drtchock

I have had the car 2 years and have only ever run the car on Shell Optimax/V-power..

driving back from the autosport show at the weekend my fuel light came on so i pulled into the next services to refuel.. it was a BP garage so i stuck BP ultimate in as I probably didnt have enough fuel to get to the next services.

I only put £18 pounds worth in to see me home..

having done some reading on here theres alot of negative talk about BP Ultimate! will my car be ok? I will be running it on V Power from now on.

ash002004

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I stick any super-unleaded in mate, never had any problems

dunx

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Hi drtchock,

(I bought your old TSL GroupN B.Box)

It is said to be rubbish, but mine never complained on the commute to work...

Try to fill mine with V-Power a.s.a.p. !

Some will say it's all from the same refinery, but it can't be that bad, can it ?

dunx

ash002004

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I'm lucky as the nearest BP is too far away and local to me I have a tesco's and a shell

Also a Sainsburys, is the sainsbury's super unleaded any good?

defwsh

yea man that fuels better than v power as its 98octane over 95octane so your car should go better i only run bp in my sti ra

GlesgaKiss

V power isn't 95 octane.

dj219957

oh no! bp instead of v-power...your enigne will out!

seriously, your car will be fine.

scooby1doo1

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V power is 99

ash002004

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Shell V-Power - Overview - United Kingdom

Terminator X

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BPU is sh*te, ask Bob Rawle

Using it once can't hurt though, just don't do it again

TX.

ash002004

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So tesco 99 or shell (the highest one), which would be better?

jonny_693

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Will do no harm in a UK car its imports you need to worry about.

WRX_SWRT

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i run tesco 99 on both scoobs with no probs and both the classics iv had went better on tesco 99 with less det

GlesgaKiss

Only thing I found with tesco 99 was that I didn't get as many miles to the gallon, so it probably worked out about exactly the same as V Power anyway since it costs less.

My car is mapped for V Power now though, so that's all I put in it.

renny

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Used a few tanks of Tesco 99 in my STI,didn't notice any difference between that and V Power performance wise BUT as said above,it did make a difference mpg wise - i too got less miles to a tank with Tesco 99.

jameswrx

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I'll second that! I was stuck and put some in my wagon before xmas and the knock levels on the power FC meant I had to drop the boost from 1.3bar to 0.95bar to put the levels the same on WOT as tesco 99.. I drove it around sensibly until it was all gone and filled back up with tesco 99 and back to full boost and low knock levels.

Tomski_908

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I try to always carry some octane boost in the boot, so if you get caught out with low fuel you can use any super unleaded! But as above try not to make a habit out of it thank god theres more tescos than BPs lol

kahunaking

Thats not even fair. The highest octane I can get at the pump is 91.

Tomski_908

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Where do you live???? Thats only just normal unleaded!!

dynamix

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If it is USA then our 99 RON fuel is equiv to their 93 Octane, our 97 RON equiv to their 91 Octane


Give or take a little bit for jazz.

BP Ultimate - det city.

scooby L

BR mapped 2003 STI
knocklink lights up like a christmas tree using BP SUL
Never anything more than one or 2 greens on Optimax.

If I'm "caught short" and have to use BP...I switch to i mode on my 2008STI or maybe "S mode" and keep it light till I re-fuel... never S#