Still not been able to get any. 3 Shell garages nearest to me still out of V Power……..Cheshire East.
Haven't had a problem finding Vpower at any shell garages around me, Horsham, South East. Filled up the S3 today.
Must admit, I can’t really feel any difference but I like the claims of the expensive stuff being cleaner for the engine!
Always ran my Golf R on 95 for 6 years, 30k miles, never had any issues. When asked I said it had 270bhp instead of 300.... I'm imagining my RS3 will have 360bhp because it' too will only get fed 95 too
I'm imagining my RS3 will have 360bhp because it' too will only get fed 95 too
YesOn the DAZA I can hear the difference, there were definately less exhaust noises the twice I had to run a tank of 95 (probably won't hear that on an OPF car though)
If I want 400bhp, I suppose i'll have to buy a 450bhp carThese cars are made to run on all kinds of fuel all over the world. so IMHO they will be perfectly fine on 95 however, for me.....
I bought a 400bhp car and I want a 400bhp car.
I have not had a car that doesn't give better fuel economy on 99, not much but it is there.
I have found injectors run better for longer with detergents but not likely to affect the first few owners of the car (but I am wary about putting good 99 into a car run on 95 for a long time as I have had injectors leak until they are cleaned properly)
Only applicable on cars with port injection but if you are washing the valves with fuel it might as well have the detergents in it to help.
On the DAZA I can hear the difference, there were definately less exhaust noises the twice I had to run a tank of 95 (probably won't hear that on an OPF car though)
If I want 400bhp, I suppose i'll have to buy a 450bhp car
theres already a thread on that!
I’ve seen vids on YouTube from specialist tuners that say Tesco Momentum is a more consistently blended fuel and actually delivers more BHP on the dyno than V-Power and far more than the Esso or BP options
I remember taking my car into MRC years ago for a map and they asked what fuel was in the car. I told them momentum, thinking I’d be looked down upon for choosing the cheapest of the supers, but turned out that was their preferred option.
I know I will get some stick for this but the difference, on a tuned car, between 95 and momentum is only 7.7bhp. I can’t get momentum close to me so I’d use Shell V Power so 6.9BHP difference. In my Golf R I used V Power religiously, until the shortage happened and have to say, on the road in normal driving I can’t tell the difference. I would imagine on a track you would feel it but the difference in cost V the increase in BHP is it really worth it other than for the additional cleaning additives?The results from above.
The gain from e30 is similar to my experience running it on my 8V Daza.
People want to believe it's better, due to all the advetising that is done, I don't doubt for one minute that it isn't a higher quality fuel, but i'd love to see engines stripped down with 50k on 95 and 50k on 98/99.... @ 13% more where I live, I dont see it as a better option.... Maybe in a highly tuned car or an older car (WRX/Cosworth etc) that doesn't run with the technologies/tolerances they are built too nowadays
My local Tesco was out of Momentum for a couple days last week and I just went to another, but that's about the extent of it. I can't say I've noticed any general shortage though.
