been using optimax again for that last two tankfuls and have not noticed a thing

maybe my two chosen petrol stations did not have the "good" juice... time will tell

 

It also been at least 10c cooler tha last few weeks. Just a thought although the mappers comments add weight to it being the fuel..

 

I think this is pure hysteria!
I just filled up at Watnall, and notice **** all!
Ya are all a bunch of gibbering d00fers and i offer yers all ootside nah!

 

I have just filled up on the way home at the Shell garage in Solihull, I asked
the lad behind the counter about the "New" Optimax, he said there is a new
one out next month called V something, I said arh you mean V-Power to which
he said yeah I think that's what it is called and then asked me how the hell I knew about it

Looks like V-Power is on its way then

Mark

 

i filled up at a shell garage yesterday and the guy behind the counter asked me if i was a regular optimax user, to which i obviously replied yes, and he said they are stopping selling it on august the 23rd and replacing it with shell V Max which is 100 ron.

 

i wish i could speak to the guys at my shell station they can harldy speak a word of english

 

Just shout at them and use hand gestures, they'll get the message.....eventually

 

lol..

 

Me and gaz_c dont have a problem with a language barrier, we just cannot get out of the bloody garage as gaz_c's "mate" keeps talking to us all night! LOLz0rs to that f00ka!

 

Last night I filled up at my local Shell in Taplow... the first time in a couple of weeks. Whilst I was there I thought I'd ask the regular, and friendly, chap if he knew anything about this new fuel. Unfortunately the 'regular' guy was away and his stand-in was present.

I asked if he knew anything about a new fuel... and he smiled. After a short time and assuming he didn't hear me I asked the question again. After a "hmmm..." and another period of silence I asked the same question but with a few different words. After yet another smile I asked a 4th time and proposed that he couldn't tell me because it was a secret(?) Finally an answer... "I'm sorry, I can't understand a word you're saying."

Er...? Ah well. Damn good English on his part... perhaps my own is lacking then!

Jonts.

 

Officially called V Power from today - putting the posters up at the shell garage this morning.

99 octane according to the sales brochure i picked up.

Same price as optimax too

 

Shell site quoting V-Power to be 99RON. Shame it isn't 100+ but at least I can now choose Tesco or Shell to refuel (car mapped on 99).

 

http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?...t_ga_1602.html

1RON is not much of a Difference.... the OE ECU would be capable of handle that and alot more... How much would the new V power cost?

 

In another V-Power thread here on SN, a Shell Customer Service Professional has quoted that compared to Optimax, V-Power will be typically £0.01 or £0.02 more expensive per litre.

For me, the jury's still out on the new V-Power and will need a couple more tankfuls before I decide if I like it (although 0.4 RON shouldn't make any difference!) My UK Turbo is relatively standard except for H&S centre de-cat and b/box sections and it doesn't like V-Power at the moment. It's lost its grunt. I'm hoping it's just Shell getting rid of the last of their Optimax which might be a dodgy batch or something.

Jonts.

 

Received the new membership card today.

 

I have an Autronics ECU and mapped with the 98 Ron Optimax. Will I need to have a remapped for the new 99 Ron V-Power.

Kind regards

James

 

No you won't.

 

Its 98p a litre round by me.

Not that I thought that would ever be a point to make.

 

We have Tesco99 for 95p a litre at the moment and v-power at 98p

 

wheres that at 98p banny?
i filled up in Halifax yesterday 100.9 , optimax used to be 6p a litre dearer than unleaded , v is now 7p robbing b~!5t4rds!

 

You won't need to - but if you did you would get some performance improvement.

My experience of quite a few tankfuls of Vpower is that it is far superior to old Optimax and Tesco 99 - more than than the 0.4RON difference would suggest.

Rannoch

 

Sorry but I feel there is more to life than talking about the RON ratings of petrol. How many times do we feel the need to talk about V power, tesco 99,Cadbury 99, Heinz 57?

Who cares - sorry guys but SIAL

 

whats sial mean

 

scooby in a lake...i understand it as a term for something that has been talked and discussed far too much. i think thats it anyway... things like pictures or videos that are posted again and again are referred to as sial...

andy poos.

 

arghhh ive just thought, my new card will probs go to my parents house as its registerd there!!

 

Valid question, but for me I don't mind when people want to re-cover old ground. Repeat posts about "What oil..?" and "Best air filter..?" can get tiresome (especially if there's been no search effort) but it can also give the newer members a chance to contribute. Forums might also be boring places if a topic was only ever covered once.

Like I say, valid point though and sorry for taking this thread off topic.

Jonts.

 

here here...

 

right gotcha

scooby off a dual carriageway (SCOD)

 

you mean SOADC

 

Totally agree mate but - the subject of petrol is soooooooooo boring mate. To sum up - The higher the RON the better - end of - please