Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: cwc2128 on 21 November 2007, 11:20:17
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
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Will move this to gen chat as its more of a discussion type thing than a technical 'problem'.
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Fuel threads are the new oil threads. ::)
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The cheapest because it's the cheapest ::)
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I use, the petrol that is in the nearest petrol station when im about to run out :y
Simple as that, maybe i should be more consciencious but im not :(
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Tesco's for the reasons above ..... generally the cheapest. ;)
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The cheapest because it's the cheapest
Me too. Little point in using anything exotic unless your engine is turbocharged or high compression. I do tend to avoid supermarkets since February (there's a Shell station near me that's just as cheap).
Kevin
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Normally use Shell's ordinary stuff.
If I know I will be doing some energetic driving, may treat it to Vpower, but dont find it makes much difference, car a little more responsive, economical and smoother, but not a lot.
Saying that I have used tesco's 99ron purely due to 5p off vouchers, but the car doesnt feel the same at all on tescos 95 so wont use that.
As for why....I pass a shell garage every day, no other!
If I go the 'long' way round, then I pass Tesco's
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Oh how we've changed. I remember a thread about this very subject not too long ago, and we were all Shell V power people then. :D
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I still use V Power or super unleaded of some form in the Westfield because it needs it, and it makes a difference (it doesn't pink, for a start). I just don't believe in paying for something you don't need when petrol is as expensive as it is.
Actually, having a car that needs super is an eye opener. Most supermarket super I find is no better than a decent 95 RON. Super from the "big name" garages is another matter.
Kevin
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Vx engines generaly dont pink.....unlike VAG group whos petrol engines seem to sufer badly from this.
Not noticed BMW engines pinking either.
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I still use V Power or super unleaded of some form in the Westfield because it needs it, and it makes a difference (it doesn't pink, for a start). I just don't believe in paying for something you don't need when petrol is as expensive as it is.
Actually, having a car that needs super is an eye opener. Most supermarket super I find is no better than a decent 95 RON. Super from the "big name" garages is another matter.
Kevin
I agree! And why I dont like supermarket 95!
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The Corsa I'd only run Vpower, as it would run like a drunken husky with regular...
Omega I'm just running regular Shell unleaded. I did fill it full with Vpower though a few weeks back when they were doing the promo or Vpower for the price of regular - didn't notice that much difference tbh!
I never use supermarket/cheap brands though... I noticed (in my old omega) that running Tesco/Asda fuel it didn't feel as pokey, and returned ghastly MPG compared to main brand stuff from shell.
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in the omega i mostly use 95, have used 98 a few times and cant say i notice much diffrence, unlike my rallye where the diffrence is night and day!
also i try to stay away from supermarket fuel. I tend to use shell, but thats because theres one at the bottom of my street.
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in the omega i mostly use 95, have used 98 a few times and cant say i notice much diffrence, unlike my rallye where the diffrence is night and day!
also i try to stay away from supermarket fuel. I tend to use shell, but thats because theres one at the bottom of my street.
I have to travel 3 miles to get to my nearest one since some dodgy french fuel outlet took over my local one >:(
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in the omega i mostly use 95, have used 98 a few times and cant say i notice much diffrence, unlike my rallye where the diffrence is night and day!
also i try to stay away from supermarket fuel. I tend to use shell, but thats because theres one at the bottom of my street.
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Groundhog Day :-?
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Whatever I'm passing when it needs some.
Generally Shell or cheapo Asda, as I get discount on these.
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In the Omega I use mostly Tesco 95 , but do fill 1 tank in 3 with BP ultimate for its cleaning properties. I do get slightly better economy on the 97 1-2 mpg by the computer.
In the TVR I use Tesco 99 - its cheap and gives me lots of lovely pops and bangs on the over-run. But again 1 fill in 3 is with BP ultimate to make sure she keeps running at her best.
Never noticed any real performance increase in the Omega between 95 and Ultimate 97
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
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Propane where possible, as it's cheaper and better for the environment :P
Super unleaded in the R1, as the extra cost is repaid with better economy, and it's highly recommended in an engine with a compression ratio over 12:1 and revving to over 12,000 RPM. Pretty sure it'll lose power on 95 RON.
Usually 95 RON in the BMW, even though the book recommends 97 RON for best performance, it runs fine on 95 and with the price now over £1/litre and a fuel economy of 18 MPG on a good day I'm not paying an extra 10p/litre for super :(
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
The knock sensor should take care of that
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
The knock-off sensor should take care of that
:o
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
The knock-off sensor should take care of that
:o
I was waiting for that steve.....................................................................".GIT" >:( ;)
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
The knock sensor should take care of that
I was going to say, on any modern engine with knock control I'd be very concerned about pinking. On older cars with less efficient head designs, no knock control and / or perhaps designed for high octane leaded fuel it's less surprising.
Kevin
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Generally, I use Shell as these are the cheapest nearest to me. I will not use supermarket fuel in the cars although I do use their Diesel in the vans.
A few years ago, I did a fill up virtually the entire tank once in the cavalier at Sainsbury's, because of the 5p off vouchers. The car did not run very well, and as soon as the branded stuff was back in the tank, normal running was restored.
I don't believe in paying over the odds for the super fuels though.
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In all my BMW's i preffered to use V power and BP Ultimate, the engines drove and generally felt better, and in most of them prevented the engine from pinking, so only owning my Elite for a few weeks,what fuel do you use and any improvements using super fuels.
Well i have to use petrol. and the reason why is because if i dont the car wont start ::) ::)
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
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I use diesel.... cos my car is a diesel :y
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
:y :y
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I use petrol. I find it makes my petrol engine go VRROOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!
I've never tried anything else in it so I can't really comment ::)
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
:'( Mine is £100/week
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
Mine will be about £6 this week.
How many miles do you do in that week though ;)
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
Mine will be about £6 this week.
How many miles do you do in that week though ;)
I commute 50 miles each way for work...6 days/week (it's well paid so I don't mind). I am investing in LPG.
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
Mine will be about £6 this week.
How many miles do you do in that week though ;)
Around 200 - 220
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Either Flogas or Calor ;D
Bloody hell, a motorised Bar B Cue ;)
My fuel bill is just over £20 a week ;D ;D
Mine will be about £6 this week.
How many miles do you do in that week though ;)
Around 200 - 220
Mine is normally around 350 miles a week....
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Details of what type of fuel over 30 members use is listed here (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phH9jJ7FuSBeEt5Enh48DSg&hl=en_GB&pli=1#). Not to mention consumption figures. :y
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ive mentioned this before somewhere....i use sainsburys there supplied by BP the other 3 supermarkets use russian refined crap and i wouldnt touch the stuff...hence the car troubles mentioned few months ago on the news!!!!!!!!!
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I use shell, rather than supermarket.
Super unleaded, rather than straght unleaded.
At whichever garage is cheapest as per petrolprices.com and whatever my driving route is....
Car runs better on super unleaded, IMHO, with consumption and power delivered still in acceptable limits...
:y
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My friend works for BP and assures me that the best standard unleaded is either BP or Shell. Fuel supplied to supermarkets are not filtered as much and have more ethanol (chepaer) mixed in with them.
I have found that Shell gives me the smoothest ride (ditto for SWMBO's Corsa)
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I've switched to Shell as it's cheaper than BP locally.
It gives me a smoother ride, eliminating the initial lag from set off, but returns 2/3mpg less than BP.
So I reckon it costs overall about the same, BP Ultimate for a treat though :y
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I've switched to Shell as it's cheaper than BP locally.
It gives me a smoother ride, eliminating the initial lag from set off, but returns 2/3mpg less than BP.
So I reckon it costs overall about the same, BP Ultimate for a treat though :y
....and the petrol pumps are silver......