V-Power Trials

[sidewaze samm]

Originally Posted by Supurbia

Na, I'm a cabbie, lots of stop start moving up ranks etc, plus shes an auto, I'm quite impressed with the figures she returns tbh given the type of car it is, I had a Vectra loaner while I was out looking and on the motorway it was very good, around town it dropped off to 23-25mpg, lowest the Superb has given is 26, and on average it's 28 overall, but last week it was 32, I'll have a comparison this week when I juice up again.

Ah an auto box. Didn't spot that before. Makes your mpg figures a lot more respectable then

[ChrisBP]

I have had 1.5 tanks of this now and I must say I prefer BP Ultimate as it is a bit smoother.

I have found variation in fuels. worst is Texaco. Its like I have filled it up with coal! Total is very good, just a bit better is the Shell V-Power and best is BP Ultimate. I sometimes stick in a bit of Millers Sport - this makes it ultra smooth.

[Supurbia]

You must fill up out of town Chris, locally the two Texaco stations are absolute thieves, £1.20 & £1.18 a litre for ordinary, then the two BP stations £1.15 a litre for ordinary again, I use Shell's stations, £1.12 for ordinary and £1.18 for V-Purr, the common factor with the expensive ones are they are run by Indian's.

[ChrisBP]

Strewth, you from Portsmouth? The Texaco garage near me is so expensive, I thought I had filled up with Vodka!

[Supurbia]

Yeah, the one on the Eastern Road is the worst one.

[ChrisBP]

I see a few Superb drivers about and often find it funny as I feel they also want to acknowledge me for driving the same car but never do because they will feel stupid.

Did see a Silver superb taxi around St Marys road the other day - I live in Fratton.

The cheapest in the area is Bonds garage (or whatever its called now) in waterlooville. Check petrolprices.com - Shell in W.Ville is 110.9 standard and 116.9 for the V-Power.

Where do you get yours serviced?

[Supurbia]

Originally Posted by ChrisBP

I see a few Superb drivers about and often find it funny as I feel they also want to acknowledge me for driving the same car but never do because they will feel stupid.

Did see a Silver superb taxi around St Marys road the other day - I live in Fratton.

The cheapest in the area is Bonds garage (or whatever its called now) in waterlooville. Check petrolprices.com - Shell in W.Ville is 110.9 standard and 116.9 for the V-Power.

Where do you get yours serviced?

At the back of the house it's virtually out of warranty now and I don't trust any of the Skoda dealers this side of Perth in Scotland to do anything properly.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by Supurbia

Ok, last week 60 litres of it lasted me 415 miles, generally on normal derv I get 340-370 miles from a full tank, power is up in the 1500-3000 revs band, noticeably less pedal required to cruise up to 30-40mph, doing more testing this week and will let you know how it goes, 1st impressions say the 1.9 TDi suits the higher octane fuel.

Plus my girls wanted the Ferrari's, only two more to get

Forgive me for not reading the rest of this thread... or posting in the past twelve years... BUT...

I'm getting nearly 600 miles for every tank of Shell Diesel Extra, 130bhp AWX.

60 litres doing 415 miles? Only if I'm gunning it everywhere...

[Supurbia]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

Forgive me for not reading the rest of this thread... or posting in the past twelve years... BUT...

I'm getting nearly 600 miles for every tank of Shell Diesel Extra, 130bhp AWX.

60 litres doing 415 miles? Only if I'm gunning it everywhere...

Pay attention Mr Fox Mines a taxi, hence the figures being lower

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by Supurbia

Pay attention Mr Fox

Hmm...?

Oh, sorry

Originally Posted by Supurbia

Mines a taxi, hence the figures being lower

I see, but my ~600 miles is on average at 45mpg, so I'd guesstimate (badly) you're running sub-40?

Is taxi-ing really that hard on fuel..? All of a sudden I'm going to stop complaining about £30 fares for 5 miles

[Supurbia]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

Hmm...?

Oh, sorry




I see, but my ~600 miles is on average at 45mpg, so I'd guesstimate (badly) you're running sub-40?

Is taxi-ing really that hard on fuel..? All of a sudden I'm going to stop complaining about £30 fares for 5 miles

Yeah, it consist's mainly of urban driving with lots of stop start, then theres the move up two places at a time on the rank, roof light unaerodynamics and of course the enthusiastic pace, mine is normally over the week anything from 26-32, when I got her I had a 200 mile drive home, this ended up @ 47mpg when I got home.

[MK4 Turbo]

How are the trials going?

I've used normal Shell Diesel Extra on this tank full, and so far I have 340 miles out of 3 quarters of a tank. I've been taking it easy, not very often above 70 and with the auto in comfort mode. Air-Con has been on No1 all of the time too. I really cant remember whether I get much less than this, although I think its normally 300ish at this point.

[primey]

I find using V-Power, BP Ultimate, or even sticking Millers into a normal tank of juice makes not one bit of difference. The car feels no different, and mileage does not go up or down. More or less consistent figures.

I suppose this could be down to the V6 TDi being of older design.
Plain Shell Diesel Extra for me. Why pay extra for something that make no difference

[MK4 Turbo]

I'm not too sure, but mine feels like it pulls more smoothly with V-Power. Kind of like the torque curve is a bit smoother, and the 70-90 feels more improved.

[Gizmo68]

Originally Posted by primey

I find using V-Power, BP Ultimate, or even sticking Millers into a normal tank of juice makes not one bit of difference. The car feels no different, and mileage does not go up or down. More or less consistent figures.

Exactly the same as me when i put Millers in.

[Supurbia]

I dumped another 30 litres in tonight, at the time i had done 725 miles on 120 litres but still had the entire red section and a needle width above it so estimating about 770 from that 120 litres, which works out at....30 mpg, once the car offer is finished I will full tank her and run it down and refill test it for better results, are you guy's finding the 1500-3000 band a lot less effort now as well?

[ZTTvRSFan]

Interesting discussion about V-Power merits etc.

Just to add something to the mix:

Honest John in Today's (Sat 5th April) Daily Telegraph has a letter from someone who has a Golf GTI 2.0TFSI and is querying whether V-power is necessary. Honest John says that using V-Power gives the difference of 20bhp! Whether he means that you gain 20bhp on to of the stated power, or whether using ordinary octane fuel results in the power output dropping 20bhp from the stated bhp he doesn't say.

However, he does say that there is no point having a high performance car and running it on lower octane fuel.

I would say that it takes a couple of tankfuls before the benefits become apparent.

[ChrisBP]

I have had three tankfulls now (have 3/4 of another tank to go) - cant say I notice any better fuel consumption and it does not make the car as smooth as BP Ultimate. I think I will invest in another bottle of Millers and buy Total fuel. I nearly filled up with BP Ultimate a couple of days ago, but when I saw the price being £121 per l, I decided against it. I would rather push the car home than be ripped off. £121 is a con.

[wega3k]

Originally Posted by ChrisBP

£121 is a con.

Sure is!!

[Supurbia]

Ok, final summary of my experience

MPG improved by 3 mpg
Idle became very smooth
Engine got more responsive under initial foot down

Since returning to reg derv, all the above are still true, so the conclusion for me is it does shift the muck and restore the spray pattern, and I'd recommend it one tank in six to keep things sweet.