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Title: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 24 September 2007, 19:49:48
Please make a selection and vote for what you would use in your car.

Not really interested in starting a debate about what's best (has been covered before) - but I'm interested in counting the votes :y
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: MikeDundee on 24 September 2007, 19:51:40
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Please make a selection and vote for what you would use in your car.

Not really interested in starting a debate about what's best (has been covered before) - but I'm interested in counting the votes :y

Never used either so not really able to vote, as always use BP :-/
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Entwood on 24 September 2007, 19:57:01
I'll not vote as I now have an "odd" strategy .... :(

For long runs especially towing the mobile road block ... Shell V @ 101.9p/ltre ... definitly better performance AND MPG.. reckon that is up by far more than the extra cost, on the last long run (solo) I got 36+ mpg without pretending to be a snail - average speed 75 ish .... if you follow !!

Commuting/round town I'm using Sainsbury's 95 @ 92.9/ltre ( less when SWMBO gets the discount vouchers !!) as the mpg is always around 18-22 whatever happens.

2.7 p's worth (inc VAT)
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 September 2007, 20:14:23
Well since I have worked out my car goes better on LPG than Tesco petrol I'm sticking with the decent stuff
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Markie on 24 September 2007, 20:15:13
bit of both for me but have voted for the more prominant use...
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Bo Bo on 24 September 2007, 20:16:13
I use Asda 95 RON 'cos I can't tell the difference anyway  :-/
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: TheBoy on 24 September 2007, 20:18:34
I'm more impressed with BP Ultimate that Shell's hihj octane stuff...
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 September 2007, 20:22:36
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I'm more impressed with BP Ultimate that Shell's hihj octane stuff...

I haven't found Shells recently - my nearest became a BP. And at that SS I like to confuse them ;D ;D ;D ;D

This tank of Tesco 97 has been pretty useless, back to BP expensive stuff again soon.
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: ricardo1500 on 24 September 2007, 20:23:06
If the difference is as noticable as you all say then i,m gonna try some......but have voted for what I use now!!
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 September 2007, 20:36:17
Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 24 September 2007, 20:37:39
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Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.

Did you remember to take the hand brake off   :D
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 September 2007, 20:39:57
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Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.

Did you remember to take the hand brake off   :D

What's a hand brake? Is that like a clutch? My dad told me about those, they used to have them in the olden days. ;)
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: geoff on 24 September 2007, 20:41:39
i have used bp's super unleaded and to say it more expensive,but found get better mpg figures,only use bp's fuel,i never use cheap supermarket find i get less mpg :y :y :y
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 24 September 2007, 20:46:18
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Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.

Did you remember to take the hand brake off   :D

What's a hand brake? Is that like a clutch? My dad told me about those, they used to have them in the olden days. ;)

I forgot..You have a bit of rope with an anchor on in Cornwall dont you.. ;D
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 September 2007, 21:06:51
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Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.

Did you remember to take the hand brake off   :D

What's a hand brake? Is that like a clutch? My dad told me about those, they used to have them in the olden days. ;)

I forgot..You have a bit of rope with an anchor on in Cornwall dont you.. ;D

It's called a sheet not a rope! Don't you welsh boys know anything? And, my sheet brake works very well thank you!   ;D ;D
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 24 September 2007, 21:10:26
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Thought it may be of interest to post a reply I made to the 'Shell Optimax' thread about a month ago.

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...... Filled up with Shell Optimax a week ago and then again with Shell V-Power on Friday. Not to surprising there, cost me an arm and a leg at 106.9p per litre.

Just drove back from my Mum's in Bristol to Cornwall. Kept the cruise control on all the way at 70mph except for the short section that is not dual carriageway when I dropped to 60mph. Including the 3 miles onto the M5 at Bristol and the 4 miles from the A30 to home I averaged 38.9 mpg and used only 4.2 gallons over the 164 miles door to door. This means total cost of £20.40 for the run.

Compare this to the run when I use Tesco petrol when I usually get 32 mpg on the same run. At 91.9p per litre that would cost £21.40. I know this is not a huge saving but I feel that the benefit of using a premium fuel must add something to the equation.

I would be interested to see if anyone has the same experience.

Still using Shell but the MPG seems to have dropped off a bit lately and am now struggling to get 30 mpg although this is all lowish speed and on some fairly hilly terrain.

Did you remember to take the hand brake off   :D

What's a hand brake? Is that like a clutch? My dad told me about those, they used to have them in the olden days. ;)

I forgot..You have a bit of rope with an anchor on in Cornwall dont you.. ;D

It's called a sheet not a rope! Don't you welsh boys know anything? And, my sheet brake works very well thank you!   ;D ;D

Not Sheep :o
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: wizzy_michael on 24 September 2007, 21:14:17
must admit to using both but definately prefer bp or shell.i get more mpg compared to supermarket fuel.did wibech to lewisham and return (228miles) on friday for £28.25 so its 99 ron for me.previous trip was just a few pence over 30 quid on tescos.
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Grant on 24 September 2007, 22:27:10
Well Tesco have just started doing 99 ron at my local one so i think ill be giving that a try, see if its just as good as optimax  :y
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Entwood on 24 September 2007, 22:30:42
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Well Tesco have just started doing 99 ron at my local one so i think ill be giving that a try, see if its just as good as optimax  :y

I tried Sainsbury's high stuff .. found no difference to normal, but the Shell V was markedly better..
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: Golfbuddy on 24 September 2007, 22:32:33
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Well Tesco have just started doing 99 ron at my local one so i think ill be giving that a try, see if its just as good as optimax  :y

I tried Sainsbury's high stuff .. found no difference to normal, but the Shell V was markedly better..

Agreed, I tried the same and noticed it was nowhere near as good as Shell.  :(
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: M-Tek Performance on 25 September 2007, 23:54:01
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Well since I have worked out my car goes better on LPG than Tesco petrol I'm sticking with the decent stuff

2 month old petrol doesnt help ;)
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 26 September 2007, 00:03:18
10 out of 15 prefer V power so far!
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: M-Tek Performance on 26 September 2007, 00:08:24
I would run V-Power, but only if its used within a week so that the additives dont go off..  plus tbh, in the only car I use it in, having the better part of 99 RON is a must!
Title: Re: Shell V Power 99 RON or Tesco 95 RON?
Post by: hotel21 on 26 September 2007, 00:10:27
I refer V-power from Shell but just stuck £40 of Sainsbury's 97 octane in today as I am going on a run in the next few days and at motorway cruise speeds, not enough differenece to worry abouit, imho.

General hooning, V-power gets my vote.  Distinct difference in whats delivered.....