Another petrol thread

[.Kev.]

Using fuel's like Optimax is better for your car, the additives ect make it burn more efficiently hence the better MPG.

As for the 98ron sticker on the petrol flap its there for a reason, if you chose to put 95 in no doubt it will run fine just not as well/efficient as having 98 in.

Ive seen people at the petrol pump with lambo's putting 95 in just depends how tight you are IMO.

 

[Rocky_24]

i hardly ever put it in when i was useing the car all the time, however now that i use it as a second car i put it in all the time, and the only difference i notice is it seems to pull from 80mph+ in 4th better.

 

[lbrench]

V power for me and putting 95 in a Supercar makes baby Jesus cry

 

[Rob]

A whole 5 pounds worth of v power? So four litres? Yes, that's right, four!

 

[roystinho]

Out of interest, has anyone seen 98 RON fuel? I know it says it on the cap, but I haven't seen it.

I use Vpower (99) or Sainsbury's super (97)(nectar points)

 

[Timmyevo6]

never run it on anything else!!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Out of interest, has anyone seen 98 RON fuel? I know it says it on the cap, but I haven't seen it.

I use Vpower (99) or Sainsbury's super (97)(nectar points)

Most 'Super Unleaded' is 97 or 98 RON: BP etc...

Tesco has always been 99 but it's all additives. Shell was 98 with Optimax but they turned it up to 99 and called it V-Power

 

[Cliotoby]

My 1600n sack of s**t runs better on vpower. Ive had 2 tanks of poverty in in the past year and each time ive put it in it felt like s**t. Get more to the tank too.

 

[Terry172]

Yep thats the only benefit I can see too, some of the more expensive fuels may be better for your engine long term and give you a few more mpg due to additives etc but dont expect a power increase of any sort whatsoever

+1 for why I use it as I have defo noticed a slight increase in miles I get per tank

 

[lbrench]

with my 200 i found that u got better mpg and abit more pull on v power or the like, poverty fuel for the abarth though as i cant afford v power until payday lol

 

[Finny]

i just use bp ultimate as its my local garage although its only 97 ron the sticker in the flap says 98 ron reccomended

 

[stuart1989]

I only use VPower but mines mapped on it after it was Supercharged and Paul said so haha...

 

[Damo_Sport]

with my 200 i found that u got better mpg and abit more pull on v power or the like, poverty fuel for the abarth though as i cant afford v power until payday lol

Right ok.. So you use good fuel in a 200 where ti probably makes no difference

But s**t fuel in a turbo which if again would gain more power from the high octanes then the 200 would :s

 

[lbrench]

with my 200 i found that u got better mpg and abit more pull on v power or the like, poverty fuel for the abarth though as i cant afford v power until payday lol

Right ok.. So you use good fuel in a 200 where ti probably makes no difference

But s**t fuel in a turbo which if again would gain more power from the high octanes then the 200 would :s

your eyes, use them

 

[Damo_Sport]

your eyes, use them

so you cant afford the extra 4p a litre? but can afford finance on a povery fiat 500? okkkkk

 

[Silent_Scone]

Would of kept the Megane tbh...

 

[lbrench]

Would of kept the Megane tbh...

i wouldnt and i didnt lol

 

[Neizt]

I always treat my 1.2 to a tank of v-power when I get paid, but after that, I just use the cheapest I can find (generally asda, sainsburys or esso near me).

Seems to run the same on everything, But it does have a sticker in the fuel filler flap recommending 98 for some reason, but also has 95 there aswell. :\

 

[blambert]

When I'm paying = normal stuff

When work's paying = v power

Simple!

 

[.Kev.]

Some people make me laugh, its 4p a litre more. Not £4.

 

[bunzee]

I've found with mine it does sod all to the gallon on 95 ron, it's not a fan of Sainsburys super unleaded, but it quite likes Tesco's Momentum, so that's what it usually gets.

 

[Damo_Sport]

I've found with mine it does sod all to the gallon on 95 ron, it's not a fan of Sainsburys super unleaded, but it quite likes Tesco's Momentum, so that's what it usually gets.

Ditto, Mine gets momentum to. Seems to like it fine. got 350 to a tank the other week on a run

 

[quik99]

I do too many miles per month to Justiy paying for super unleaded/V-Power... it does give me a few more miles per tank but not enough to warrant spending the money. I do about 1200 miles a month so quite alot in fuel money, for me anyway!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Mine gets the cheap stuff. No point putting in super when all i do is sit on the mway at 70mph for 2k miles a month.

Makes bugger all difference anyway, unless the car is turbo'd. Which is isnt.

 

[quik99]

Mine gets the cheap stuff. No point putting in super when all i do is sit on the mway at 70mph for 2k miles a month.

Makes bugger all difference anyway, unless the car is turbo'd. Which is isnt.

Practically what i do too! If i were doing a track day or something then yes i would put better stuff in, but for day to day drive it doesnt make any difference to my cup.

Btw have you recieved the springs yet mate?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Practically what i do too! If i were doing a track day or something then yes i would put better stuff in, but for day to day drive it doesnt make any difference to my cup.

Btw have you recieved the springs yet mate?

Yeah, they turned up yesterday afternoon. Will have to trust you that they're in the box as i put it straight in the boot of the car lol

 

[Damo_Sport]

na there not in the box.. he got them on ebay i belive :

 

[quik99]

Yeah, they turned up yesterday afternoon. Will have to trust you that they're in the box as i put it straight in the boot of the car lol

Goood stuff! Yeah they are in that little box i promise lol

 

[Gandi69]

My 182 seems to like Tesco Momentum 99 and Esso 97 (whatever buzz word they call it by). Total's 97 ron stuff seems to be not too bad too but actually finding 98 spec or above is quite difficult round by me as we dont have a large tesco where I live so its just small local garages who sometimes dont even offer super!

 

[JackD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQghB4asSnI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dont know if any of you have seen this video?

 

[Damo_Sport]

I dont use it for the ron rating personally. BP super makes my car run rough.. tesco momentum and shell vpower but run the same but tesco alot cheaper

 

[quik99]

I dont use it for the ron rating personally. BP super makes my car run rough.. tesco momentum and shell vpower but run the same but tesco alot cheaper

I think its all in your head you ****! lol

 

[Damo_Sport]

lol na it aint.. car really holds back on super from BP and sainsburys when i first start it.. fine on tesco and shell

 

[Japmaster]

I have a quick simple question, do clio sports need the expensive V power petrol or does it not matter? This is my first sport and always used cheap fuel on my previous 1.2s etc. Thanks

when i first had the car i used nothing other than vpower, it ran fine and i no its cleaner and better for the engine but i was noticing that the mpg was dropping fast and i wasnt driving any different.

i rang a garage that did remaps and they siad the ecu was mapped to run on normal unleaded so the car would do more mpg on that and run better but most cars that are remapped run better on vpower with its higher ron and would get better performance and more mpg on the vpower.

so if your going to get it remapped then yeah run it on super unleaded or otherwise just run normal unleaded and use a system cleaner that you put in the fuel tank once a month. thats what i was told to do.

it really doesnt matter what you use though, super unleaded will be better for the car because its cleaner and burns more efficiently but is it worth the extra money??? i used to think so but with the ridiculous petrol prices nowdays i dont no.

Theirs a episode of 5th gear were they test perfomance cars on both petrols and see the results in power and mpg and on the episode all the 4cars, (i no 1 was a WRX STI) shell Vpower gave best performance out of the lot but iv heard tescos is best because it has higher ron. :S

something really does need to be done about the prices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JackD]

The link that I posted ^ is the fifth gear test. Cars tested are standard Clio, golf gti and a scooby. Think the fuels they tested were standard unleaded, shell vPower and bp ultimate. Shell was best of the bunch!

 

[Japmaster]

The link that I posted ^ is the fifth gear test. Cars tested are standard Clio, golf gti and a scooby. Think the fuels they tested were standard unleaded, shell vPower and bp ultimate. Shell was best of the bunch!

yeah your right Vpower came out on top but thats what i used for the first 4months and never had much luck.
i heard tht tescos super unleaded has the highest ron of the lot but not ure if this is true. Never used it because there aint a tesco garage cnear me only shell BP and Texico and Asda lol.
its crazy how petrol prices have gone up so fast, only 18months ago we was paying 99p a litre
i travelled australia when i was 19 for 13weeks and we had a 3litre v6 ford falcon, petrol worked out about 80p a litre sometimes cheaper, its still nowhere near as high there now as it hear. gets me so angry lol

 

[regi james]

high octane fuel is only really a must if you've got a high compression engine or a turbo/super charger due to the danger of pinking

 

[Munson]

102RON FTW.

 

[regi james]

i run my fiesta on jp-5 because i can lol

 

[woody_159_2000]

Can engines become accustomed to a certain RON. My ph1 seems to run a lot smoother and i think, quicker on normal 95 RON when compared to the 'better' stuff.

I went through a phase of trying each branded higher octane petrol and still preferred the cheaper 95 RON petrol.