What Fuel?

[SleepyDude]

Interesteing to find out what fuel everyone uses in there 7\'s?

I ask as I use super and thought that was the best however my father and another mate use regular.

Just interested to know what you guys use?

[CharlieP]

V-Power all day long!
I even got a Special Red and Silver V-power card!
On the back it read \'Chump\' :Hammer
 
Although I did get an £8.50 fuel voucher the other day...but then how much must I have spent to get that :Hammer:Hammer
 
Incidently....my dad said he definately noticed the difference between the V-power and normal in his BMW

[SiH]

I certainly wouldn\'t ever use anything less than Super, at the very least.

I only run mine on V-Power, because that\'s what it was mapped on

Whether it make s adifference to a \'normal\' car is debateable - it all depends on the ECU really, and how clever it is. On my 200SX that\'s run by the automotive equivalent of Babbage\'s difference engine, it just stops it detting it\'s tits off on the stock ECU at 15PSI, whereas on on my other half\'s \'teg that\'s controlled by voodoo, the ECU is clever enough to compensate, and there\'s a noticeable difference between running dishwater and super yummy juice.

[AtomicRex]

The big thing here is that the octane rating of fuels, well pump fuels, is very unstable.  So if you are choosing a garage with super on offer....make sure the garage is a busy one and that you see people regularly filling up with super otherwise it will have gone off!  Making it no better than 95 other than costing you more!

[HaywardRotary]

Your car has been tuned to run 99 octane fuel. Don\'t use Tesco\'s.
Use Shell V power.
Regards
Carl

[CharlieP]

The big thing here is that the octane rating of fuels, well pump fuels, is very unstable. So if you are choosing a garage with super on offer....make sure the garage is a busy one and that you see people regularly filling up with super otherwise it will have gone off! Making it no better than 95 other than costing you more!

That\'s a good point...I was always told with my racing bike not to leave fuel in the tank too long...otherwise you\'ll get detonation

[L18M]

Your car has been tuned to run 99 octane fuel. Don\'t use Tesco\'s.
Use Shell V power.
Regards
Carl

some tesco\'s has 99 RON (oxford) so is that still a no no due to it being branded tesco eventhough the octane is still 99?

[GhostWKD]

I run mine on Tesco 99 with no problems, its what was in the car when Carl mapped it also
 
Edit: Although when Tesco isnt availiable i go with V Power with no problems

[JasonC]

I run my rex mostly on tesco 99 but will use v power now and again depending on where the nearest garage is. I can\'t say i notice any difference when using v power, but i used to run an audi tt 225bhp (don\'t laugh!) and i really noticed the difference when using vpower with that.

[FD3S Efini]

i always used super in mine because thats what i was told...id love to use V-Ppwer but there is nowhere near me that pumps it...shocking

[Jono FD3]

It all depends on what ecu you run & what it has been set to run on!!
Mine was mapped for std unleaded as that was all I could get localy at the time, but always went for the super unleaded instead of the 95 ron, but now there is a Shell I use nothing but the v-power! I actualy see a bit more fuel econamy when using shell too, not sure if it\'s in my head or not though???

Kris: There is a shell in Johnston matey not cheep though prob about 10 miles from brawdy

Jono

[Nik da Greek]

I always try to use V-Power, I\'ve got one of Charlie\'s "chump cards" too lol. Getting harder to do, though since Shell closed both their local petrol stations a couple of years back and now I have to make a detour on the way to work 15 miles away to find one.

If I can\'t get to a Shell garage I use the BP Ultimate, which is supposed to be only a bit lower octnae than V-Power, and I have to say I\'ve noticed no difference between the two in any way

[trotter]

Either Tesco 99 or V-Power for me!

[BlitzBoy]

some tesco\'s has 99 RON (oxford) so is that still a no no due to it being branded tesco eventhough the octane is still 99?

99 octane Tesco fuel Vs Shell Vpower 99 octane, Tesco fuel is blended differently to achieve the higher Octane they use 5% Ethanol in the blend, which infact you will be running slightly leaner with this fuel.

[L18M]

interesting.. where\'d u get this info?
slightly off topic but what about filling with 95 RON and using octane booster in a can?