where's d best diesel? caltex - petron - shell ???

**3kings** · December 27th, 2005 07:06 AM

ng gumamit ako ng total lumabas ang stalling problem ng d4d ko :-(

**larshell** · December 27th, 2005 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Bogeyman

Petron ako for a year. Maganda naman ang performance.

Then I switched to Flying V's Envirotek. Mas masaya na ako dito, added bonus is the mileage and cleaner emissions. In fact, I just had a full tank this morning.

Last week I used my Shell fleet card worth 1,000 (freebie ng insurance company) going to Batangas. Masasabi ko, Shell's diesel is terrible. Madali na ngang maubos, mausok pa. Buti hindi ako nahuli ng Bantay Usok. No wonder they launched the Fuelstretch campaign, to make up for the poor performance of their fuel.

It is unfair to judge the performace of Shell when you just used 1,000 pesos
worth of fuel. When you say Mausok it is the effect of the fuel you used long before you used Shell Fuel not the effect of just 32lt of Shell Fuel.

Shell Fuelstretch is laucnhed just to remind us to conserve energy coz of the predicted oil shortage in the near future. Happy New Year!

**Bogeyman** · December 27th, 2005 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by larshell

It is unfair to judge the performace of Shell when you just used 1,000 pesos worth of fuel.

On the contrary, I think it is even more unfair that I was cheated on my fuel mileage, precisely because I had spent a good P1,000 worth of fuel. Especially considering that I loaded up on not one but two separate Shell stations (one in Antipolo and another in Nasugbu). I experienced no such thing even with Petron, my very first diesel brand.

Besides, whatever amount I spent on fuel is irrelevant, no matter if it's worth P1,000 or P10,000. What's more important is the value for money that your fuel brings, something that was sorely lacking in my experience using Shell Diesoline.

Originally Posted by larshell

When you say Mausok it is the effect of the fuel you used long before you used Shell Fuel not the effect of just 32lt of Shell Fuel.

This implies that the increased smoke-belching was due to my prior use of biodiesel. For your personal enlightenment, I have been using biodiesel for more than two months just before I filled up with Shell Diesoline, with less-than-favorable results.

In hindsight, it was good that I only had P1,000 worth of Shell fleet cards to consume, otherwise I would have been stuck with additional cards on a fuel brand that has performed nowhere near my satisfaction. The other frustrating part is the fact that not all Shell stations accept the red fleet cards. In Batangas, I had already been turned away at two Shell branches in the course of one hour, before I finally found one that accepted my card, further wasting fuel in the process.

Originally Posted by larshell

Shell Fuelstretch is laucnhed just to remind us to conserve energy coz of the predicted oil shortage in the near future.

With all due respect, I fervently hope that you're not saying this just because you're a Shell dealer. In any case, I'm sticking to biodiesel, thank you very much.

In fairness to Shell however, I have no complaints on their Helix Diesel engine oil.

**larshell** · December 28th, 2005 04:25 PM

*Bogeyman, Belated Merry Xmass and advance Happy New Year to you and your FAMILY

**GlennSter** · December 28th, 2005 04:29 PM

most of them come from the same source.

ang bashean ko basta hindi binabaha ang station, dun ako nagpapagas.

**marlon22701** · December 28th, 2005 04:41 PM

according to my father-in-law who's using a diesel Land Cruiser, Caltex diesel is the best in terms of "performance or hatak"

so whenever i borrow it he always reminds me to go ONLY to Caltex for refueling!

I love that old man! hehehe

**LHV** · January 7th, 2006 05:47 AM

I work as a lab tech for a 260 MW power plant in navotas and I'm the one who test the diesel fuel that are coming in, base on fuel analysis reports na nareceive ko from each plant the best po ang Petron base on Lower heating value, ito po talaga ang binabayadan natin, next ang Shell then Caltex pero kahit ano sa big three are just fine

pansin ko lang sa small players mura po sila kaso laging pasang awa sa water content (0.3%) and sediments (0.5%) and these are facts,

opinyon ko lang maganda sana yung product ng mga small players nila kaso luma na yung mga trucks nila kaya yung mga kalawang ng tangke dumadagdag sa sediments, tsaka gusto ko yung idea na i boycott natin yung isa sa big 3 para magbaba sila ng price tapos dun tayo bumili he he