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Had to fill up with BP Ultimate today for the first time since I got the car (an STi VI) 6 months ago. It has been mapped by Andy Forrest for Shell SUL but I've mainly been running it on Tesco Super as that's chaepest and nearest.
Anyway with a full tank of BP, my detalarm has been lit up like a Christmas tree whenever I put my foot down. Have been really gentle all the way home. Didn't really expect to to be that bad. Tesco for me from now on.
Anyway with a full tank of BP, my detalarm has been lit up like a Christmas tree whenever I put my foot down. Have been really gentle all the way home. Didn't really expect to to be that bad. Tesco for me from now on.
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Originally Posted by James Neill
It has been mapped by Andy Forrest for Shell SUL but I've mainly been running it on Tesco Super as that's cheapest and nearest.
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You have to laugh .......... you have a car which can only be driven on fuel from a certain petrol station else the silly lights come on on your dash board.
How stupid is that?
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lots of people have complained about bp ultimate TBH i am running some at the moment after oi got caught short and my cars knock retard is going a little nuts as well ![Frown](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/frown.gif)
my car is mapped for 100 ron. it is fine on optimax and the new V-power versions FWIW
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my car is mapped for 100 ron. it is fine on optimax and the new V-power versions FWIW
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Originally Posted by Gutmann pug
You have to laugh .......... you have a car which can only be driven on fuel from a certain petrol station else the silly lights come on on your dash board.
How stupid is that?
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How stupid is that?
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i filled a 10a up with ultimate a few times, even tho it was mapped for shell optimax, the knock lite was green which is what its ment to be but after planting it a bit it started to over boost defis beeping left right and centre and knocklink lights were all over the shop, luckly enough that 10a was gone by the time i drove ten miles to tescos never seen a different colour light scince
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ultimate can be a very good fuel, and it canbe crap. the problem is its not a very controlled mixture of fuel and addatives, so if you get a batch with high addatives it can be better than vpower, get a batch with low addatives and it crap stuff and no much better than norm unlead.
the problme lies in the fact the mix it at the station, not at the production plan like shell, so the mix isn't always the same.
the problme lies in the fact the mix it at the station, not at the production plan like shell, so the mix isn't always the same.
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I think some of the problem could be BP's poor labeling of the fuel in forecourts as mentioned in previous posts the are different rated Ulimate fuels out there, from memory I think its UL(95 oct.) Ultimate(97oct.) and a top spec Ulitimate100(100 oct.) it is ok for modded scoobs but very expensive, if you think you are getting 100 and only getting 97 this will cause problems.
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lucky i have only done 3 laps of the nurburgring... ![Big Grin](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Back on subject.....my car seems to hate BP fuel, dunno what they put in it to make it so bad, as other 97RON stuff i have used isn't anywhere near as bad
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
ultimate can be a very good fuel, and it canbe crap. the problem is its not a very controlled mixture of fuel and addatives, so if you get a batch with high addatives it can be better than vpower, get a batch with low addatives and it crap stuff and no much better than norm unlead.
the problme lies in the fact the mix it at the station, not at the production plan like shell, so the mix isn't always the same.
the problme lies in the fact the mix it at the station, not at the production plan like shell, so the mix isn't always the same.
Bull they dont mix it at the station... But there has been a lot of problems with BP recently as there have been reports that the Station owners have been adding Water into the Ultimate storage tanks to make more profit.
This has been recently highlighted on PH when a chap filled up with Ultimate and car broke down 500 yards up the road. The fuel analysis carried out by the dealership showed that the fuel was 70% water.
90% of BP stations are Franchise as the bottowline profit has reduced on fuel sales they have resorted to using underhanded tactics to make more profit and it seems that adding water to fuel os one of them.
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Bull they dont mix it at the station... But there has been a lot of problems with BP recently as there have been reports that the Station owners have been adding Water into the Ultimate storage tanks to make more profit.
This has been recently highlighted on PH when a chap filled up with Ultimate and car broke down 500 yards up the road. The fuel analysis carried out by the dealership showed that the fuel was 70% water.
90% of BP stations are Franchise as the bottowline profit has reduced on fuel sales they have resorted to using underhanded tactics to make more profit and it seems that adding water to fuel os one of them.
This has been recently highlighted on PH when a chap filled up with Ultimate and car broke down 500 yards up the road. The fuel analysis carried out by the dealership showed that the fuel was 70% water.
90% of BP stations are Franchise as the bottowline profit has reduced on fuel sales they have resorted to using underhanded tactics to make more profit and it seems that adding water to fuel os one of them.
but mixing with water?? naughty bp stations.
arn't all petrol stations franchise? so wouldn't they therefore loose that franchise if they get caught?
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As a first more positve post on ultimate: my ppp'ed wrx seems to like it more then others available in my area. There is no optimax here, so I can choose esso or total, and with the ultimate runs much better. I have no knock retard on my machine though
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I have been using BP Ulitmate for a while and am not impressed with the performance. The only problem is the nearest Shell garage is 25 miles away !
I have an Esso garage near by, does anyone have any comments about Esso Supreme ? Is it any good ?
I have an Esso garage near by, does anyone have any comments about Esso Supreme ? Is it any good ?
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Is it the lower RON level that is causing this amount of problems? Or the additives in the fuel? Does Ultimate + Octane Booster still set your knock sensors off?
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
o righto been told a load of bull then lol
but mixing with water?? naughty bp stations.
arn't all petrol stations franchise? so wouldn't they therefore loose that franchise if they get caught?
but mixing with water?? naughty bp stations.
arn't all petrol stations franchise? so wouldn't they therefore loose that franchise if they get caught?
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Originally Posted by shammel
I have been using BP Ulitmate for a while and am not impressed with the performance. The only problem is the nearest Shell garage is 25 miles away !
I have an Esso garage near by, does anyone have any comments about Esso Supreme ? Is it any good ?
I have an Esso garage near by, does anyone have any comments about Esso Supreme ? Is it any good ?
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Originally Posted by SCD Simon
Slightly off topic
Was in the wifes 206 last weekend and filled up at a BP and as i was putting in NUL at 84.9p per litre i noticed they had SUL (not ultimate) at a reasonable 104.9 p per litre![EEK!](https://www.scoobynet.com/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Was in the wifes 206 last weekend and filled up at a BP and as i was putting in NUL at 84.9p per litre i noticed they had SUL (not ultimate) at a reasonable 104.9 p per litre
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your getting robbed at those prices, V Power is 94p at my local garage, and i am on first name terms with the guy
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Originally Posted by DannyBoy007
My car doesn't like it, I get knock correction on my Secs. I try not to use it, only as a last resort asnd then I only put the bare minimum to get me to a shell garage
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