I KNEW this would happen.
 

My car is flat out of fuel. I've left it until today, payday, to get some, due to having no money left in the bank. :(

BOTH Shell stations now gone, and Tesco, as usual, are out of stock of Momentum.

A query to them regarding when it will be back in stock reveals that they don't know, since it comes from a different depot and that depot is now having trouble sourcing it.

So.........car is running on fumes, I'm on foot..

Cheers Shell and Tesco, you b@stards!

octane booster no good for this sort of problem.. !?

Hi - You're in/around Scunny aren't you ? I had exactly the same problem. I resorted to the old shell station near Asda (Now JET) and tried some of their super unleaded. I have a std '03 PPP WRX and it actually seemed to run better than V-Power but it was expensive !! Worth a try if your stuck.... Cheers.

This is why I brim my tank on a Friday no matter how much I've used as it's sods law to happen! Current weekly mileage would see me ok till mid next week at least.

Tesco have a search thing for petrol stations with Momentum, I used it when down at Bobs on Saturday Jeff :)

Shell has a free app to find the nearest Shell petrol station around you. :D

I`ve told you before.............................you really gotta move mate :lol1:

Think I'll have a search, closest shell just closed :(

LMAO! :lol1:

Thanks for the info Andy...

Always good to steal a car with a full tank...

:lol1:

dunx

I'm going to get slated for stating the obvious, but: Get it mapped for 95ron.


< gets coat >

:D

I'd never run on 95 ...... Ever !

Ive never had the misfortune of shell or tesco not having v power or 99. Maybe i,m just lucky..

:o

:D

dunx: empty your inbox mate.........
No Shell stations withinn 60 miles now ;(
And not enough gfuel to get to Donny, 25 miles, where the next Tersco is, who MIGHT have some Momentum:rolleyes:

And no Octane Booster: left what was left of what I had in France for use there as their supermarket fuel is CR@P.

Need to get some, but what to buy?

And what would my car run on, say 95, or 97 octane if it were remapped and is making around 400/400 now?

How about 95 Ron with a 10-20% meth mix mapped in. Never have to worry about higher Ron fuel again if you are having constant problems sourcing it

ive got 3 shell stations all within a mile - lol

But how do you carry around 5-12 litres of meths?

You utter barsteward.........I had two, but now have none.
Laugh while ye may.........

My old scoob's been running on it for 15 years now. :D

Exactly why my car was mapped on 95. I can usually get Tesco momentum but of not I run it on 95 and take it a bit easier. Couldnt do with all that hassle!

Goodl uck finding some decent fuel anyway Alcazar.

I'm sure in a small canister would suffice then add it when at the petrol station after filling up. By all accounts it doesn't sound like you have to much choice lol

5 litres is just over a gallon.
12 litres is nearly three gallons:(

im such a pleb!, ive owned a scooby for a few months now and have been running it on standard petrol, am i right guessing, the car will run better and pull better on the higher octane stuff? where i am, in bedfordshire theres a shell garage that does the higher octane race type fuel its riddiculous, its about £2.50 odd a litre, but feck me, i had 2.0 16v nova i got 20 litres of the fuel given to me in a barrel, you could tell it was race type fuel as its smell was obvious, you could barely take a whiff! lol lets just say for about 70 odd miles, the nova went like feck, and my foot was down constantly, it did make a massive difference.. wonder what the scooby would be like running on that type fuel, if i remember correctly it was 106 ron or maybe even 110? it was stronger than the normal, momention, optimum stuff, i know that for sure! lol

OP, why dont you get it tweeked to run on 97 ron as its available almost everywhere, or if your ecu supports twin maps get one on v power and one on 95-97 like mine,.

If you need a lift mate...

Depends on what model it is, and whether it has been previously mapped to run a certain fuel or not.

Before Saturdays map, my UK wagon would happily run on NL but I personally chose to run Tesco 99 in it (unless not available).

If your car is an import (after circa 96-97) then I would swap straight away to SUL. :thumb:

I'm looking at a remap.

My ecu is a LINK, old technology, but about the only thing available for mine when I had it done forst, and it DOESN'T support twin maps. :(

The benefits of using 95 RON :D

UPDATE:

Just called in on foot, they are down for a delivery today:)

Good, need to fill up tomorrow.

Now cheer up :)