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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: 8vRicey on 21 January 2008, 11:32
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Hi Peeps,
I have just finished doing a 600 mile comparison between BP unleaded and Super Unleaded, so i thought i would share my findings.
MPG
Unleaded 30.74 mpg average
Super Unleaded 32.35 mpg average
COST
Unleaded £1.07 per litre
Super Unleaded £1.14 per litre
COST PER MILE
Unleaded 285 miles using 42.14 litres = 16p per mile
Super Unleaded 375 miles using 52.68 litres = 16p per mile
CONCLUSION
Super Unleaded gives better MPG, better throttle response, cleaner engine (according to BP), and cured my lumpy idle, at no extra cost !!
Not a scientific analysis, but quite interesting. Will carry on using Super Unleaded, and monitoring cost/MPG.
:smiley: :smiley:
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interesting find :)
i'll carry on using super aswell :wink:
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£1.07 a litre! You are being ripped off there mate, tis 1.01 here (at shell but hey ho). Always amazes me how different petrol prices are around the country.
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yeh i have to pay £1.15 for my petrol and thats just bog standard 95 ron :cry:
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I just started using Super Unleaded on my 1.6 driver and it seems got have more guts now :smiley:
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ye, rip off nowadays tbh! BP unleaded £1.06 here :undecided:
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£1.07 a litre! You are being ripped off there mate, tis 1.01 here (at shell but hey ho). Always amazes me how different petrol prices are around the country.
Yeah, but it's grim up north !! :grin:
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£1.07 a litre! You are being ripped off there mate, tis 1.01 here (at shell but hey ho). Always amazes me how different petrol prices are around the country.
Yeah, but it's grim up north !! :grin:
hahah :laugh:
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£1.07 a litre! You are being ripped off there mate, tis 1.01 here (at shell but hey ho). Always amazes me how different petrol prices are around the country.
Yeah, but it's grim up north !! :grin:
hahah :laugh:
...and the birds are ugly !!! (awaits angry response !!) :grin: :grin:
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101.9 in Bristol and the birds ain't all that..... maybe there's some sort of correlation here between petrol prices and fitness of birds.
What are they like in Shetland? By rights they should all be fit as!
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haha yeh some of them are ok but the fit ones are village bicycles hahaha
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101.9 in Bristol and the birds ain't all that..... maybe there's some sort of correlation here between petrol prices and fitness of birds.
What are they like in Shetland? By rights they should all be fit as!
Perhaps that should be my next analysis !! :grin: :grin:
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Nice work :)
Hrmmm is Sheffield classed as up North these days?
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hey nice write up, oh and theres pleant of fit birds up north!!! you just have to know what nest to look in :drool:
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Interesting conclusion... I assume you drove in similar style when running both tests?
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Hrmmm is Sheffield classed as up North these days?
Check your atlas - it's quite clearly north of the Watofrd Gap.
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Interesting conclusion... I assume you drove in similar style when running both tests?
Yes. Just my daily commute, and local shopping trips. Just drove as i would normally.
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Hrmmm is Sheffield classed as up North these days?
Check your atlas - it's quite clearly north of the Watofrd Gap.
Sheffield is down south to the true Northerners! :)
Women are fit up here, must be just Sheffield...
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oh dear....what have i started ?!!! :grin: :grin:
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The best bit about super unleaded is that you get to queue behind jags and flash Beemers for the V-Power pumps. You can tell their thinking "why the f#ck is he putting expensive fuel in that old car?". It always makes me think: "You know nothing about motors mate..."
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The best bit about super unleaded is that you get to queue behind jags and flash Beemers for the V-Power pumps. You can tell their thinking "why the f#ck is he putting expensive fuel in that old car?". It always makes me think: "You know nothing about motors mate..."
HaHa! :grin: Nice point !!
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Try this to find the cheapest local prices in your area.
http://www.petrolprices.com/
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£1.07 a litre! You are being ripped off there mate, tis 1.01 here (at shell but hey ho). Always amazes me how different petrol prices are around the country.
Yeah, but it's grim up north !! :grin:
hahah :laugh:
...and the birds are ugly !!! (awaits angry response !!) :grin: :grin:
Yes. Yes we are :sad: :embarassed:
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True beauty is within..ahem :grin:
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True beauty is within..ahem :grin:
lool :grin:
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had to laugh at this thread, start off about cars and then gets to the subject of women and geography - brilliant :grin: :laugh:
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I've tried all types in my 16V-normal unleaded, Sainsburys super, Tesco super, Shell V-Power etc and have found no noticeable difference in performance or MPG!
Never use BP as it's virtually always the most expensive anywhere! I usually put Shell V-Power in. Strange at the moment as Sainsburys unleaded which is usually the cheapest is actually the most expensive and 2p more than Shell unleaded!
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i use bp unleaded and sometimes treat my self to super, depends if the pump i pull upto has ultimate. if not, i dont, sometimes even put diesel in if there is a cue for petrol. im not a patient man.
anyhoo, there are good looking birds in sheffield, hillsborough park is full of the f*ckers!
as for women, who cares after 7 pints what they look like!
oh yeah, my mk2 drinks petrol and oil and anything else it finds being poured into it. its a thirsty old hag! but i love it!
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True beauty is within..ahem :grin:
Couldnt agree more, if they've got big tits thats a bonus :lipsrsealed:
I'll get my coat then :huh:
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have run my caddy on red diesel!!! 51p a litre and 60mpg mwah ha ha!!
its my company van and i get fuel allowance, yes i am indeed a very bad man lol
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I hear that customs and excise are dipping tanks around the Brighton and Gatwick area :wink:
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I've tried all types in my 16V-normal unleaded, Sainsburys super, Tesco super, Shell V-Power etc and have found no noticeable difference in performance or MPG!
I'm pretty sure that's because of the k-jet, digifant systems have a knock sensor and will advance the ignition if you put in decent petrol.
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True beauty is within..ahem :grin:
Couldnt agree more, if they've got big tits thats a bonus :lipsrsealed:
I'll get my coat then :huh:
I fail again! :cry:
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I hear that customs and excise are dipping tanks around the Brighton and Gatwick area :wink:
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it is a concern! :undecided: lol
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I hear that customs and excise are dipping tanks around the Brighton and Gatwick area :wink:
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it is a concern! :undecided: lol
They recently done part of Durham, large amount of farmers etc. Dread to think how many people got caught out!