Shell V-Power 99 RON!

[screech205]

Went to fill mi tubby up today with Optimax and noticed it's had a name change to V-Power and been branded as Ferrari fuel

So duly asked my mate in the station what the crack was and he said it's been boosted to 99RON and price is staying roughly the same

Good old Shell!

[[SiG]]

Small but welcome increase with a tuning tweak

[nisnos]

same stuff as in europe afaik its the same as optimax - optimax is also advertised as being developed with the engineers at ferrari.

Bet it aint no cheaper though.

[smiffy1982]

Hmm i wonder if this is in all the shell garages, or like tesco us south west welsh peeps dont get the 99ron stuff

[screech205]

As far as i'm aware mate it's all changing from Optimax to this so all is good

[jimGTS]

cool, ill have to check it out..........

[BrianUK]

Smiffy - Teso Express in Cardiff do the 99 ron stuff

Brian

[jonb-]

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default ... ryId=14871

[IronMike]

i wonder how a UK spec Two will ran with V power since its mapped to uk fuel? might give it a bash and give the engine a wee clean.

[jimGTS]

might as well have my car mapped for this stuff....

[RedWitch]

BP are also in the process of upgrading Ultimate to 102 RON in certain locations. Note how only the soft Southern jessies get the motion potion:

Bryon Connect
407 High Road (A406 North Circular), North Finchley, London, N12 0AP
Premier Connect
99 Chaseside, Southgate, London, N14 5BU
Also available
All Saints Self Serve
Commercial Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 4BU
Chicheley Park Connect
Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 9BD
Newbury Centre Filling Station
758 Eastern Avenue (A12), Newbury Park, Illford, Essex, IG2 7HU
Newham Way Service Station
Newham Way, (A13 Westbound), Canning Town, London, E16 1QX
Tudor Filling Station
London Road (A20), Allington, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 OHE
Wavendon Gate Connect
Newport Road, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK7 7AG

[smiffy1982]

Smiffy - Teso Express in Cardiff do the 99 ron stuff

Brian

100mile round trip lol.......... bit far to fill up hopefully the local tesco's shell garages will sort there act out [-o<

[jimGTS]

bp do sell 102ron fuel, at something like £2.30 a litre....
if optimax's change keeps it same price, i know which ill be buying, lol....

[[SiG]]

Southerners can keep the BP-102 stuff at £2.30+ a litre

[JohnnyC]

i wonder how a UK spec Two will ran with V power since its mapped to uk fuel? might give it a bash and give the engine a wee clean.

I've had mixed results here (UK car, mapped for 95ron)

As a test, a year or so ago, I used Optimax for 2-3 tankfulls in a row - no difference in fuel economy at all

But I've been filling up with Optimax (and now the latest tankful has been V-power) for the past 3 months (12 tankfulls) - and I've been getting 34mpg consistantly (increased from 31mpg)

Only other thing that may be a factor is that my car was serviced 3-4 months ago. Normally I don't notice any improvement after services

I'll probably be going back to 95ron, depending if Sainsburys continue to shut half of their pumps whenever I turn up

[screech205]

I found Optimax gave me another 30 miles to a tank as opposed to normal super

Hope fully it'll be even better with this new stuff

£2.30 a litre is ridiculous even tho it's like race fuel, think i'll be sticking to v-power!

[jonb-]

Interestingly the MPG in my Civic type R has jumped up in the past week, perhaps being close to london my local shell was updated early and i've been running on this.

Probably more due to the fact everyone seems to be driving at 40mph these days.

[Harry]

[quote="RedWitch"]BP are also in the process of upgrading Ultimate to 102 RON in certain locations. Note how only the soft Southern jessies get the motion potion:

pmsl.
Southern jessies motion potion,too good cracked myself what a coin phrase youre Northern expressions are priceless.
Motion potion..ha ha.

Must be more super cars down here.

[steve]

shell lost a court case to keep the optimax name, so changed it to V-Power like mainland Europe - unfortunately we didnt get the 100ron they get

[tubby_tony]

Just got some of this stuff today at Whitemare Pool services, Gateshead.

I immediately connected up my notebook to the PFC via Dataolgit, advanced ignition by 3 degrees across the map and hey presto, must be an additional 100bhp at the wheels. The car is friggin flying.


LOL.

Seriously though I wouldnt bother paying for another remap if you previously had it mapped on a fresh tank of Optimax.