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M5V8

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  1. Higher quality fuels (aka BP98) are just that. a better quality product.

    The RON rating is independently tested so you as the consumer get what you pay for.

    The differences between Gull / callenge 91 and for example Mobil / BP 91 are that Gull buy in and therefore have no hand in the quality. They buy just on price and you get what they buy in. This generally is the cheapest stock they can find.

    The big players control their own supply lines therefore make better quality products. They have reputations and large supply contracts to fulfill they need quality supply.

    Average "Jo Public" at the local BP service station gets the same product but retail competition is so, that profit on petrol on is very low. They all make more money on the coffee / pies and softdrinks customers buy at the same time.

    Hence why the stores have become more convenience stores over the last 20 years.

    Long story short. Like anything you get what you pay for.

    If you have a high performance car, or you keep cars longer term, go for the best you can get. If you have a old junker, or switch cars regular like, I wouldn't care so much as long as it meets manufacturer spec (minRON).

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  2. Challenge buy in. There's no real way to work out whom produced it.

    Even the big players allow their competition to resupply from their tanks if they are short so supply is guaranteed. A sale is a sale.

    There's supply chain sharing as NZ is too small to support each player maintaining the infrastructure, this has been a bonus for the consumer as we have a very competitive market despite our size.

    It isn't true that any tanks are linked, each player spends alot of R&D as their special additives are what distinguish their product.

    You have no idea of the real origin of your tank, nor if it will be consistently the same going forward.

    Just enjoy it while you can.


  3. that. would be a serious handful

    i honestly don't understand this emphasis on massive power figures. It's mostly unusable.

    I had a 650hp GTR. That was 4wd and running 265 series semi slick tyres. Even on medium boost (480 odd hp) I would struggle for traction in anything less than 4th gear.

    Most of the time I could only use a very little % of throttle to keep the car moving forward.

    This thing would be so much worse.

    You would struggle to get traction in this only anything less than a prepped drag strip.

    Add in no cage and it would be a very scary preposition. Probably why he's selling.


  4. Harsh environment around here. Plus the throw away mentality.

    It seems after a biffo they just push the car to a side road an abandon it.

    Theres been a late model Audi A8 round the corner from our accomodation with the front stoved in since we got here.


  5. what are you doing in Amman Darren?

    what are you doing in Amman Darren?

    Doin the tourist thing.

    Finally went to Petra today.

    From what I've seen they only sold M5's here. Every 5 series I've seen has the badge.

    So no. Not just dumb nuts in NZ

    This had a seriously nice msport interior.

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  6. I had to laugh a Piers Morgans comment -

    Your mistake was to take out all your angst on a hard-working, loyal Top Gear producer.

    If you'd just whacked ME in the head again, as you did at the British Press Awards in 2004, the nation would have risen as one to applaud you. I suspect an OBE might have been in the offing, possibly even an open-top bus, ticker-tape parade of London.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3011547/Piers-Morgan-Dear-Jeremy-big-mistake-hitting-loyal-hard-working-producer-not-again.html

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