which 95-96 octane gasoline is better from the "big 4"

**haihuat** · August 9th, 2008 07:43 PM

Among the Big 4
Shell V-Power
Petron Blaze
Caltex Gold
Total infinity

in terms of
1.fuel consumption
2.the noise of acceleration(because i heard shell v-power is noisy when accelerating hard but burns good fuel)
3.speed(kasi minsan nanginginig yun steering wheel kapag overspeeding mas ok kung slight lang yun nginig).
4.advantages

iba iba kasi mga additives nila kaya iba iba din yun result/performance(like what i heard mas malinis daw yun total from singapore kasi and it's new).

I'm currently using Shell V-Power for my nissan teana but would like to try Total Infinity or the other 2. is it a good move or stick with V-Power? can i expect less noise accelerating? is total infinity a good oil for v6 engines?

thanks.

**ghosthunter** · August 9th, 2008 08:10 PM

In my project car, Shell's V-Power gave me more power on the dyno as compared to Petron.

**Picard** · August 9th, 2008 09:21 PM

Sa Altis ko, Petron Blaze gives me the most mileage and power. I guess it will depend from engine to engine. I've tried V-power pero nginig makina. Even sa Caltex gold mas malakas pa rin humatak ang Blaze sakin. I've been using blaze for 1 1/2 years in my 2 yr old car. Yung first 6 months nagtry talaga ako ng iba't ibang gas. Parang CPU lang yan, even identical processors have different OC abilities.

**niky** · August 9th, 2008 10:33 PM

Yup... it really will differ from car to car. Some people swear by Blaze, while some people with 95-only engines work better on Shell V-Power.

The only way to tell what's best for your engine is to try all of them out and pick which one you like best.

Of course, my engine runs smoothest on LPG, though it makes 2-3 hp more on V-power...

**paolorenzo** · August 10th, 2008 07:10 AM

On my old gen1 City, Shell Velocity (was not V-Power yet then) was the best for the engine. During my Revo's petrol days, V-Power was good, but so was Petron Xtra Unleaded (93RON). Hirap sa 95 or 96 RON, ang taas ng FC sa wallet!

OT: Looks like Niky's the newest LPG disciple of GH. Meron nang cult following ang LPG!

**Mile2** · August 10th, 2008 08:32 AM

OT: mas smooth nga on LPG

99 octane

**1D4LV** · August 12th, 2008 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by haihuat

Among the Big 4
Shell V-Power
Petron Blaze
Caltex Gold
Total infinity

in terms of
1.fuel consumption
2.the noise of acceleration(because i heard shell v-power is noisy when accelerating hard but burns good fuel)
3.speed(kasi minsan nanginginig yun steering wheel kapag overspeeding mas ok kung slight lang yun nginig).
4.advantages

iba iba kasi mga additives nila kaya iba iba din yun result/performance(like what i heard mas malinis daw yun total from singapore kasi and it's new).

I'm currently using Shell V-Power for my nissan teana but would like to try Total Infinity or the other 2. is it a good move or stick with V-Power? can i expect less noise accelerating? is total infinity a good oil for v6 engines?

thanks.

i've tried three out of the four before (nung mura pa ang gas...)
best for me is shell v-power, second is caltex gold and the third is petron blaze.

**niky** · August 12th, 2008 09:34 AM

Total's investment locally is big, and they've apparently got high-level backing. SeaOil has been in, longer, but they're at the fringe of the "Big Four".

But yeah, with SeaOil's aggressiveness in marketing and its push in being an early adopter with biofuels, its market share should increase.

**webmiester** · August 12th, 2008 03:19 PM

I think Seaoil is bigger than Total Oil. We shouldnt always consider foreigners bigger just because they're foreigners.

How about SeaOil's premium fuel (I think it was with GTX or something like that)? It used to have the highest octane rating at 97+. Its also the only premium fuel that has 10% ethanol blend

**niky** · August 12th, 2008 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by webmiester

I think Seaoil is bigger than Total Oil. We shouldnt always consider foreigners bigger just because they're foreigners.

How about SeaOil's premium fuel (I think it was with GTX or something like that)? It used to have the highest octane rating at 97+. Its also the only premium fuel that has 10% ethanol blend

I'm not assuming they're bigger because they're foreigners. Total is just bigger.

SeaOil has a lot of stations thanks to an aggressive franchising program. I was musing about getting one before for placement in the provinces (as low as 1-2m worth of capital investment...) but I never got around to seriously looking.

Seaoil has about 112 stations (Petron: 1200, Caltex: 850, Shell: 800). I can't find the exact number for Total, but it already had 98 gasoline stations and 8 LPG-specific stations last year (so about 106 stations), with a further investment planned of 30 more stations (as of last year... no word on how many of those opened since). There's no data available for the current number, but still, they're bigger, with a total investment in terms of service stations and refinery capacity in excess of 3.8 billion pesos.

And their market share is bigger than SeaOil's:

http://www.doe.gov.ph/OPM/oilsd%20re...0narrative.pdf

This data is from last year, since we don't have a 2008 report yet, but it puts Total's share at 2.9% over SeaOil's 0.9%. Don't mind Liquigaz... it's an LPG firm involved in bulk sales of LPG.

SeaOil is very visible in the metro, yes, but it's not a "big four" or "big five" player. Not just yet. That's why they have aggressive pricing, franchising and promos (like the guaranteed value card) to draw in more customers... they need to expand.

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Whoops: EDIT: SeaOil now claims that they're at about a 3% market share.... which means they've overtaken Total... but I'll wait till the numbers come in at the end of the year.

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As for GTX, well... the problem is that the extra octane is from the alcohol content... which lowers the energy density of the fuel. Most cars will not see an improvement, while cars that require high octane might probably break even in terms of power and economy gains.