{"id":309,"date":"2020-09-17T17:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T17:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmtech.com.au\/what-fuel-should-i-use-in-my-car-and-what-is-e10-fuel-anyway\/"},"modified":"2022-10-28T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T03:32:32","slug":"what-fuel-should-i-use-in-my-car-and-what-is-e10-fuel-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmtech.com.au\/what-fuel-should-i-use-in-my-car-and-what-is-e10-fuel-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"What Fuel Should I Use In My Car (And What Is E10 Fuel, Anyway?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not much escapes the inevitable march of marketing. Supermarket shelves are chock-full of products that can only be differentiated by the eye-catching packaging they come in. Don\u2019t be fooled; everyone is selling the same thing they\u2019ve always sold. It\u2019s just the names that have changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fuel hasn\u2019t escaped this phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pop open your petrol flap and you\u2019re likely to see something like \u2018Unleaded Fuel Only\u2019, or \u2018Premium Unleaded Fuel\u2019. Turn to the bowser, and you might be confronted with options such as \u2018V-Power\u2019 or \u2018Bio e-Flex\u2019. Sorry? Where\u2019s the regular unleaded I\u2019ve always used? What year is this? How long was I sleeping for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focus on the numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Filling up your car is supposed to be a no-brainer. Sure, you may not know how to change the oil or even change a tyre (if that\u2019s you, we have a step-by-step guide<\/a> to correct that), but pulling into the servo and topping up the tank was never a cause for concern. And it needn\u2019t be. Just forget the fancy marketing names and focus on the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we get into the details, here\u2019s the brief:<\/p>\n\n\n\n