Whats up with Shell and the stupid new names ??

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Whats up with Shell and the stupid new names ??

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Put some petrol in my ute the other day and noticed that Shell has changed the name of their petrols.

I cant believe they call them V-power now :oops: hahahahaha :lol: :lol: how F@#KING stupid and they have 100 octane that has 5% ethanol and they call it V-power racing :lol: :lol: :lol: and want more $ for it and its got 5% shit in it ????? Hmm V-power racing just what all the doof doof drivers need to go faster maaate :lol: :lol:


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Re: Whats up with Shell and the stupid new names ??

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mfzx6r wrote:Put some petrol in my ute the other day and noticed that Shell has changed the name of their petrols.

I cant believe they call them V-power now :oops: hahahahaha :lol: :lol: how F@#KING stupid and they have 100 octane that has 5% ethanol and they call it V-power racing :lol: :lol: :lol: and want more $ for it and its got 5% shit in it ????? Hmm V-power racing just what all the doof doof drivers need to go faster maaate :lol: :lol:


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Hmmm. I put V-power racing in my zxr... it worked fine..

Although I couldn't here the engine from the doof doofing of my ipod... :wink:

As the bike was tuned with elf 102, I needed something high in octane to give similar results without spending $3 a litre...

But yes, as it appears to be the std v-power (ex optimimax) with 5% ethanol to increase the octane, it should actually be cheaper..
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Re: Whats up with Shell and the stupid new names ??

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mfzx6r wrote:Put some petrol in my ute the other day and noticed that Shell has changed the name of their petrols.

I cant believe they call them V-power now :oops: hahahahaha :lol: :lol: how F@#KING stupid and they have 100 octane that has 5% ethanol and they call it V-power racing :lol: :lol: :lol: and want more $ for it and its got 5% shit in it ????? Hmm V-power racing just what all the doof doof drivers need to go faster maaate :lol: :lol:


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its called MARKETING
and for that they pay wankers...hundreds of thousands a year
to come up with this sorta shit :roll:

just remember what my ol' Uni Marketing lecturer told us..in class #1

'Advertising is the art of extracting money from the hippocket'

reckon he was right :twisted:


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The good thing is they remove Optimax which bikies always like to hate. Never put one myself before, but yesterday I filled with '95 octane' and it is as good as anything :D
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Smitty wrote:
mfzx6r wrote:Put some petrol in my ute the other day and noticed that Shell has changed the name of their petrols.

I cant believe they call them V-power now :oops: hahahahaha :lol: :lol: how F@#KING stupid and they have 100 octane that has 5% ethanol and they call it V-power racing :lol: :lol: :lol: and want more $ for it and its got 5% shit in it ????? Hmm V-power racing just what all the doof doof drivers need to go faster maaate :lol: :lol:


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..naah Marz

its called MARKETING
and for that they pay wankers...hundreds of thousands a year
to come up with this sorta shit :roll:

just remember what my ol' Uni Marketing lecturer told us..in class #1

'Advertising is the art of extracting money from the hippocket'

reckon he was right :twisted:


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but geez couldn't they come up with something better than V-power and V-power Racing :lol: :lol: maybe "go-faster" and "go-faster racing" !!! hahahahahaha maybe Leo woulda be appy wid da noo name :lol:
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javaman wrote:The good thing is they remove Optimax which bikies always like to hate. Never put one myself before, but yesterday I filled with '95 octane' and it is as good as anything :D
dont think they changed the blend I think optimax is now called V-Power :roll: see I feel like a goose even typing that stupid name :oops: :oops:
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The governments push to endorse Ethanol was on the basis that it will reduce the price of petrol with out effecting the quality or causing damage to engines.
If petrol companies whose ethics can not be questioned can market it as a new product they can then price it higher to justify the change and research etc. The poor fuel companies have to make a dollar some how and the goverment only take (as a guess) 75% tax on fuel will back the fuel companies every time. That is untill an election is close.
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MadKaw wrote:
mfzx6r wrote:Put some petrol in my ute the other day and noticed that Shell has changed the name of their petrols.

I cant believe they call them V-power now :oops: hahahahaha :lol: :lol: how F@#KING stupid and they have 100 octane that has 5% ethanol and they call it V-power racing :lol: :lol: :lol: and want more $ for it and its got 5% shit in it ????? Hmm V-power racing just what all the doof doof drivers need to go faster maaate :lol: :lol:


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Hmmm. I put V-power racing in my zxr... it worked fine..

Although I couldn't here the engine from the doof doofing of my ipod... :wink:

As the bike was tuned with elf 102, I needed something high in octane to give similar results without spending $3 a litre...

But yes, as it appears to be the std v-power (ex optimimax) with 5% ethanol to increase the octane, it should actually be cheaper..
Does that mean you can only use V Power if you actually have an engine with a V formation??? Mad Kaw you will be doing your ZXR harm unless they bring out a petrol called Inline 4 power.
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I find it is the best to use in the oldish Pajero, seems to give more power and mileage than any other 95+ ron fuel. Don't know about bikes, all I know opticrap was no good for bikes.
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ZXR750 wrote:The governments push to endorse Ethanol was on the basis that it will reduce the price of petrol with out effecting the quality or causing damage to engines.
If petrol companies whose ethics can not be questioned can market it as a new product they can then price it higher to justify the change and research etc. The poor fuel companies have to make a dollar some how and the goverment only take (as a guess) 75% tax on fuel will back the fuel companies every time. That is untill an election is close.
No such thing as a poor fuel company, 4 major players in australia.
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ZXR750 wrote:The governments push to endorse Ethanol was on the basis that it will reduce the price of petrol with out effecting the quality or causing damage to engines.
If petrol companies whose ethics can not be questioned can market it as a new product they can then price it higher to justify the change and research etc. The poor fuel companies have to make a dollar some how and the goverment only take (as a guess) 75% tax on fuel will back the fuel companies every time. That is untill an election is close.
well heres an intersting point..isnt ethanol a type of alcohol??

therefore the 5% ethanol in the mix should be taxed HIGHER cos alcohol is taxed higher??..YAY more fucking tax!!

one of the independant mobs here (liberty i think) have this eth blend too, it was 20c a litre dearer than standard and abt 15c a litre dearer than the 95 mid octane gear...

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ZXR750 wrote:Does that mean you can only use V Power if you actually have an engine with a V formation???
Yeah, stuff em, I'm not putting it in my 10
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maybe its a conspiracy between shell and honda. This way RAMJAM technology gets released around the same time as VPOWER
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VPower :?: the V is for Virtual .. if you believe it then it can be so, and even better if you'd be happy paying more for it.
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balanse wrote:VPower :?: the V is for Virtual .. if you believe it then it can be so, and even better if you'd be happy paying more for it.
I remember sumthing about advertising and more money :twisted:
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