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Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 10:35 pm
by asherstoppard
Lunar wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 9:20 pm
Tel wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 8:35 pm
scm wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:43 pm

-1. I'm a Shell VPower Nitro man, especially as the Shell station is only a mile from home. :)
-100,000 Booooo hisss! ;-)


JurassicF wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:46 pm Worth the extra distance for the additional pops and bangs😁
+3 is it?

TBH both are around 5% Eth, both are great with our cars.
Shell costs more generally..someone has to pay for all the Ferrari Marketing! I think any performance difference would be the placebo effect.
No, +4. 😬
+5 😂

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 12:09 am
by scm
JurassicF wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:46 pm Worth the extra distance for the additional pops and bangs😁
I get loads of pops and bangs already! :)

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 7:04 am
by davidd
A chap on another car forum did some testing with UK petrol, I can remember the exact results but the best fuel from a performance was Tesco super as long as it was a busy station, closely followed by shell. There is a shell station just down the road so I use that.

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 1:09 am
by sebby1990
Tesco for me. Shell decided to reduce their loyalty programmes to the state where if you fill up 10x100 litres, you're given a free coffee.

Meanwhile with Tesco I get about £50 off for the same amount. My V8 and Impreza love Momentum 99, and my Mercedes runs quite happily on Tesco diesel.

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 2:59 pm
by MartinM
I always ran my Impreza on Shell v-power and felt that it did make a bit off a difference. Only on my first tank in the F type so will need to do a bit more driving before I can make a judgement..... all in the name of science you understand!

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 9:05 pm
by Dazarooni
+7 For Tesco.

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 6:15 pm
by DaddyDarren
I use Shell V-Power. Is that 99?

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 8:04 pm
by scm
DaddyDarren wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 6:15 pm I use Shell V-Power. Is that 99?
Yep. Matches my instantaneous mpg readout on overrun .... ;)

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 8:07 am
by Lunar
Hi scm.

Where did you get confirmation that V-Power is 99?

I thought it was not clear but thought to be 97 like BP Ultimate - which by the way when I've used on ocassion seems to have given me more noise than Tesco or Shell.

Can't beat Tesco for value though, so my default for using the car as a daily driver.

V-Power goes in the Mustang, as it doesn't do the mileage - although still half a tank each time it goes to stretch its legs 8-)

Re: 95 or 98 Octane

Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 8:12 am
by JurassicF
I think he means 99mpg on overrun, not the octane rating👍