WHAT MAKE OFF FUEL IS BETTER

[msm]

Almost all unleaded is now marketed as "cleaner unleaded" How's that for an admision they were selling us dirty shit a few years ago...........

Problem is that they are still selling us sh!t quality fuel, compared to the rest of the world.

 

[rick540]

Who conducts quality tests on South African fuel?

I would be really interested to see how it compares worldwide.

 

[msm]

Who conducts quality tests on South African fuel?

I would be really interested to see how it compares worldwide.

+1

If we had decent fuel, then maybe we can see our BMW diesels hit the million KM mark. Here's a German E39 530d on 940K KM :dropjaw: with regular maintenance only:

High mileage 530d

NB: If you've got Chrome as your browser, just do a translation of the page, as it's in German.

Also, the E39 diesels are quite popular as taxi's in Europe and these guys do crazy mileages too.

 

[herr bmw]

hi guys ,tried my first tank of shell 95 unleaded v-power,going to fill up with another tank of shell tomorrow,that way i know all the other brand of fuel is out of the system.
what i can say is,im now getting 11.9km/l(open road,touched 12,1km/l)and urban 10.2-10.5km/l(and that is with a bit of quick acceleration on pull offs,luv the 6 cylinder sound)

thanks guys for all the input,will let you know the out come of the second tank

 

[herr bmw]

just some feed back,got a 12,3l/km(on board computor)last night.
still using v power shell(3rd tank now)so it seems ill be sticking to shell.

wonder if the fuel consumption would get better on a longer trip?say durban or cape town?
is there anybody else getting this consumption?

 

[Sankekur]

I am guessing you mean /100km, else you might be driving an american car

The fuel consumption should be a lot better on open road driving. On a trip to durban a while back I got 6.8l/100km (from a 3.0l petrol engine :shocked: )

 

[rick540]

I've settled on Engen, fuel consumption is the same but power definitly up.

 

[herr bmw]

I am guessing you mean /100km, else you might be driving an american car

The fuel consumption should be a lot better on open road driving. On a trip to durban a while back I got 6.8l/100km (from a 3.0l petrol engine :shocked: )

nope on my car you can set it if you want l/km-liters/100 or miles/gallon.set it up for litres/km.
show you when i see you

 

[Sankekur]

Isn't then 12.3km/l?

 

[herr bmw]

Isn't then 12.3km/l?

ah ah,yes,old age creeping in,need glasses and must stop typing with 1 finger.lol

 

[Sankekur]

Phew glad we got that sorted

(I was thinking, at 12.3l/km I would only be able to drive about 5km on a full tank of petrol )

 

[herr bmw]

and that would be driving like miss daisy aswell.lol