Hi guys,
My car is being mapped on Tuesday, & I need to fill it up first. So I was wondering what you guys recommend using?
Shell V power was my plan, but recently the local shell garage became a BP instead. Of course I could drive to a shell station but with the nearest being nearly 15 miles away thats a little bit inconvenient!
What about BP Ultimate? Or would I be best putting up with the drive and using shell?
Cheers everyone,
James

 

Do you have a local esso as they now sell a 99ron fuel. Tesco 99 could be a option if you have one nearby, although I find v power the best.

BP ultimate is weak water at 97ron

 

I do have a local Esso. Always thought they were 97 & BP was 98 or 99, so cheers for that
If I got it mapped on Esso 99 then I could still run on V power, so that's an option. Although I have a feeling that our local Esso doesn't do 99, just says super unleaded so probably 97..
Tescos here doesn't do 99 anymore either!
I live in a rubbish area for petrol it would appear!

 

Ohh if that is the case then esso may not sell the 99 yet, as its only just starting to come out at the pumps. Saw it advertised the the tele few weeks back then went to check and there it was.

 

I'll have a look at Esso then, haven't been there for a while so it may have arrived... if not it'll have to be a drive to get some v power

 

Is it worth the extra hassle of having to find a shell? My bug was mapped with 97 for this reason, as sometimes finding a shell is a pain in the bum.

Unless you're going for big power, 97 every time IMO

 

I wouldn't use esso or bp Personaly. I stick to tesco momentum or v-power.

 

Find Shell and get V power - I would

 

It's a road legal sprint/track car really, so won't be using it on road much so shouldn't be an issue really.
Probably go for v power

 

The answer is actually quite simple - use the fuel you normally use. It's silly to seek out V-Power for the mapping session if it's not a fuel you can obtain easily locally. Your car can be mapped using any fuel, even 95ron if that was the only grade available. Obviously, better results will be obtained using V-Power, Momentum etc but it becomes a pain if you have to do a 40mile round trip each time you need fuel!

JohnD

 

Welcome to my world.

I fill up at every opportunity. Luckily this time of the year I go to Silverstone, Donington and Prescott hill climb regularly and go right past a Tesco on my way home so fill up then.

I have had to drive 40 miles out of my way to get decent fuel quite a few times and it's a right pain in the ****!!

 

Of course, & if it was purely a road car I'd just use 97 from the garage down the road, but as it'll mainly be trailered it shouldn't be an issue to use V-Power.
I'll speak to Duncan as he's mapping it

 

John D has summed it up perfectly - Map it on the fuel you always use. Pointless mapping it on v-power and then only ever occasionally putting it in.

 

If its a competition car then just go v power + 20% meth

 

Vpower nitro ftw

 

Tesco 99 or vpower, but vpower is the one

 

If you're investing in a mapping session then presumably you're interested in gaining the best result possible. Make the round trip to the Shell garage mate, it will be the least costly part of the operation

 

V-Power nitro+ is the best fuel but get it mapped on the fuel thats available to you and the fuel you will be using every day. No point in mapping it on v-power if the garage is miles away or you can only get 97ron.

 

You can also download a Shell ap to your iphone/android. I shell-hop my way all over the UK with that

 

this

 

I keep 50L of vpower at home in jerry cans as my local shell is 5p dearer as i sometimes travel 15 mile out to get it but most times im passing