Shell V-Max Petrol query
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Topic: Shell V-Max Petrol query
Posted By: Kevin_E30_318iS
Subject: Shell V-Max Petrol query
Date Posted: 21-April-2004 at 17:29
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I was wondering what the octane rating for Shell V-Max petrol is. Is it worth the extra cost? Just tried it last week, but didn't notice any difference(except to my pocket) ------------- Kevin_1990_318iS |
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Posted By: MattB106
Date Posted: 21-April-2004 at 17:39
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Do they sell V-Max in this country? I cant remember what rating this is (but i'm going to look now!). ------------- MattB E36 328i Sport in silver 
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Posted By: MattB106
Date Posted: 21-April-2004 at 17:44
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Doesnt seem to feature of shell.com! ------------- MattB E36 328i Sport in silver
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Posted By: PikeyM3
Date Posted: 21-April-2004 at 19:07
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V-max is 100 ron and is currently only available in Germany. Hope it will come out in uk soon though. Pikey ------------- Old enough to know better, too young to care! |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 21-April-2004 at 21:15
Yes please! Shell Optimax is meant to be 98ron. BP Ultima is meant to be 97ron. (and real leaded petrol is still available if you know where to look - but you need to take out a 2nd mortgage!) ouch!  ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
PikeyM3 wrote:Posted By: IamSpartacus
Date Posted: 22-April-2004 at 10:49
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They have V max in Ireland, I'll have to check the RON, if it's a 100 I'll defo give it a try! ------------- The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. |
Posted By: spike
Date Posted: 22-April-2004 at 11:53
| I'd be carefull aboput trying that, my car says ron values from 91-98 only. mightcause some damage with 100ron? |
Posted By: PikeyM3
Date Posted: 22-April-2004 at 22:21
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I tried BP ulitimate recently and I must say I was inpressed. ROn is only 97 so I think it will work better on our older engines (S14) as they were only designed to run on 97. It smells fantastic, just the way fuels used to before all this low emissions rubbish came into force. Only 2p a litre more than optimax. Pikey ------------- Old enough to know better, too young to care! |
Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 22-April-2004 at 22:44
Funny you should say that! I was using ShellO - 98ron, and was pleased with it, then I had to get petrol from a BP station, so tried BPU - 97ron, and it seemed that the old M3 was much more responsive. I can't understand this??? ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: IamSpartacus
Date Posted: 23-April-2004 at 09:36
Pikey, you sure it didn't seem better after a quick snort of the fumes??? ------------- The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. |
Posted By: PikeyM3
Date Posted: 24-April-2004 at 12:29
Hope the 2p a litre extra is worth it! Pikey ------------- Old enough to know better, too young to care! |
well maybe, but I'm sure BP Ultimate suit the car better as it seems to respond better.Posted By: MattB106
Date Posted: 25-April-2004 at 21:47
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I found leaded on sale outside castle combe yesterday. Apprently the price is HUGE! ------------- MattB E36 328i Sport in silver
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Posted By: IamSpartacus
Date Posted: 04-May-2004 at 19:19
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First tank of Irish VPower (in case there's a difference) gone in today, will post results... if I remember to put more than one tankful in that is ------------- The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. |
Posted By: Kevin_E30_318iS
Date Posted: 05-May-2004 at 10:11
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I didn't notice any difference, but if I thought it was better for the engine I'd buy it more often. ------------- Kevin_1990_318iS |
Posted By: PikeyM3
Date Posted: 05-May-2004 at 21:11
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I don't think there is any point in just buying it every now-and-again as you will still have some 95 ron unleaded left in the tank and lines. To get the full effects you have to use it all the time. Over time the engine will stay effecient longer becuase of the cleaner fuels and retain its performance, unlike with normal fuel, which will clogg the engine because of all the nasty environmentally freindly rubbish added to it! Pikey
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Posted By: Domo
Date Posted: 08-May-2004 at 08:27
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100 octane is sold at Silverstone for the racers and is £1.68 / litre! Cost me a fortune for half a tank I try to use Optimax as much as poss and when I have to swap back to normal unleaded, there is a notable difference in pick up.
http://www.xlmotorsport.com - http://www.xlmotorsport.com
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Posted By: IamSpartacus
Date Posted: 12-May-2004 at 11:02
Pikey Trouble being that Shell garages are'nt on every corner over here and their pricing varies from sensible to robbin ******** making it hard to always run the car on it. not edited by Nigel - thought I'd beat him to it! ------------- The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 12-May-2004 at 11:17
1. Nigel doesn't do all the moderation here by the way! ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
Posted By: IamSpartacus
Date Posted: 12-May-2004 at 18:36
I know there others with the tippex privilege, but Nigel does seem to be most active at keeping us in line ------------- The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. |
Posted By: PikeyM3
Date Posted: 12-May-2004 at 21:30
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Where abouts do you live then Derek? I live in Gloucestershire and the price seems to be hovering around the 82p / litre mark at the moment. Fairly reasonable in my opinion, considering the extra performance and economy you get. Pikey ------------- Old enough to know better, too young to care! |