Optimax no more.
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Optimax no more.
My only really local Shell garage in Sinfin Derby is reopening as a BP garage next week.
I know there are threads on search regarding BP Ultimate, but I would like to know what everyones' current view is. Should I really drive 10 miles in the wrong direction to fill up with lovely Optimax, or can I trust BP?
MY 99 running about 240hp, 15.5 - 16 psi, no Knock or Lamdalink (that's another conversation).
ThanQ.
I know there are threads on search regarding BP Ultimate, but I would like to know what everyones' current view is. Should I really drive 10 miles in the wrong direction to fill up with lovely Optimax, or can I trust BP?
MY 99 running about 240hp, 15.5 - 16 psi, no Knock or Lamdalink (that's another conversation).
ThanQ.
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I've used ultimate since it came out and have no regrets - smoother running and better mpg. Never used optimax though so can't compare but the claims are the same. (MY98 wagon std spec)
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i used to drive 8 miles to get optimax
TBH Optimax is cheaper than ultimate (once had to pay 96p a litre for BP ultimate) and Optimax is 98.6 ron opposed to 97.
saying that though, i have an import so it makes it matter.
TBH Optimax is cheaper than ultimate (once had to pay 96p a litre for BP ultimate) and Optimax is 98.6 ron opposed to 97.
saying that though, i have an import so it makes it matter.
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I use BP Ultimate in my 04 wrx ,mainly because the nearest BP garage doesn't have a big turn round of Optimax and with the reports that Optimax go's off I decided to stick with BP Ultimate
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theres no shell garage in sinfin, did you mean the one opposite showcase on ring road?
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
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I use Optimax because there are 3 Shell garages within 4 miles of my house and another 3 within 10, they're pretty good round these parts.
Tired BP a few times, there didn't seem to be any difference in performance, but there was a significant difference in economy. I do the same journey at least twice a month from my house in Cheshire to Darlington, up the M6 and through the Lakes (the scenic route) . A tank of Optimax will get me there and to the Shell garage in Darlington having done 176 miles - it's not quite to the 1/4 tank mark. I've filled up with BP twice on that journey instead and both times I've got to Darlington and the light has just come on one of them, the other time it was close.
This is a journey that I don't spare the right pedal at any time and I've done it about 20 times in this car. So I can say for sure, it's not as economical in my MY03 SpecC as Optimax.
Tired BP a few times, there didn't seem to be any difference in performance, but there was a significant difference in economy. I do the same journey at least twice a month from my house in Cheshire to Darlington, up the M6 and through the Lakes (the scenic route) . A tank of Optimax will get me there and to the Shell garage in Darlington having done 176 miles - it's not quite to the 1/4 tank mark. I've filled up with BP twice on that journey instead and both times I've got to Darlington and the light has just come on one of them, the other time it was close.
This is a journey that I don't spare the right pedal at any time and I've done it about 20 times in this car. So I can say for sure, it's not as economical in my MY03 SpecC as Optimax.
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When i asked a similar question on here a few weeks ago a lot of people said the BP stuff lit up their knocklinks.
I use Esso SUL now as there isn't a Shell garage near by.
I use Esso SUL now as there isn't a Shell garage near by.
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Originally Posted by mikeesingh
theres no shell garage in sinfin, did you mean the one opposite showcase on ring road?
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
Yeah - you're boned... the only Shell ones near you that I can think of onder2: are too far away bar the one opposite Showcase like you say.
South into Burton you have to go to the St Peters bridge one - or the ones on the far side of Derby from you....
Octane boost?
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Try Texaco SUL. I'm not sure of the octane rating but it seems to make my 01 WRX go better than Ultimate or Opitmax.
Shell garages are few and far between around my area so I've only filled up with Optimax two or three times. Some people say that you need to use a couple of tanks before the ecu has adjusted to the higher octane. But I don't believe it, especially as I can feel the difference of Texaco SUL within a few miles!
Marc
Shell garages are few and far between around my area so I've only filled up with Optimax two or three times. Some people say that you need to use a couple of tanks before the ecu has adjusted to the higher octane. But I don't believe it, especially as I can feel the difference of Texaco SUL within a few miles!
Marc
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Had to put BP Ultimate in mine once, used Optimax for all other fill-ups. It ran fine on Ultimate, but the ecconomy was appalling.
On a motorway run I always average over 26, sometimes upto 30, but with BP it did 21MPG!!! Anyone know why?
MY03 PPP.
Dan
On a motorway run I always average over 26, sometimes upto 30, but with BP it did 21MPG!!! Anyone know why?
MY03 PPP.
Dan
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On a motorway run I always average over 26, sometimes upto 30, but with BP it did 21MPG!!! Anyone know why?
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Originally Posted by Kieran_Burns
Sinfin? What wrong with the Ockbrook Services just down the A52?
Or there the Shell garage on Sir Frank Whittle Road, or the one down Ashbourne Road...
Or there the Shell garage on Sir Frank Whittle Road, or the one down Ashbourne Road...
I live in Chellaston, all the above are opposite direction to anywhere I usually go!
Cheers,
Steve
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Originally Posted by mikeesingh
theres no shell garage in sinfin, did you mean the one opposite showcase on ring road?
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
BP Ultimate cost alot more and i dont think its any better than any other super, i use super from esso or the sainsbury garage
mikee
We should boycott them and bring the price down!
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Originally Posted by Beer Good
Mikee, yep, by the Showcase. Esso SUL is soooo... overpriced so I don't like to buy it on principle. They always say 'it's a premium product'. Quite why it is 9 to 10p a litre more is completely stupid, given petrol actually costs 26 to 30p a litre before duty, why should I pay 33% more???
We should boycott them and bring the price down!
We should boycott them and bring the price down!
The BP stuff is about 88 pence.
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Originally Posted by chris's scooby
At my local Esso the normal UL is 79.9 and the SUL is 81.9
The BP stuff is about 88 pence.
The BP stuff is about 88 pence.
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esso in winchmore hill, north london super unleaded 79.9 pence- same as normal unleaded!! i use that or bp ultimate, but mainly esso super unleaded. optimax is a no go in my car- last time i was in nottingham and run it on optimax, my car had major startin problems. bak in london and on esso/ultimate it was fine again. cant figure out y? economy wise i tend to get 250ish out of tank regardless of wat fuel
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I used to travel 8 miles for optimax, one day I couldn't be arsed and used ultimate at my local BP. Found it to give me more MPG without affecting performance. Haven't used Optimax since.
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definately more noise on the KL with BP Ultimate than optimax. It was mapped for opti, so it's not even the 100ron requirement....
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