Tesco or Shell Hmm???
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Tesco or Shell Hmm???
Since buying my STi in November I've put V-Power in. I don't mind paying the extra for better fuel but recently I've noticed that V-Power is now 5p more expensive than Tesco 99.
Is the Tesco stuff as good? In the grand scheme of things it's £2.00 difference on 60 litres, but the psychological effects are much greater The car is getting mapped in the New Year so want it to be 'used to' a certain fuel, mapped on it etc, but at the same time running on a fuel that's the best possible.
Decisions???
Is the Tesco stuff as good? In the grand scheme of things it's £2.00 difference on 60 litres, but the psychological effects are much greater The car is getting mapped in the New Year so want it to be 'used to' a certain fuel, mapped on it etc, but at the same time running on a fuel that's the best possible.
Decisions???
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Cheers guys. Like I say £2.00 on a tank is nothing but if prices continue to rise I'm certain Tesco will shield the consumer better than shell so that margin could get larger. That said, you don't buy a Scooby and moan about the fuel
I'm lucky that I don't need to use the car everyday so can keep it parked up and topped up as my toy.
I'm lucky that I don't need to use the car everyday so can keep it parked up and topped up as my toy.
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I have been using tesco 99 since it came out,and experienced no problems with it in my legacy gtb as well as my other 2 subarus. Personally i use tesco as it is less than a mile away,and when i had both my cars mapped they were mapped on it.However after my 2nd mapping session,i had to fill up on shell v power for the journey home.The car did not feel any difference in driving or performance using the shell stuff. £2.00 on 1 fill up for no extra performance over 12 months can be quite a bit depending on how long a full tank of fuel can last you imho.Which in my case is less than a week.
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I have been using tesco 99 since it came out,and experienced no problems with it in my legacy gtb as well as my other 2 subarus. Personally i use tesco as it is less than a mile away,and when i had both my cars mapped they were mapped on it.However after my 2nd mapping session,i had to fill up on shell v power for the journey home.The car did not feel any difference in driving or performance using the shell stuff. £2.00 on 1 fill up for no extra performance over 12 months can be quite a bit depending on how long a full tank of fuel can last you imho.Which in my case is less than a week.
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tesco for me, filled up with vpower, no different really, both MILES better than bp ultimate, i was using bp 97 and then filled up with 99 octane tescos and the difference in performance was quite large.
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I always used BP Ultimate in my classics as I had no other near me, then I moved and also switched to new age STi.
Carried on using BP but the car felt a bit rough, hell a lot rough - the prev owner left 1/2 tank of V-Power - so I tried Tesco 99, filled up from fuel light on so a full tank and boy have I noticed the improvement! Right back to how it was with V-Power.. only Tesco 99.
So I'd say no diff in it apart from the pennies & club card points :-)
Carried on using BP but the car felt a bit rough, hell a lot rough - the prev owner left 1/2 tank of V-Power - so I tried Tesco 99, filled up from fuel light on so a full tank and boy have I noticed the improvement! Right back to how it was with V-Power.. only Tesco 99.
So I'd say no diff in it apart from the pennies & club card points :-)
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I use tesco's 99 in my STI but have been told buy a tanker driver that the 99 does not have the cleaning agents in it like V power does,so to stop egine from choking I still use 99 but every 3rd tank full I fill up with V power to help keep the engine clean.
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http://www.greenergy.com/Buying/PDFs/Petrol_spec.pdf
Is he able to interpret this?
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I understand that shell produce V-power as their top fuel in its own right... it's their best.
"All other fuel" available at the pumps is 'regular' petrol with additives / boosters to raise the ron...
Does this make Shell fuel better than any other.... probably.
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"All other fuel" available at the pumps is 'regular' petrol with additives / boosters to raise the ron...
Does this make Shell fuel better than any other.... probably.
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