.

He also believes that none of the octane boosters give more than about .3/.5 of an octane increase and will do damage longterm. It's his opinion though that if your car is newer than '95 it'll run fine on 95ron long term with no side effects.

It's a big bag o' shoite really!!

[markomah]

The Shell Product Manager is absolutely right that the Government imposed extra excise duties on fuels with an octane rating over 95, and that all the fuel companies promptly stopped bringing it in.

I don't understand, though, why they don't stock it in a few selected garages around the country. They could just pass the additional excise duty onto the customer (God knows they're happy enough to do it on all the other fuels). There's got to be enough petrolheads around to make it worth their while...

Sure, cars run fine on the 95 ron but the good stuff does make an appreciable difference...

[ballcock]

markomah said:

I don't understand, though, why they don't stock it in a few selected garages around the country. They could just pass the additional excise duty onto the customer ...

I asked him that .. He said they tried to do that but the fuel stayed in the tank..
Nobody was buying, unbelievable though is seems , especially with all the boy pilots with their tincan exhausts..
He also said that in order to maintain 97 at a few stations , it means having a depot tank with 97 for supply purposes, and that was constantly full and unused also ...
It's an awful bloody pity.

I can't see the Dailers changing their policies though ...

[markomah]

ballcock said:

It's an awful bloody pity.

I can't see the Dailers changing their policies though ...

And a run across the Border for fuel, while fun, isn't an entirely practical solution...

[Irish]

Would you guys please sort it before I get home...............

Adrian

[ricardo bertone]

You lot never used octane booster - works out cheaper.

Ricardo

[aguc]

Octane boosters are no match for 97Ron...have tried both 97 is better!...Closest pump to the border...5Ways filling station Newry ByPass....Oh and Dig Deep £1.04 Stg per litre!

[ricardo bertone]

You must be using the wrong octane booster then - try Millers.

[ballcock]

I hear rumours about magnesium coatings on the liners from using Millars ..

[markomah]

aguc said:

Closest pump to the border...5Ways filling station Newry ByPass....Oh and Dig Deep £1.04 Stg per litre!

That's good to know, Aguc - thanks for the info.

Edited by markomah on Wednesday 15th November 12:37

[Barry.C]

what we need is an Eddie Hobbs for petrol and shame the government into removing the high tax on 97,

[Ireland]

Barry.C said:

what we need is an Eddie Hobbs for petrol and shame the government into removing the high tax on 97,

Perhaps somebody like that but NOT Eddie Hobbs, please.

[brady]

o/t but did anyone see that ssia thing he did on rte, hes just tryin to hard these days!

whats the story with texaco with techron and shell v power, what actually are they?

[markomah]

Don't know about Techron but the Shell V-Power in Ireland is standard 95 octane with some cleaning agents added. Completely different to the V-Power our neighbours across the Irish Sea enjoy.

[ballcock]

brady said:

o/t but did anyone see that ssia thing he did on rte, hes just tryin to hard these days!

whats the story with texaco with techron and shell v power, what actually are they?

There's nathin above 95.6 (the point at which the Dailers tax the bejezes out of the fuel) to be had anywhere in the 26 counties.

[JPBailey]

That's a bugger, was intending to use my Datsun for a holiday in Ireland next year, but if I can't get decent fuel it will have to be the Volvo.