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Mar 30th, 2021, 23:33 | #11 | |
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I found Shell V Power Diesel made a big difference, not so much to the economy, but the car definitely felt more responsive on the throttle. I give it a treat every so often to some of this. I've not put any BP diesel in it yet, but there's one or two BP stations that aren't too far away. Many use supermarket fuel & never have an issue (Bashy above for example), hence why I asked the question on his thoughts on its quality. My personal feeling is although there's a standard that all fuels must meet, in my experience, supermarket fuel doesn't give the same fuel economy as going to places like Texaco, BP etc. So what you save per litre by going to the supermarket for fuel really isn't that much, if anything because your car is doing less mpg. I can only speak for my personal experience though.
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Mar 31st, 2021, 00:15 | #12 | |
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If you do give BP a go, something i have found if you've run long-term on a different fuel is it takes a tankful or two before the BP start working better, previous owner of my Volvo used Tesco for 10 years, took a while on the Sainsburys when i first got it then BP when Sainsburys changed their supplier for the mpg to come up, first tank or two was slightly less as it purged the other fuels (inc Shell V-Power - i tried it when it first appeared in the 760 and it ran well with reasonable economy then it dropped off in all areas - on another forum i'm on similar was found on the cars on there) from the system.
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Mar 31st, 2021, 00:26 | #13 | |
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Is there like a premium style or "V Power" variant in BP's fuel, albeit with a different name? (Diesel for me)
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Mar 31st, 2021, 10:46 | #14 |
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Ultimate - that's the premium version in both petrol and diesel. They're usually fairly well marked as to whether it's petrol or diesel and the nozzle handle is a good clue as well, green for petrol and black for diesel but if you happen to be colour blind that might not be any help. It's quite a bright green though so still fairly easy.
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Mar 31st, 2021, 15:26 | #15 | |
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Is there also a regular diesel so to speak, i.e. not premium?
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There is, not sure how it's marked but i'm sure you'll work it out when you check the prices and whatever price per litre the pump displays.
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Apr 11th, 2021, 00:53 | #17 |
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As long as the engine starts I am not bothered about the petrol. It does not take long to switch over to LPG
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