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rouppe
By rouppe | AA Member | 11 Posts | 27 September 2011 at 12:46pm

OK, so I said I'd post the results of my fuel test (Caltex vs BP) regardless of the outcome. Since I had Caltex in the tank, I first went with Caltex fuel, but ran it for 3 weeks not 2 since the first week was partly school holidays. I then switched to BP for 3 weeks. I was out of town for a couple of weeks as well hence the delay...

Here are the results:

Caltex:
Tank 1: 16.82l for 367.40km = 4.578 l/100km
Tank 2: 16.82l for 364.00km = 4.621 l/100km
Tank 3: 16.71l for 354.10km = 4.719 l/100km
Caltex overall: 50.35l for 1085.50km = 4.638 l/100km

BP:
Tank 1: 16.65l for 344.70km = 4.830 l/100km
Tank 2: 17.77l for 374.40km = 4.746 l/100km
Tank 3: 16.82l for 356.30km = 4.721 l/100km
BP Overall: 51.24l for 1075.40km = 4.765 l/100km

As I said, I use the bike to commute from Porirua to Wellington every day, around 45km return, the route never varies, just the traffic density, but that is uniformly random.

So I have to concede that there is no appreciable difference between the fuels.

jbiddle
By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 27 September 2011 at 1:41pm

Appreciate the feedback and the detailed and clear way you have listed the results.

J.Wang
By J.Wang | AA Member | 7 Posts | 21 October 2011 at 9:19am

Appreciate your test and result.

I have similar experience and prefer Shell rather than BP.