Went to fill up and no V power, tried 2 more shell stations and still none! what's going on with shell?
I've put Tesco 99ron in with a splash of NF. My car is mapped to Shell V power, will tesco 99 do for now or should i still put a splash of NF in with it. I was told it's not as good and could allow some det, that's why i put some NF in.

 

i tryed 5 shell garages to day b4 i got some & i got last they had from me filling up to paying & back to car covers had gone on pump girl on till said warning buzzer had gone off saying tank was just about empty

i had my old bugeye mapped on tesco 99 ron & told by mapper it would be ok on either tesco 99 or v,power

 

Got a tank full this afternoon no problem here in the north west but its upto £1.20 a ltr

Hope the pumps dont dry up, no Tesco for miles where i am, whats this BP Ultimate or whatever its called? can we use that instead?

 

WTF's going on?

I know it's ok to run a car mapped on tesco99 on V power but i'm not sure about the other way around as IIRC tesco's is a 97ron with additives to make it 99, but shell v power is a genuine 99ron AFAIK but i could be wrong.

 

Both. Shell and Tescos are 99 ron. So should be OK. there.

Tesco is also 2p cheaper per litre.(Probably more with clubpoints).

BP Ultimate is 97 ron. So Drve cool and fill up with "99" soon after.

 

As said above should be no problem at all,i have used tesco 99 from when it first came out and had no problems ,i know people say shell is a genuine 99 but who cares ,as long as it does not damage your engine(i have heard bp ultimate -not good for the impreza engine)and your car runs ok ,found this for some interesting reading.

RE: Tescos 99 wins fuel shootout

 

They tested shell optimax not V power, optimax was never a 99 ron fuel, but a good test nonetheless.

I was thinking the same as you, 99ron is still 99ron regardless of additives. I think i'll just stick the tesco's in without the NF if i can't get any V power next fillup.

 

V-Power is £1.20 in north london too, havnt had a problem getting it so far here!

 

No problem getting V power tonight in Huntingdon, however it was £1.25 a litre. Going to have to check my receipts but I'm sure it was only £1.18 the start of last week.

 

I think it went up over night again and again. I don't think it will ever stop going up, this government are taken us for a ride. The price of oil is going down, and the price of petrol is going up daily.

 

According to my local Station Shell have had a technical glitch with the production of VPOWER ,it is Nation wide and they could not tell me when it will be sorted

 

some octane booster is sounding like a worthwhile investment at the mo...........

 

Got V Power no problem but was £1.20 locally to Swansea !! Tesco though had no 99 for a couple of days !! Bob Rawle mapped mine and it's no prob running on Tesco or Shell : )

 

Not been able to fill the Scoob up for a couple of days now. Been told VPower delivery this afternoon.

 

none at my local one in tewksbury and just to rub it in the v power pump that had the out of order sign on it fell off the pump and hit my back door and put a dent in it!!!!!!!!!wonder if i can claim to have the dent fixed?????anyone know??

 

Just got back and no V power, asked why no V power but as i dint have a translator at hand **** knows what he said.

 

we still have v power by us but its now £1.24 !!

 

We got it fine up here by wrexham, north wales. Not sue what price its at tho, i dont look anymore, put £55 in on thursday tho and it didnt fill my tank

 

v power by me (larkhill/amesbury) 126.9pl, the robbing esso garage charges 129.9 for crap super unleaded! we are all being mugged off.

 

None in Gloucester(Parklands),Cheltenham or Tewkesbury.

 

plenty here still but gone up again to 120.9

 

None in Northallerton. So I put 20 litres of 95 in and a bottle of millers octane booster, which was almost a tenner.
Last week v-power was £1.18.9 and this week 95 is the same price. What's going on with these fuel prices?