Premium Petrol or not?

[lew321]

Hi, I'm looking for your wisdom here.

I'm picking up my new GTI this morning and was wondering how many of you use premium petrol over normal or both? It has been a few years since I had a petrol car and wanted to see if any of you have noticed the difference with your GTI?

[Darlo]

I have always run my petrol cars on the good stuff. For the sake of a couple of extra quid a tank I think it is worth it. My old jcw mini ran better on vpower than it did on the normal fuel. Not ran my gti on anything other than vpower/momentum to be honest so can't really compare.

[2014GTi]

I always use VPower Nitro, better performance, efficiency and cleaning properties.

[arcamalpha]

I've driven several several 2.0T engines right back to the original 197bhp version and always run Optimax/V Power or the equivalent. There's been a fair bit of evidence from dynes etc to show the engines would put out 10-15lb/ft more on the good stuff. Not sure if that's the same with the latest EA888 engines, but I'll be sticking with V Power anyway.

[monsta]

Use what it says on the fuel filler.   The mk7 says 95 RON which is normal unleaded.

My Mk5 said 98 so I used premium.   

[GTI-7-Performance]

The handbook says all Golf will run on both but that there is no advantage in either performance or economy using premium.

I would never waste money on something that made no difference...

[2014GTi]

The handbook says all Golf will run on both but that there is no advantage in either performance or economy using premium.

I would never waste money on something that made no difference...

But VPower does make a big difference, it's been proven in countless magazine tests.
Modern cars have adaptive ECU's so after a couple of tank fulls it would adjust ignition & knock to make use of the higher octane, in turn giving you better performance

[arcamalpha]

The handbook says all Golf will run on both but that there is no advantage in either performance or economy using premium.

I would never waste money on something that made no difference...

But VPower does make a big difference, it's been proven in countless magazine tests.
Modern cars have adaptive ECU's so after a couple of tank fulls it would adjust ignition & knock to make use of the higher octane, in turn giving you better performance

Correct - proven many times now, particularly in turbo-charged engines. No reason to think the mk7 is any different.

[lew321]

Thanks for the advice. I filled it with Premium on the long way home  I love the car 

[skippy]

Yes - Vpower, (Nitro) or BP Ultimate I have found to be the best. Don't forget to fill it with petrol if you have been used to a diesel, although I think it is far more difficult (if not impossible) than the other way around.

Enjoy the car!