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Offline C3PO

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Fuel for the R?
« on: 12 January 2015, 20:38 »
Might be a stupid question, but I had read in the vw brochure about the R requiring a higher RON than normal unleaded. So, before I take delivery does any current owner know, or the experience within the forum know what it should run on? :smiley:
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2015, 20:44 »
The R runs on 98, mine is fed on a diet of V-Power or Momentum, have had to used BP Ultimate if the others are not available and not noticed any issues
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2015, 20:55 »
It will run on 95, but at a slightly lower output (280PS I think I've seen mention of?), and any monetary gains from using the cheaper fuel will likely be eaten up by lower mpg. False economy and all that.
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2015, 21:07 »
Thanks, thought as much, but wanted to check. Will make holidays in Cornwall difficult as finding petrol stations with petrol higher than RON 95 is a challenge.
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2015, 21:17 »
Probably going to stick shell 98 in mine. What's the Tesco one?
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2015, 21:51 »
Shell V Power Nitro is 99 RON (I emailed and asked Shell), Tesco is also 99 RON, they are the only two 99 RON on UK market.

Plenty of discussion on vwroc.com
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #6 on: 12 January 2015, 21:52 »
Even better...
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2015, 08:09 »
With my September ordered R coming sometime in 2015 (probably), i've been taking a keen interest in Ron98/99 prices every time I fill the GTD up. My current forecourt of choice is a BP garage within spitting distance of an Asda which has a basic unmanned fuel station (pay by card before you fill up kind of thing). They've had to do some price matching as a result, but the Asda only does basic diesel and RON95 unleaded.

I was shocked to see that the premium Diesel and petrol "Ultimate" variants costing so much more than the standard varieties - Ultimate petrol was 19p a litre more than the 95 stuff, and Ultimate diesel was 23p a litre more than standard, the premium prices have hardly dropped at all with that particular forecourt.

Definitely need to keep an eye on the premium prices, a headlining RON95 price on the well lit sign is no guarantee of competitive premium fuel prices when you pull up by the pump to fill up.
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #8 on: 13 January 2015, 09:20 »
Quote from: ajmoir36 on 12 January 2015, 21:52
Even better...
Nope, the extra RON will make absolutely no difference.
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Re: Fuel for the R?
« Reply #9 on: 13 January 2015, 13:09 »
Its a 2 litre 4 cylinder? its not particularly high maintenance with slim operating margins, i highly doubt that it needs premium fuel. If porsche and aston martin tell you its a waste of time to do it why on earth would you put it into a vw. sounds very silly to spend the extra 15p per litre to me because you won't gain that back in mpg and also, you aren't pushing the car to its limits all day every day, if you were track driving you might find some small difference with the extra additives they have in them but town driving the car won't warrant any benefits IMO
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