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What do you feed your GTI?

Supermarket 95
Branded 95
Supermarket ‘Super’ 97/98
Branded ‘Super’ 97/98
Tesco Momentum 99
Shell V-Power 99
Costco 99

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Offline kmpowell

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Fuel choice
« on: 02 February 2019, 10:33 »
Some interesting comments in another thread got me wondering what people here feed their GTI.

Widely debated for many years, the normal v Super debate will rage-on for many more until we’re all using electric and then I’m sure the truth will come out. But until then everybody has their preference, so what’s yours?

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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #1 on: 02 February 2019, 11:31 »
Shell isn't 99 Ron is 98.
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #2 on: 02 February 2019, 11:52 »
Some interesting comments in another thread got me wondering what people here feed their GTI.

Widely debated for many years, the normal v Super debate will rage-on for many more until we’re all using electric and then I’m sure the truth will come out. But until then everybody has their preference, so what’s yours?

:smiley:

Next debate...will normal electricity give you more miles per charge than economy 7 units?  :grin:
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #3 on: 02 February 2019, 11:58 »
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #4 on: 02 February 2019, 12:16 »
There's not much that is actually 98 Esso and BP higher octane fuels are RON97. Shell, Tesco Momentum and Costco Premium are RON99.
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2019, 12:26 »
Shell isn't 99 Ron is 98.

Not according to Shell it isn't...

https://support.shell.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115002792532-What-is-Octane-
they obviously haven't updated any of the pumps in my area then, they still say 98 🤷‍♂️
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2019, 13:04 »


Next debate...will normal electricity give you more miles per charge than economy 7 units?  :grin:
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #7 on: 02 February 2019, 17:03 »
Shell isn't 99 Ron is 98.

Not according to Shell it isn't...

https://support.shell.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115002792532-What-is-Octane-
they obviously haven't updated any of the pumps in my area then, they still say 98 🤷‍♂️
V-Power in the UK has always been 99RON, its predecessor Optimax was rated at 98RON, but that was killed off years ago.
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #8 on: 02 February 2019, 17:19 »
Well that's how old the pumps must be then as they definitely say 98 where I fill up  :smiley:
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Re: Fuel choice
« Reply #9 on: 02 February 2019, 19:36 »
Tesco 99 or V-Power, I'd say I'm 95% Tesco because of location
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