Anyone notice a difference with V Power ?

[D1CKY]

I have been filling my car (172FF) up with V Power lately even though its at a silly price (£1.06 a litre)

And i can't say i have noticed any difference in performance etc over the standard unleaded. :S

So is it a con or is my car not modified enough to gain anything from it ?

My car has a decatted stainless exhaust system and Air filter with an uprated air feed.

Has anyone noticed a difference using it ?

 

[Cookie]

Noticed a difference when I didn't use it for a month

Was iffy on cold starts, chugged a bit too

 

[TheJesus]

I've noticed I get 20 miles more out of £20 from Tesco petrol... have done the last two times so started alternating and wont be using V-Power again, it's more expensive and total placebo effect.

 

[ForceIndia]

It does clean your engine, thats why I use it. Car feels perkier to me, but everyone has an opinion on this. All the tests I've read show small, but measurable improvments in acceleration.

 

[russ_0016]

Tests show defo power increases in turbo cars (not much tho) feck all on N/A's. But as said it burns more efficiently and cleaner. Not to mention the ecu has been set upto run on 98RON fuel i know it will run on 95 but when theres a sticker in there sayin recommended 98RON thats what it gets. Buy a performance car be prepared to pay to run it. Ive always ran my cup on v-power/optimax so cant commenton how it feels. However i did back to back tests in my old motorbike (zxr 400) and it made the engine run alot smoother on tickover and throughout the rev range but again didn't notice any other performance increase?

 

[phill172]

Really notice a difference in mine, it idles dead smooth...theres not increase in power, well doesnt feel like it! It just makes the drive so so much smoother....and like Jesus said, i get about and extra 25mpg out of mine..although not running bodies!

 

[FlameR]

12bhp

 

[BRUN]

why would you put anything else in it, its what the car was designed to run on

 

[Diesel_Power]

I got 250 miles to a full tank. £47. That about 18p per mile? I didnt notice a difference compared to normal stuff either. Ill continue to use vpower though, mainly because im a sucker to advertising.

 

[D1CKY]

12bhp

LOL

 

[Jay Payne]

1.09 round here.


Why is there never a thread complaining/questioning the use of good quality/expensive engine oil?

 

[superbenji88]

i like tesco super unleaded 99 oct, it gives more MPG
im just not happy with Mr Brown for putting more tax on fuel and the people causing problems in the far east, all this is putting the costs up

 

[tats180]

I could feel a big difference in my 182 ie faster acceleration and better on cold mornings!!

 

[Fletcher]

i like tesco super unleaded 99 oct, it gives more MPG
im just not happy with Mr Brown for putting more tax on fuel and the people causing problems in the far east, all this is putting the costs up

I find my mpg drops when running Tesco 99 ron.

I find my car runs best on BP ultimate, shame it's so bloody expensive.:dapprove:

 

[Lee coley]

try bp's new petrol 103 ron at £2.50 a litre hand made by 9 people.only for sale down south at the minute

 

[Fletcher]

try bp's new petrol 103 ron at £2.50 a litre hand made by 9 people.only for sale down south at the minute

iirc it's 102 ron.

 

[Lee coley]

they was testing it in a mag at work a few month ago they said 103 ron,only works if the ECU has been set up to run it thow.

 

[Fletcher]

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9009091&contentId=7016856

 

[Lee coley]

Yep its 102,stupid magazine said 103.!!

 

[Fletcher]

^^^^^Magazines always get things wrong mate lol.

 

[matt25172]

yeah def makes a difference, idles slightly better, slightly more responsive, and as someone else said earlier if you run it on noramal for a while it doesnt run so nice when its cold, its even cut out on me at fisrt round about in morning when put foot on cluch when braking, then put v power in and runs alot better on cold starts. i think the bp higher octanethe best but yeah the v power is also good. i dont think much of the tesco 99 personly.

 

[DebV6]

I've always used v-power although I was caught short last week and had to put bp ultimate in, and I've found it seems to run better on it. Will see how it goes...

 

[Peperami]

Lol at people thinking its a placebo effect.

Reset your mpg counter every time you fill up...

 

[Dazdon]

jus paid 110.9p per litre for bp ultimate! this country is goin to the dogs!

 

[Henry]

i think the bp higher octanethe best but yeah the v power is also good. i dont think much of the tesco 99 personly.

that's the conclusion i've arrived at too - although i preferred Optimax to V-Power for some reason.
BP Ultimate definitely seems the strongest of the three - just a shame it's expensive and difficult to find (round these parts anyway).

 

[Diesel_Power]

jus paid 110.9p per litre for bp ultimate! this country is goin to the dogs!

You can afford to pay for expensive petrol in your expensive sporty car. Yup, certainly going to the dogs this country.

 

[Dazdon]

Lets face it, i wouldn't have bought the car if i couldn't afford to run it!
The thing that winds me up is that the reason its so high is just the government bein so greedy as most of it is tax, plus where i live its the nearest higher octane fuel supplier got to drive 26 mile to get v-power. Crap.

 

[TJ182]

Great for performance cars - i.e supercars but your wasiting your time sticking it in your clio on a regular basis.

If you want to clean your engine out now and then there are other more effective methods but if you want to get conned keep paying the extra...

 

[Peperami]

The difference in mpg offsets the difference in price.

The fact that you get better performance is a bonus.

 

[bmh.01]

V-Power to 95 yes I can tell the difference, V-Power to Sainsburys 98 (what i've been using recently) I can't tell any difference at all same in every way.

 

[Andyman]

Great for performance cars - i.e supercars but your wasiting your time sticking it in your clio on a regular basis.

If you want to clean your engine out now and then there are other more effective methods but if you want to get conned keep paying the extra...

Sure trading standards would be on the case to Shell if it was all a big con and there as no difference (terms of component make up) between 95 and 98 ron grade fuels

Can you answer then why Renault specify on the fuel cap to use 98 ron??

 

[DebV6]

What ron is bp ultimate? Is it any better/worse for the clio than v-power? I don't really want to start using it if it's not meant to be used in it..

 

[matt25172]

bp is 97 but very good quality and seems to run better in the clios.

 

[Mostro]

I've always used v-power although I was caught short last week and had to put bp ultimate in, and I've found it seems to run better on it. Will see how it goes...

Just put BP Ultimate in mine for the first time today so will see how it goes, but recognise that it might take a couple of tanks to notice the difference.

Cost me about 111p a litre too! :S

 

[Jagz]

i have used v power for 7 months so much so that i now a v power card holder. however last night i had to drive my sister around for 5 hours and i could not find a shell garage and i was nearly out with 75miles left in the tank so i used tesco unleaded fuel went to start it and it was so lumpy it chucked around for about 30 secs befor it ran smooth. not as quick to pick up for sure.

 

[Aluco]

I use standard shell petrol, Tried v power once but didnt notice anything different acceleration wise anyway. DIdnt check MPG.

Cheap and cheerfull =D

//James

 

[The Seer]

It specifies 98 ron with the sticker on the fuel cap. If the manufacturer states it then a good reason is behind it.

Always used V-power. Don't trust Tesco in terms of petrol additives. Although I'm not keen on V-Power's price the engine requires a higher octane, so must have it.

 

[dandycaptain]

My 182 is still with the dealer - I haggled in a few bits of work into the deal. I was hoping this thread would help me choose what to put in it, but all I can really get from it is that the car SHOULD have higher octane fuel, so that's what I'll use. But it doesn't seem that there's any solid proof any which way. Maybe I'll use BP ultimate or something for a while, then get half a tank of 95 ron fuel and see if it makes a difference. Easiest way, I reckon.

 

[Andyman]

If octane level's make no difference according to some then why do folk involved in motorsport activities use octane boosters?, use high octance racing fuel, aircraft fuel etc etc ?

 

[pinky]

My car started running lumpy..I was using tesco 99...so I changed to v-power and alls fine now